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Exodus 6:3–4

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of cGod Almighty, but by my name dJEHOVAH was I not known to them. eAnd I have also established my covenant with them, fto give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

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Exodus 6:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.

Exodus 6:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.

Exodus 6:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty’—but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them. And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

Exodus 6:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Lord I was not known to them. I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.

Exodus 6:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name God Almighty, but they did not know me by my name, the Lord. I also made my agreement with them to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own.

Exodus 6:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

Exodus 6:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as the Almighty •God; but by my name Jehovah I was not made known to them. 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.

Exodus 6:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I didn’t make myself known to them by my name, the Lord. I even made a promiseto give them Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.

Exodus 6:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I did not reveal My name Yahweh to them. I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as foreigners.

Exodus 6:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name ‘The Lord’ I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they resided as aliens.

Exodus 6:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Shaddai, but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens,

Exodus 6:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as the Mighty God. But I did not show them the full meaning of my name, The Lord.

“I also made my covenant with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. That is where they lived as outsiders.

Exodus 6:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them.

“I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.


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