Verse 5
"That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee."
Note the continued recurrence of this formula for the name of God by which Moses so often addressed the people, following God's specific commandment. Are we not justified in assuming that this whole complex designation is THE NAME by which God made Himself known, not only to Moses, but also to the people? The efforts of scholars to fix their guess-word YAHWEH upon this portion of Exodus could not possibly be correct.
Although the purpose mentioned here for the giving of the miracle was that THEY might believe, it is also clear that God was also strengthening MOSES' faith. Two other great signs followed at once.
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