The burning bush. The Hebrew ehyeh asher ehyeh is genuinely contested: the verb is imperfect and can be rendered 'I am what I am', 'I will be what I will be', or 'I cause to be what I cause to be'. The ASV's I AM THAT I AM follows the Greek tradition; the future rendering is at least as defensible and changes the theology.
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Passage
TextAnd Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Connections
Concerns
Judaism, Religions The disclosure of the divine name that stands behind the Tetragrammaton.
Set at Horeb, the mountain of God, identified with Sinai.
Passage Of
Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
Sources
1. The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line text
American Revision Committee, eBible.org (digital edition), 1901Exodus 3:13-14View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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