““I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.””
Exodus 3:12
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Connection with God's promise to Isaac
God repeated His promise "I will be with you" to Jacob (Genesis 31:3), and here Moses hears it at the bush. Two verses later, when Moses asks God's name, the answer uses the same verb: "I AM WHO I AM" (Exodus 3:14).
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When God told Jacob, "I will be" with you (Genesis 31:3), the Hebrew is ehyeh, a form of hayah (H1961), to be. God uses the same form here, "I will surely be with you," and then gives Moses His name, "I AM WHO I AM" (Exodus 3:14), in Hebrew ehyeh asher ehyeh.
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