Exodus 6:4

What does Exodus 6:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 6:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I established also my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were sojourners.

Context

v.3and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.

v.4This passage

v.5And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

  • Genesis 6:18

    But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

  • Genesis 15:13

    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

  • Acts 7:5

    and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • Psalms 105:12

    When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.

  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

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