If we compare Ex. 3:14, 15 14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. There is, I think, no difficulty in Ex. 6:8 8And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord. (Genesis 15:7), Jehovah said, “I Jehovah that brought thee,” &c., and similarly to Jacob in chapter 28:13, where the difficulty is as in the first.Ī. Gen. 15:7 7And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. Fourthly-God Himself using the name directly to Abram and Jacob (I do not lay much stress on the three found in Exodus, but have added them for the sake of completeness). Thirdly-Angels using the name Jehovah directly to men, where the same difficulty presents as in the first. This, however, not being in the form of direct speech, but rather reported, does not present the same difficulty. Secondly-Men calling on the name Jehovah, not on Elohim, as if at that time they began for the first time to know Him as Jehovah. If they used the word Jehovah, then Elohim was known to them by that name or, did they use it without knowing its meaning (did not יהוה in Hebrews mean I am that I am)? If they did not use the word Jehovah, then the reporter (Moses) gives us their meaning, but represents that he gives us their word, and this going against the plenary inspiration, of course could not be maintained. To take an example ( Gen. 28:21 21So that I come again to my father's house in peace then shall the Lord be my God: (Genesis 28:21)), Jacob said, “Then shall Jehovah be my Elohim ” and, chapter 32:9, Jacob said, “O Elohim of my father Abraham, and Elohim of my father Isaac, Jehovah which saidst unto me,” &c. They either did use the word Jehovah or they did not. (Exodus 6:4)) speak of Elohim as Jehovah, not in reported but in ‘direct' speech. First, where persons (before Ex. 6:4 4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. I have classified the 49 difficult passages into four classes. T."-Moses showing Israel (for whom he wrote by the Spirit) that it was their Jehovah who was Elohim, and therefore it is always in the form of reported speech. In the 144 times in which there seems little difficulty, it is as is shown in “B.
2), and with the remainder (49 times) I have some difficulty. With the great majority (144) of these I have not the slightest difficulty (e.g., in Gen.
I find it occurs 195 times until Ex. 6:3 3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. I have written out all the places where the word Jehovah occurs. (Exodus 6:3): “By my name Jehovah was I not known to them.” This seems very absolute. I have always had difficulty with the exact meaning of Ex. 6:3 3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
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