The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Redeem” it comes from the Hebrew Word “ga’al” which means “to redeem, to act as a kinsman-deliverer.”
Right when things look their worst, God reminds Moses exactly who He is. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Exodus 6.
God responds to Moses’ discouragement with a fresh, powerful promise. “Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go.” God reaffirms His covenant name, declaring, “I am the LORD,” and reminds Moses that He appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and remembered His covenant when He heard Israel’s groaning. He promises not only to bring them out of Egypt, but to take them as His own people and bring them into the land He swore to their fathers.
God gives Moses a rich series of promises built around the phrase “I will,” I will bring you out, I will rid you out of their bondage, I will redeem you, I will take you to me for a people, and I will bring you in unto the land. The Hebrew word for redeem here is “ga’al,” describing the role of a kinsman who steps in to rescue and reclaim what belongs to his family. Moses relays this to the Israelites, but they are too crushed by their bondage and anguish of spirit to listen.
God then commands Moses again to go to Pharaoh, and Moses, discouraged by Israel’s own unresponsiveness, protests that if his own people will not listen to him, why would Pharaoh. The chapter closes with a genealogy establishing the family line of Moses and Aaron, grounding this unfolding, cosmic rescue story in real, ordinary family history.
When circumstances looked bleakest, God did not offer Moses vague comfort. He restated, in specific and repeated terms, exactly what He was going to do. Renewed promises, spoken plainly, are often exactly what a discouraged heart needs to keep moving forward, even before anything visibly changes.
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