Exo 3:8-17, Lev 20:24, Deu 6:3, 7:12-13 | TSK | STEP | I am. deliver. unto a good. Canaanites.

this is my name for ever.The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, [yhwh,] ,] {Yehowah,} which we translate "Lord", the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world, (Ge 2:2,) and by which he is known to the present day. [yhwh,] {Yehowah,} from [hwh,] {hawah,} to be, subsist, signifies "He who is", or "subsists", i.e., eminently and in a manner superior to all other beings; and is essentially the same with [ahwh,] {eheyeh,} "I AM", in the preceding verse.

Ps 72:17,19; 135:13; 145:1,2; Isa 9:6; 63:12

my memorial.

Ps 102:12; Ho 12:5; Mic 4:5; Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8

elders.

4:29; 18:12; 24:11; Ge 1:7; Mt 26:3; Ac 11:30; 20:17; 1Pe 5:1

visited.

2:25; 4:31; 13:19; 15:14; Ge 21:1; 50:24; Ru 1:6; Ps 8:4; Lu 1:68

Lu 19:44; Ac 15:14; Heb 2:6,7; 1Pe 2:12

I will bring.

9; 2:23-25; Ge 15:13-21; 46:4; 50:24

unto the land.

8; Ge 15:14,18-21

Leviticus 20:24

But I. See on

Ex 3:8,17; 6:8

a land.Milk and honey were the chief dainties of the ancients as they are now among the Arabs, particularly the Bedouins. Hence not only the Hebrews, but also the Greeks and Romans, painted the highest pleasantness and fertility by an abundance of milk and honey. The image used in the text, and frequently by ancient authors on similar subjects, is a metaphor, derived from a breast, producing copious streams of milk.

which.

26; Ex 19:5,6; 33:16; Nu 23:9; De 7:6; 14:2; 1Ki 8:53; Joh 15:19

2Co 6:17; 1Pe 2:9