Acts 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 

Ge 28:13-17; Ge 50:24; Ex 3:6,15; Ex 4:5; Ex 33:20; 1Ki 19:13; Job 4:14; Job 37:1,2; Job 42:5,6; Ps 89:7; Isa 6:1-5; Da 10:7,8; Mt 17:6; Mt 22:32; Lu 5:8; Ac 3:13; Ac 9:4-6; Heb 11:16; Re 1:17

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).