Teks -- Exodus 3:15 (NET)

3:15 God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘The Lord– the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob– has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.’

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Wesley: Exo 3:15 - The Lord God of our fathers hath sent me unto you

Thus God made himself known, that he might revive among them the religion of their fathers, which was much decayed, and almost lost. And that he might raise their expectations of the speedy performance of the promises made unto their fathers: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are particularly named, because with Abraham the covenant was first made, and with Isaac and Jacob oft expressly renewed, and these three were distinguished from their brethren, and chosen to be the trustees of the covenant. This God will have to be his name for ever, and it has been, is, and will be his name, by which his worshippers know him, and distinguish him from all false gods.

Clarke: Exo 3:15 - This is my name for ever

This is my name for ever - The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, יהוה אלהים Yehovah Elohim , which we translate the Lord God, the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world, (see Gen 2:4). and the name by which he is known among the same people to the present day. Even the heathens knew this name of the true God; and hence out of our יהוה Yehovah they formed their Jao, Jeve, and Jove; so that the word has been literally fulfilled, This is my memorial unto all generations. See Clarke’ s note on the word Elohim, Gen 1:1 (note). As to be self-existent and eternal must be attributes of God for ever, does it not follow that the לעלם leolam , for ever, in the text signifies eternity? "This is my name to eternity - and my memorial," לדר דר ledor dor , "to all succeeding generations."While human generations continue he shall be called the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; but when time shall be no more, he shall be Jehovah Elohim. Hence the first expression refers to his eternal existence, the latter to the discovery he should make of himself as long as time should last. See Gen 21:33. Diodorus Siculus says, that "among the Jews, Moses is reported to have received his laws from the God named Jao ," Ιαω, i.e., Jeue, Jove, or Jeve; for in all these ways the word יהוה Yehovah may be pronounced; and in this way I have seen it on Egyptian monuments. See Diod., lib. l., c. xciv.

Calvin: Exo 3:15 - And God said moreover

15.And God said moreover God again assumes his name taken from the covenant which he had made with Abraham and his posterity, that the Israelites may know that they do not deceive themselves in an uncertain God, provided they depart not from the religion of their fathers; for as soldiers assemble round their standard to maintain the order of their ranks, so does he command them to look back upon the special grace of their adoption, and to know that they are a people elected of God, because they are Abraham’s sons. He confines them within these limits, that they may not wander about in search of God. For we know that whatever opinions were held by the Gentiles as to the Deity, were not only entangled with many errors, but were also ambiguous, so that they were always wavering with respect to them. God demands another kind of religion from his people, on the certainty of which their hearts may depend. Besides, their long sojourn in the land of Egypt, although it had not destroyed the knowledge of the true God, had yet much obscured that light of revelation which their fathers possessed. And again, the promise might seem to be obsolete, when they had received no assistance, whilst overwhelmed in such an abyss of misery; and on this ground the faith received from their fathers had undoubtedly grown cold. Wherefore, that they may learn to repose upon it, he calls himself the God of their fathers, and declares, that by this title he will be celebrated for ever; for I cannot consent to refer this to the previous expression, “I am that I am,” since the context does not admit of it. Hence might be inferred the incomparable love of God towards his chosen people, because he had passed over all the nations of the earth, and had attached himself to them alone. But we must remember, that although it was honorable to Abraham and the patriarchs for God to take his name from them, yet that the main object of this was to confirm the truth of his promise. There may be an apparent incongruity in saying, “this is my memorial unto all generations,” because a much more excellent memorial succeeded in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ; but my reply is, that since, in the coming of Christ, the truth of the covenant made with Abraham was shewn forth, and was thus demonstrated to be firm and infallible, its memory was rather renewed than destroyed; and that thus it still survives and flourishes in the Gospel, since Abraham even now ceases not to be the father of the faithful, under the one Head. We conclude that God would not be spoken of on earth, without the effects of his gratuitous adoption appearing, by which he may be proved to be faithful and true.

Defender: Exo 3:15 - God of your fathers

Jesus Christ referred to this claim (Exo 3:6) as proof of life beyond the grave (Mat 22:32). The "fathers" were still living, since God was still their God. If God is eternal, so are those whom He has created (Ecc 3:14)."

TSK: Exo 3:15 - The Lord // this is my name for ever // my memorial

The Lord : Exo 3:6, Exo 4:5; Gen 17:7, Gen 17:8; Deu 1:11, Deu 1:35, Deu 4:1; 2Ch 28:9; Mat 22:32; Act 7:32

this is my name for ever : The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, יהוה , [Strong’ s H3068], Yehowah , which we translate ""Lord"", the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world (Gen 2:2), and by which he is known to the present day. יהוה , Yehowah , from הוה , 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 אהיה , eheyeh , ""I AM"", in the preceding verse. Psa 72:17, Psa 72:19, Psa 135:13, Psa 145:1, Psa 145:2; Isa 9:6, Isa 63:12

my memorial : Psa 102:12; Hos 12:5; Mic 4:5; Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8

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Poole: Exo 3:15 - The Lord

The Lord Heb. Jehovah ; a word of the same root and signification with I am . See Exo 6:3 . This he adds, because God was best known to the Israelites by that name; and to show, that though he had given himself a new name, yet he was the same God. This is my memorial, by which I will be remembered, owned, and served by my people, and distinguished from all others. See Psa 102:12 135:13 .

Haydock: Exo 3:15 - Memorial

Memorial. By this title he is still known among Christians. (Menochius) ---

Hitherto God had generally been called Elohim. But now he assumes the incommunicable name (Tirinus) consisting of four vowels, Jod, He, Vau, He, Jehovah, the essence, or Greek: OON [ Omikron, Omega, Nu. ], a word which the Greek Scriptures leave undeclined, to denote the unchangeable nature of the Deity. The word has been pronounced Jehovah by the moderns, and by the ancients Jevo, Jao, Jave, &c. (Haydock)

Gill: Exo 3:15 - And 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

And God said moreover unto Moses,.... As a further explanation of the above name, and of the design and use of it:

thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: for their further instruction in the said name, and for the confirmation of the mission of Moses, and the success of it:

the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; he who is Jehovah, and the covenant God of the ancestors of the people of Israel, and of them, so he is called, Ecc 3:6.

this is my name for ever: meaning either "Ehjeh, I am", in the preceding verse, or, which is the same, Jehovah in this, and so both of them, and including also the name of the God of Abraham, &c. which he was always to be known by:

and this is my memorial unto all generations; the name by which he should be made mention of both by himself and others, and by which he would be called to remembrance by his people, and what he had promised unto them, and done for them.