Exegetical Paper on Exodus 6:1-9

An Exegetical Paper on

Exodus 6:1-9

By:

Kym Martin

Group 78

Presented to

Robert Gerow

Exodus 6:1-9 (NIV)

1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

2God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.

3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, abut by my name the Lordb I did not make myself known to them.c

4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as aliens.

5Moreover, I have heard the groans of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.

6”Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

7I will take you as my own people and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

8And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’ “

9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage.

Exodus 6:1-9 (NIV)

Summary: God sends Moses with a new message for the Israelites, which promises them freedom from the Egyptians, and tells of the covenant that God had established with their fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Outline:

• Introduction

a. God sends Moses with a new message to the Israelites

b. God renews his covenant

c. Moses delivers the message to the Israelites

• With a mighty hand (v. 1)

a. Mighty hand means sovereign power

b. God’s intention was to manifest sovereign power to Pharaoh

c. Pharaoh believes himself to be the...