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A. In other words, we will never exhaust what can be said about Exod. 3:14! I would, however, note again that the \u201cI AM WHO I AM\u201d meaning of the divine name is given to Moses and the reader, and does not feature as part of what Moses is told to convey, or in the event conveys, to the Hebrews in Egypt. So there may be a meaning greater than that related to the immediate narrative context.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"