Discovery BoxActs 7:31-32 
Context7:31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord, 7:32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, 1 the God of Abraham, Isaac, 2 and Jacob.’ 3 Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. 4
1 tn Or “ancestors”; Grk “fathers.”
2 tn Grk “and Isaac,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
3 sn A quotation from Exod 3:6. The phrase suggests the God of promise, the God of the nation.
4 tn Or “to investigate,” “to contemplate” (BDAG 522 s.v. κατανοέω 2).
