Exodus · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Exodus 3 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Moisés apacentaba el rebaño de su suegro Jetro, sacerdote de Madián, y condujo el rebaño al extremo del desierto. Llegó a Horeb, la Montaña de ʼElohim.
1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb.
2 Entonces el Ángel de Yavé se le apareció en una llama de fuego en medio de una zarza. Él vio que la zarza ardía con fuego, pero no se consumía.
2 Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 Y Moisés dijo: Me desviaré y observaré esta gran aparición. Por qué no se consume la zarza.
3 Moses said, “I will go now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.”
4 Cuando Yavé vio que él se desviaba para observar, lo llamó de en medio de la zarza y le dijo: ¡Moisés! ¡Moisés! Y él respondió: ¡Aquí estoy!
4 When Yahweh saw that he came over to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”
5 Entonces Él le dijo: No te acerques acá. Quita las sandalias de tus pies, porque el lugar donde estás parado es suelo santo.
5 He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
6 También le dijo: Yo soy el ʼElohim de tu padre, de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. Entonces Moisés ocultó su rostro, porque tuvo temor de mirar a ʼElohim.
6 Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
7 Y Yavé dijo: Ciertamente vi la aflicción de mi pueblo que está en Egipto, y escuché su clamor por causa de sus opresores, porque conozco sus padecimientos.
7 Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
8 Así que descendí para librarlos del poder de los egipcios y llevarlos de esa tierra a una tierra buena y espaciosa que fluye leche y miel, al lugar del cananeo, del heteo, del amorreo, del ferezeo, del heveo y del jebuseo.
8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
9 Ahora, mira, el clamor de los hijos de Israel llegó hasta Mí. También vi la opresión de los egipcios contra ellos.
9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
10 Por tanto te enviaré a Faraón para que saques de Egipto a mi pueblo, los hijos de Israel.
10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
11 Pero Moisés respondió a ʼElohim: ¿Quién soy yo para que vaya a Faraón y saque de Egipto a los hijos de Israel?
11 Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
12 Y Él respondió: Ciertamente Yo estaré contigo. Ésta será la señal de que te envié: Cuando saques al pueblo de Egipto, servirán a ʼElohim sobre esta montaña.
12 He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
13 Entonces Moisés dijo a ʼElohim: Cuando vaya a los hijos de Israel y les diga: El ʼElohim de sus antepasados me envió a ustedes, y ellos me pregunten: ¿Cuál es su Nombre? ¿Qué les diré?
13 Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?”
14 ʼElohim respondió a Moisés: Yo soy el que soy. Y añadió: Así dirás a los hijos de Israel: Yo soy me envió a ustedes.
14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
15 Además ʼElohim dijo a Moisés: Así dirás a los hijos de Israel: Yavé, el ʼElohim de sus antepasados, de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, me envió a ustedes. Éste es mi Nombre para siempre jamás, Y éste es mi memorial para todas las generaciones.
15 God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, 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 to all generations.
16 Vé, reúne a los ancianos de Israel y diles: Yavé, ʼElohim de sus antepasados, de Abraham, Isaac y Jacob, me apareció y me dijo: En verdad los visité y vi lo que se les hace en Egipto.
16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.
17 Y dije: Los sacaré de la aflicción de Egipto a la tierra del cananeo, del heteo, del amorreo, del ferezeo, del heveo y del jebuseo, una tierra que fluye leche y miel.
17 I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
18 Ellos atenderán lo que tú dices. Luego irás tú y los ancianos de Israel ante el rey de Egipto y le dirán: Yavé, el ʼElohim de los hebreos, se encontró con nosotros. Así que ahora te rogamos que nos permitas ir una jornada de tres días al desierto para ofrecer sacrificios a Yavé nuestro ʼElohim.
18 They will listen to your voice. You shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.’
19 Sin embargo, Yo sé que el rey de Egipto no los dejará salir, sino forzado por una mano poderosa.
19 I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
20 De manera que Yo extenderé mi mano, golpearé a Egipto con todos mis prodigios que haré en medio de él, y después de esto los dejará ir.
