61 Then the Lord said to Moses , "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh ; for under compulsion e he will let them go , and under compulsion e he will drive them out of his land ." 2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the Lord ; 3 and I appeared to Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , as God Almighty , but by My name , Lord , I did not make Myself known to them. 4 "I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan , the land in which they sojourned . 5 "Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel , because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage , and I have remembered My covenant . 6 "Say , therefore , to the sons of Israel , ' I am the Lord , and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians , and I will deliver you from their bondage . I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments . 7 'Then I will take you for My people , and I will be your God ; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God , who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians . 8 'I will bring you to the land which I swore e to give to Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , and I will give it to you for a possession ; I am the Lord .' " 9 So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel , but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency e and cruel bondage .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 6:1-9
Commentary on Exodus 6:1-9
(Read Exodus 6:1-9)
We are most likely to prosper in attempts to glorify God, and to be useful to men, when we learn by experience that we can do nothing of ourselves; when our whole dependence is placed on him, and our only expectation is from him. Moses had been expecting what God would do; but now he shall see what he will do. God would now be known by his name Jehovah, that is, a God performing what he had promised, and finishing his own work. God intended their happiness: I will take you to me for a people, a peculiar people, and I will be to you a God. More than this we need not ask, we cannot have, to make us happy. He intended his own glory: Ye shall know that I am the Lord. These good words, and comfortable words, should have revived the drooping Israelites, and have made them forget their misery; but they were so taken up with their troubles, that they did not heed God's promises. By indulging discontent and fretfulness, we deprive ourselves of the comfort we might have, both from God's word and from his providence, and go comfortless.