וָאֵרָ֗א אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּאֵ֣ל שַׁדָּ֑י וּשְׁמִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖עְתִּי לָהֶֽם׃
I objawiłem się Abrahamowi, Ic'hakowi i Jakóbowi, jako Bóg wszechmogący, ale imieniem Mojém - Wiekuisty, nie dałem się poznać im.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“I appeared to Abraham” [6:3]. God said: I appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I told them that My name is Shaddai and did not tell them that My name is YHVH. Even with the name Shaddai I kept My promise and gave them what I promised. How much more so with the name YHVH, will I keep My promise? Therefore, go and tell Israel that I will keep My oath that I swore to their ancestors and I will take Israel out of Egypt.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
Bahya writes. The verse here uses four terms, “I will free you,” “I will deliver you,” “I will redeem you,” “I will take you” [6:6–7]. This teaches us that the Holy One promised Israel four ways. The first was that they would be free from their masters. The second is that they would be separated far from their masters. The third is that He would split the sea. The fourth is that He would give the Torah. Therefore, it says about the first that they would be free from their masters. “I will free you from the labors” [6:6]. They will be free from work. They will be in Egypt and not have to work for six months, as our sages say. The Israelites stopped working on Rosh Hashanah and the redemption from Egypt was on the fifteenth day of Nisan. The second was that they went out from the authority of their masters in Nisan. Therefore, it says, “I delivered you from your bondage” [6:6]. I will protect them from their work. The third is to split the sea. Concerning this it says, “I will redeem you” [6:6]. That is, all the people. Since, as long as the master by whom the slave was in servitude lives, he remains afraid of the master, that he would capture him again. However, here when the sea was split, all of Israel saw that their masters were drowned, and the sea threw them out. Each Israelite saw that his master was dead and the Israelites were happy. This was the proper redemption. Concerning this it says, “I will redeem you” [6:6]. The fourth is that He would give the Torah to Israel. Concerning this it says, “I will take you to be My people” [6:7]. That is to say, with the giving of the Torah Israel were the people of the Holy One. They would serve Him and no other god.1Bahya, Exodus, 6:6.