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Exodus 6:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Exodus 6:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 As God the Almighty[a] I appeared(A) to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but by my name, Lord, I did not make myself known to them.
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- 6:3 God the Almighty: in Hebrew, El Shaddai. This traditional translation does not have a firm philological basis. But by my name…I did not make myself known to them: although the text implies that the name Lord was unknown previously, in context the emphasis in the passage falls on the understanding of God that comes with knowledge of the name. In this way God responds to the worsening plight of the Israelites and Moses’ complaint in 5:23 that God has done nothing at all to rescue them.
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