Exodus 20:2 (ASV)

Passage

I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Nearby Context

Exodus 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,

Exodus 20:2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "brought", "thee", "land", "egypt", "house", and "bondage". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And God spake all these words saying..." into verse 3's "Thou shalt have no other gods before...", so "jehovah" and "brought" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.