Exodus 6:8
ESV
I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’"
NIV
And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’ "
NASB
I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession; I am the Lord.’?'
CSB
I will bring you to the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord."
NLT
I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the Lord!’'
KJV
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
NKJV
And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”
What does Exodus 6:8 mean?
Here, The Lord presents the last two of a series of seven "I will" statements. He has promised to take away the people's burden, to free them from slavery, to rescue them using miracles (Exodus 6:6), to make them His people, and to be their God (Exodus 6:7). These are part of the Lord's response to Pharaoh's refusal to release Israel (Exodus 5:5–9) and the people's dismay over his retaliation (Exodus 5:20–21).These promises focus on Canaan: the territory which the Lord gave to Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 12:6–7; 17:8). God vows that He will bring Israel there, and the land will become theirs. The books of Joshua and Judges describe the people's self-inflicted troubles taking possession of the territory. The book of Exodus will record how God freed Israel from Egypt (Exodus 12:41), while the books of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy include God's commands to the nation and their experiences on the way to Canaan.
God's intent to make good on these vows in emphasized by repeating His identity: "the Lord." As noted to Moses, the God of Israel is both unique and necessary (Exodus 3:14–15). He is the basis of all reality. When the Creator of all things says something, it cannot be false (Numbers 23:19) and it cannot be stopped (Job 42:2).
