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Exodus 3:6

Exodus 3:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The God of thy father. "Father" here is used collectively, meaning forefathers generally, a usage well known to Hebraists. (Compare , and .) The God of Abraham, etc; i.e. the God who revealed himself to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and entered into covenant with them (; ; ).

The conclusion which our Blessed Lord drew from this verse () is not directly involved in it, but depends on his minor premiss, "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." Moses hid his face.

A natural instinctive action. So Elijah, on the same site (1 Kings 19:13) and the holy angels before God's throne in heaven (). In the religious system of Rome, the augurs when discharging their office, and all persons when offering a sacrifice, veiled their heads.

(See Liv. 1.18; Virg. Aen. 3.405; Juv. 6.390.

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