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# the people
See “my people” in [09:13](09/13).
# I AM WHO I AM
This description shows that God can only be defined by himself, not by anything else that we know of, and he cannot be compared to anyone else.
# Tell them, 'I AM has sent me to you.'
This is a quotation within a quotation. The entire quotation can be restated so that this portion is an indirect quotation: "Tell them that I AM has sent you to them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]])
# I AM
This name emphasizes that God is the only one who has always lived and always will live. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknowns]])
# Also tell them, 'I am Yahweh, the God of your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.'
This is a quotation within a quotation. The entire quotation can be restated so that this portion is an indirect quotation: "Also tell them that I am Yahweh, the God of your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]])
# Yahweh
The name "Yahweh" means "HE IS" and expresses that God exists by his own power—no one created him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknowns]])
# my name
The name that God told Moses and all of Israel to use for him is “Yahweh,” which is related to “I AM” and appears to mean, “HE IS.”