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Where God Appeared

Nazaryah
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Genesis 35:7

Where God Appeared

One Maker met Jacob, however the verb is spelled

A plural verb no more split God than it split the calf they called “gods.”

--- 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

Jacob has come back to the place where Elohim met him as he fled from Esau, and he builds an altar to the God who appeared there. In the Hebrew the verb “appeared” is plural --- niglu --- and on that plural ending rests the claim that God is more than one person.

Genesis 35:7

…because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

נִגְלוּ

niglu

they appeared / were revealed --- a plural verb (Genesis 35:7)

But the plural here is grammar, not arithmetic. Hebrew lets the verb agree with the plural ending of Elohim without ever multiplying Him. The proof stands at the golden calf: a single molten image the people called Elohim and of whom they said “they brought thee up,” a plural verb laid on one piece of gold Exodus 32:4. If a plural verb made many gods, the calf was many --- and it was one.

And should anyone answer that the verb follows a plural Elohim because God Himself is plural, the singular verb buries it: that same noun governs a singular verb thousands upon thousands of times --- “Elohim created,” “Elohim said,” “Elohim saw.” A true plurality of persons could not be spoken of in the singular at nearly every turn. The form is Hebrew; the One behind it is real.

Conclusion

The Verdict

One God appeared to Jacob at Bethel, as One had met him there before. The verb bends to the shape of a word; the God who met him never bent into two.

The God who appeared to Jacob is one --- a plural verb no more divides Him than it divided the calf Israel called “gods.”