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Exodus 3:14–16

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And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
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From verse 14

  1. John 8:58Rank 1 from verse 14
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    58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

  2. Hebrews 13:8Rank 2 from verse 14
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    8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

  3. Revelation 1:8Rank 3 from verse 14
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    8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

  4. Psalms 90:2Rank 4 from verse 14
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    2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

  5. Isaiah 44:6Rank 5 from verse 14
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    6Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

  6. Exodus 6:3Rank 6 from verse 14
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    3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

  7. Revelation 1:4Rank 7 from verse 14
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    4JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

  8. Revelation 1:17Rank 8 from verse 14
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    17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

  9. Revelation 4:8Rank 9 from verse 14
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    8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

  10. 2 Corinthians 1:20Rank 10 from verse 14
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    20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

  11. Psalms 68:4Rank 11 from verse 14
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    4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

  12. Matthew 28:20Rank 12 from verse 14
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    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  13. John 8:28Rank 13 from verse 14
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    28Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

  14. Matthew 18:20Rank 14 from verse 14
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    20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

  15. Job 11:7Rank 15 from verse 14
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    7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

From verse 15

  1. Genesis 17:7–8Rank 1 from verse 15
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    7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

    8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  2. Hebrews 13:8Rank 2 from verse 15
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    8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

  3. Hosea 12:5Rank 3 from verse 15
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    5Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.

  4. Malachi 3:6Rank 4 from verse 15
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    6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

  5. Exodus 3:6Rank 5 from verse 15
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    6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

  6. Micah 4:5Rank 6 from verse 15
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    5For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

  7. Isaiah 9:6Rank 7 from verse 15
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    6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

  8. Psalms 102:12Rank 8 from verse 15
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    12But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

  9. Psalms 135:13Rank 9 from verse 15
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    13Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.

  10. Acts 7:32Rank 10 from verse 15
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    32Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

  11. Deuteronomy 1:11Rank 11 from verse 15
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    11(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

  12. Exodus 4:5Rank 12 from verse 15
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    5That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

  13. Psalms 145:1–2Rank 13 from verse 15
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    1I WILL extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

    2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

  14. 2 Chronicles 28:9Rank 14 from verse 15
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    9But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

  15. Isaiah 63:12Rank 15 from verse 15
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    12That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  16. Matthew 22:32Rank 16 from verse 15
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    32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

  17. Psalms 72:17Rank 17 from verse 15
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    17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

  18. Psalms 72:19Rank 18 from verse 15
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    19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  19. Deuteronomy 1:35Rank 19 from verse 15
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    35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

  20. Deuteronomy 4:1Rank 20 from verse 15
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    1NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

From verse 16

  1. Psalms 8:4Rank 1 from verse 16
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    4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

  2. Exodus 4:29Rank 2 from verse 16
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    29¶ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

  3. Exodus 4:31Rank 3 from verse 16
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    31And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

  4. Genesis 50:24Rank 4 from verse 16
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    24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  5. Acts 15:14Rank 5 from verse 16
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    14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

  6. 1 Peter 2:12Rank 6 from verse 16
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    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  7. 1 Peter 5:1Rank 7 from verse 16
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    1THE elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

  8. Acts 11:30Rank 8 from verse 16
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    30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

  9. Acts 20:17Rank 9 from verse 16
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    17¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

  10. Exodus 13:19Rank 10 from verse 16
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    19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

  11. Exodus 2:25Rank 11 from verse 16
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    25And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

  12. Exodus 3:2Rank 12 from verse 16
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    2And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

  13. Exodus 4:5Rank 13 from verse 16
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    5That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.

  14. Genesis 21:1Rank 14 from verse 16
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    1AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

  15. Hebrews 2:6–7Rank 15 from verse 16
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    6But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

    7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

  16. Luke 1:68Rank 16 from verse 16
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    68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

  17. Luke 19:44Rank 17 from verse 16
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    44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  18. Matthew 26:3Rank 18 from verse 16
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    3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

  19. Ruth 1:6Rank 19 from verse 16
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    6¶ Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

  20. Exodus 15:14Rank 20 from verse 16
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    14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

  21. Exodus 18:12Rank 21 from verse 16
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    12And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.

  22. Exodus 24:11Rank 22 from verse 16
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    11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

  23. Genesis 1:7Rank 23 from verse 16
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    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 3:15

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moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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memorial

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Sense 1: A remembrance or something that preserves or calls to mind. Sense 2: The representative portion of an offering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

COMBINED MEANING

generations

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Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 3:16

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

appeared

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1. Came into sight or presence; became visible or manifest. 2. Seemed or had an outward appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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visited

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of visit. Sense 1: To go or come to see, attend, or inspect. Sense 2: To help or show mercy. Sense 3: To call to account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:11¶ And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

3:12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

3:13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

3:14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

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3:15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

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3:16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

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3:17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

3:18And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

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