20 I will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do among them, and after that he will let you go.
21 Concederé que este pueblo halle gracia ante los egipcios. Sucederá que cuando partan, no se irán vacíos,
21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
22 sino cada mujer pedirá a su vecina y a la huésped de su casa objetos de plata y de oro, y ropa, y los pondrán sobre sus hijos e hijas. Así despojarán a los egipcios.
22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing. You shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Jethro
The priest of Midian, also called Reuel, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses, brought her and her two sons to Moses at the mountain of God, and advised him to appoint capable…
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2:18; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 18:1
Places
Mount Sinai
The location is strongly debated — traditional Jebel Musa in the southern Sinai Peninsula is only one of several proposals (approximate location). It is where the Law was given.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 19:20; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 24:12
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 19:8; Psalm 78:70–72; Exodus 17:6; Numbers 10:29; Judges 4:11
- 2 Acts 7:30–35; Isaiah 43:2; Deuteronomy 33:16; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37
- 3 Acts 7:31; Psalm 107:8; Job 37:14; Psalm 111:2–4
- 4 Deuteronomy 33:16; Genesis 22:11; Genesis 46:2; 1 Samuel 3:6; 1 Samuel 3:4
- 5 Joshua 5:15; Acts 7:33; Exodus 19:12; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Hebrews 12:20
- 6 Luke 20:37; Matthew 22:32; Exodus 4:5; Mark 12:26; Acts 7:32
- 7 Psalm 145:19; Psalm 106:44; Exodus 2:23–25; Psalm 34:6; Exodus 22:23
- 8 Genesis 50:24; Genesis 15:18–21; Exodus 3:17; Exodus 13:5; Deuteronomy 1:25
- 9 Proverbs 22:22–23; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 1:13–14; Exodus 3:7
- 10 Micah 6:4; Isaiah 63:11–12; 1 Samuel 12:6; Psalm 105:26; Acts 7:34
- 11 1 Samuel 18:18; Exodus 6:12; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Jeremiah 1:6; 2 Corinthians 2:16
- 12 Joshua 1:5; Romans 8:31; Isaiah 41:10; Deuteronomy 31:23; Genesis 31:3
- 13 Proverbs 30:4; Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:21; Isaiah 7:14; Exodus 3:14
- 14 John 8:58; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 1:8; Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 44:6
- 15 Genesis 17:7–8; Hebrews 13:8; Hosea 12:5; Malachi 3:6; Micah 4:5
- 16 Psalm 8:4; Exodus 4:31; Exodus 4:29; Genesis 50:24; Acts 15:14
- 17 Genesis 15:13–21; Exodus 3:8–9; Genesis 50:24; Exodus 2:23–25; Genesis 46:4
- 18 Exodus 9:1; Exodus 7:16; Exodus 10:24–26; Exodus 9:13; Numbers 23:15–16
- 19 Exodus 5:2; Exodus 6:1; Psalm 136:11–12; Exodus 7:1–14; Isaiah 63:12–13
- 20 Acts 7:36; Nehemiah 9:10; Deuteronomy 6:22; Exodus 9:15; Exodus 6:6
- 21 Exodus 12:36; Exodus 11:3; Psalm 105:37; Proverbs 16:7; Psalm 106:46
- 22 Ezekiel 39:10; Exodus 11:2; Psalm 105:37; Exodus 12:35–36; Genesis 15:14
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… spake to Moses, in a flame of fire out of the bush, and said, I am that I am, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of thy fathers; go down into Egypt, and bring forth My people." And if you wish to learn what follows, you can do so from the same …
And thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: He who is, hath sent me unto you;" and His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who makes those that believe in His name the sons of God.
… what was the name of that God who was commanding him to go and deliver the Hebrew people out of Egypt, this answer was given: "I am who am; and thou shalt say to the children of Israel, He who is sent me unto you;" as though compared with Him that truly is, because He is unchangeable, those things which …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
We worship, therefore, as the Father of Christ, the Maker of heaven and earth, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; to whose honour the former temple also, over against us here, was built.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… of His Essence; and of these especially He Who Is, not only because when He spake to Moses in the mount, and Moses asked what His Name was, this was what He called Himself, bidding him say to the people "I Am hath sent me," but also because we find that this Name is the more strictly appropriate.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)