Chiasm
Exodus 6:2–9
Exodus 6:2–96 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 2 And God spake unto Moses,
- B and said unto him, I am YAHWEH:
- C 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty,
- D but by my name YAHWEH was I not known to them.
- E 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
- F 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
- G 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am YAHWEH,
- F' and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- F 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
- E' 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God:
- E 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
- D' and ye shall know that I am YAHWEH your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- D but by my name YAHWEH was I not known to them.
- C' 8 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:
- C 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty,
- B' I am YAHWEH.
- B and said unto him, I am YAHWEH:
- A' 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.