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Exo. 3:15

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The Lord.

Exod 3:6; Exod 4:5; Gen 17:7; Gen 17:8; Deut 1:11; Deut 1:35; Deut 4:1; 2Chr 28:9; Matt 22:32; Acts 7:32

this is my name for ever.The name here referred to is that which immediately precedes, [yhwh,] ,] {Yehowah,} which we translate "Lord", the name by which God had been known from the creation of the world, (Ge 2:2,) and by which he is known to the present day.

[yhwh,] {Yehowah,} from [hwh,] {hawah,} to be, subsist, signifies "He who is", or "subsists", i.e., eminently and in a manner superior to all other beings; and is essentially the same with [ahwh,] {eheyeh,} "I AM", in the preceding verse.

Ps 72:17; Ps 72:19; Ps 135:13; Ps 145:1; Ps 145:2; Isa 9:6; Isa 63:12

my memorial.

Ps 102:12; Hos 12:5; Mic 4:5; Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8