Exodus 4:5
That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
Cross-references
In Exodus 4:1, Moses objects that the people will not believe — this sign is God's direct answer to that doubt.
Exodus 4:31 records the fulfillment: the people believed after seeing the signs, exactly as this verse intended.
Exodus 3:15 is the source of the exact divine name formula repeated here — 'the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob'.
In Exodus 3:6, God first identifies Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – the exact phrase Moses repeats in 4:5 to confirm his commission.
In Exodus 3:18, God promises the elders will listen — the sign here is given to fulfill that promise.
In Exodus 19:9, God again provides a visible sign (the cloud) so the people will believe Moses — a parallel purpose.
Acts 7:2 recounts God appearing to Abraham, the same God of the fathers Moses is told to proclaim – linking the patriarchal appearances.
In John 20:31, the Gospel's purpose echoes Exodus 4:5 — that readers may believe through what is written, just as signs were given for belief.
Genesis 26:2 records God appearing to Isaac, one of the patriarchs named in the divine title here, confirming the ongoing relationship.
Genesis 48:3 recounts God appearing to Jacob, another patriarch in the formula 'God of Jacob' used here, linking Moses' commission to the patriarchs.
In John 11:42, Jesus prays for the crowd to believe he is sent by God, mirroring the purpose of the signs given to Moses here.
John 11:15 echoes the same purpose — belief through a miraculous sign — as Jesus speaks of Lazarus's death to strengthen faith.
Acts 7:32 quotes God's words from Exodus 3:6 verbatim – the same self-identification Moses is to use in Exodus 4:5.
John 5:36 presents Jesus' works as testimony of his divine mission — a parallel to how this sign testifies that God sent Moses.
In 1 Chronicles 29:18, David prays to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel – using the same patriarchal title that identifies God in Exodus 4:5.
Genesis 18:1 shows God appearing to Abraham, consistent with the God of the patriarchs who now appears to Moses in Exodus.
Genesis 17:1 records another appearance of God to Abram, reinforcing the tradition of God revealing himself to the patriarchs, which continues with Moses.
In Genesis 12:7, God appears to Abram, establishing the pattern of divine revelation to the patriarchs that Moses now continues.