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Exodus 3:16–17

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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:
And 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.
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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.

From verse 17

  1. Genesis 15:13–21Rank 1 from verse 17
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    13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

    14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

    15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

    16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

    17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

    18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

    19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

    20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

    21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

  2. Exodus 3:8–9Rank 2 from verse 17
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    8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

    9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  3. Genesis 50:24Rank 3 from verse 17
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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.

  4. Exodus 2:23–25Rank 4 from verse 17
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    23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

    24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

    25And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

  5. Genesis 46:4Rank 5 from verse 17
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    4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

  6. Joshua 24:11Rank 6 from verse 17
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    11And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

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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.

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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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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.

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Abraham

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

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appeared

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Exodus 3:17

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

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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flowing

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of flow, meaning to move or run continuously as water. Sense 2: Figuratively, to stream, gather, or come abundantly.

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.

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.

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.

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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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