Commentary for Exodus 6:3
וָאֵרָ֗א אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּאֵ֣ל שַׁדָּ֑י וּשְׁמִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖עְתִּי לָהֶֽם׃
and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name יהוה a I made Me not known to them.
Rashi on Exodus
וארא AND I APPEARED — to the patriarchs.
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Rashbam on Exodus
בא-ל שדי, a promise concerning the future that I have not yet fulfilled.
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Sforno on Exodus
וארא, in a vision, a communication by G’d just below that of the level we know as נבואה, prophecy. Genesis 18,1 was one such example of G’d “appearing” to Avraham after his circumcision.
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