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“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” (Ex. vi, 3).
“I [Abraham] have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord [Jehovah] the most high God” (Gen. xiv, 22).
“He [Isaac] said, For now the Lord [Jehovah] hath made room for us” (xxvi, 22).
“He [Jacob] said, Surely the Lord [Jehovah] is in this place” (xxviii, 16).
According to the writer in Exodus, Jehovah did not become the national God of Israel until after the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. According to the writer in Genesis, he was known to each of these patriarchs.