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I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.

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God's Faithful Covenant

Commentators stress that God's action is not random but a fulfillment of the "established" covenant made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob generations earlier. This promise to give them the land of Canaan is described as "sure and firm." God's character is revealed as one who remembers and keeps His long-standing promises.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 6:4

19th Century

Bishop

My covenant. See Genesis 15:18-21; Genesis 17:7–8; Genesis 26:3–4; Genesis 35:12, etc.

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Exodus 6:4

16th Century

Theologian

And I have also established my covenant. He confirms the hope of the deliverance, which He had previously promised and which the Patriarch…

John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 6:4

17th Century

Pastor

And I have also established my covenant with them
With Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and with their posterity, so that …

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 6:1–9

17th Century

Minister

We are most likely to prosper in attempts to glorify God, and to be useful to others, when we learn by experience that we can do nothing on our own…