Bible Strands
Exodus 6:8
And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses and the Israelites immediately after promising to take them as His people and deliver them from Egyptian bondage, preceding Moses’ report to a discouraged crowd.
The words — נָשָׂאתִי (na.Sa.ti) means "I lifted up," combined with יָדִי (ya.D/i), "my hand," to form the Hebrew idiom for swearing an oath.
The thread — The land promise recurs in Genesis 15:18 as a covenant boundary with Abram, in Genesis 26:3 as a pledge to Isaac, and in Exodus 6:8 as the transfer of that same territory to the current generation.
Why it lands — The text declares God’s intent to grant the land as a permanent possession, establishing His identity as the LORD who executes what He has declared.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
Cross-references
- Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Genesis 26:3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Genesis 14:22 But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Ezekiel 20:5 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 20:42 Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.
- Genesis 28:13 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
- Genesis 35:12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
- Exodus 32:13 Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
- Deuteronomy 32:40 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
- Ezekiel 47:14 You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.