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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And 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. …
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Moreover 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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-15)God, having spoken to Moses, allows him also a liberty of speech, which he here improves; and, I. He objects his own insufficiency for the service he was called to (Exod. 3:11): Who am I ? He thinks himself unworthy of the honour, and not par negotio—equal to the task . He thinks he wants courage, and therefore cannot go to Pharaoh, to make a demand which might cost the demandant his head: he thin…
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