The Hand That Led Abraham

Genesis 20:13

The Hand That Led Abraham

A plural verb is the dress of the language, not a count of gods

The grammar bent to a word; the God who led Abraham never bent in two.

--- The Standing Stone ---

Behind “LORD” in your Bible lies a hidden name --- in the Hebrew it is Yahuah Psalm 83:18**; Yahuah is the Father** Isaiah 63:16**; Yahuah is the only God, beside Him there is no other** Isaiah 45:5**; therefore Yahuah the Father is the only true God, leaving no room for a second or third person** 1 Corinthians 8:6**.**

Reference Piece

The “Us” Passages

Why a plural form --- noun or verb --- names no plural God

see the reference section at the back of the book

These are Abraham’s own words, telling Abimelech how Elohim had set him traveling from his father’s house. In the Hebrew the verb “caused…to wander” is plural --- hitʿu --- and on that plural ending the claim is raised that God must be more than one person.

Genesis 20:13

And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house…

הִתְעוּ

hitʿu

they caused to wander --- a plural verb (Genesis 20:13)

But Hebrew dresses the verb to match the plural form of the word Elohim; it does not count persons. Scripture proves it on a single golden calf: one molten image the people called Elohim, of which they said “they brought thee up” --- a plural verb over one lump of gold Exodus 32:4. One calf, plural verb. The form agreed with the word; it never counted gods.

And if anyone grants the plural verb but says it follows Elohim because God is plural, he must explain the thousands of times that same plural noun takes a singular verb --- “Elohim created,” “Elohim said,” “Elohim saw.” A word that named many persons could never stand with a singular verb, let alone almost always. The plural is only the language doing what Hebrew does; the singular verb is the One who stands behind it.

Conclusion

The Verdict

Abraham was led by One. The plural on the verb is the dress of the language he spoke, not a crack in the God who called him out of Ur.

A plural verb made no second God of the One who led Abraham --- a single golden calf wore the very same plural, and the calf was one.