and 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."`

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I have said. —See Exodus 3:8. Perhaps there is also a reference to the promise made to Abraham (Genesis 15:14).

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And I have said. By this expression, God reminds us that He, in His secret counsel, determines what He will do. Therefore, we must restrai…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And I have said
Within himself, resolved in his own mind, and had declared it to Moses: I will bring you…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart and opens the ear, could say beforehand, The…

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