Yahweh emphasizes that aspect of God’s being. For many of the early wives in the series, Jubilees notes that the patriarchs married their sisters. [citation needed] Tradition identifies her with the woman who was healed of a bleeding discharge in the Gospel (see also: Veil of Veronica). I am sometimes surprised at how easy it is to answer some alleged Bible contradictions. How often do we say with our lips that God is our Lord, yet with our actions acknowledge that someone or something else is truly in control? It is the same name as Jehovah. (The Biblical account makes no mention of a wife at all.) The first group identified, are Joseph's brothers when Judah brings up … The fact that Jesus had at least two "sisters" is mentioned in Mark 6:3 and Matthew 13:55–56, though their exact number is not specified in either gospel. [30] Other sources name them Uriel, Izidkiel, Haniel, and Kepharel. The term Olam also carries with it the idea of unchanging. Around the first century AD it became common for Jews to avoid speaking God’s name, Yahweh, for fear of doing so too casually and thus breaking the second commandment, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,” (Exodus 20:7). That is why in Exodus 3 when Moses asked God, “Who shall I tell Pharaoh has sent me?” God replied, “I AM. David wrote, “From everlasting to everlasting, You are God” (Psalm 90:2). It is from a root word translated as “I AM” in the title “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). He knows everything about us. Potiphar's wife attempted to seduce Joseph in Egypt. [31] In the Coptic Orthodox Church the names of these four archangels are given as Suriel, Sedakiel, Sarathiel and Ananiel. In deutscher Übersetzung: 2 Bde., Mohr Siebeck; 1999, Wilhelm Schneemelcher, Neutestamentarische Apokryphen. The name Yahweh comes from a Hebrew word meaning “to be” or “to exist.” Thus it signifies God as “the Self-existing One. The proposed names of Procla and Procula may not be names at all, but simply a form of Pilate's official title of Procurator, indicating that she was the Procurator's wife. The names have meaning too. The all-seeing God had noticed her distress and came to her to comfort and guide her life. Each one tells us something important about God—His character and how He relates to us. Whatever our need, El Shaddai is able to supply it. He insists on being in charge, but He always has our best interest in mind. According to Ethiopian traditions, the Queen of Sheba returned to Ethiopia pregnant with King Solomon's child. He is always there. No matter how many there actually are, our Almighty God, El Shaddai, is able to keep every one of them. It focuses on God’s exalted position and is often translated “the Most High” or “God Most High.” This exalted position of El Elyon was the one to which Lucifer aspired in heaven, when in his pride he declared, “I will be like the Most High (Isaiah 14:14). Hagar “called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, [El Roi] You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees” (Genesis 16:13). Imagine if someone came up to me and said, “What is your name? This name of God occurs only once in the Bible. It in fact did not surface until the sixteenth century; see Works of Philo. He numbers the very hairs of our head. So let’s look at some of the more frequent and significant names for God in the Bible. Other Jewish traditional sources contain many different names for Noah's wife. This helps us understand that God is the ultimate authority in all matters at all times and existence is predicated upon Him. Our team will gladly respond to your questions with Bible based answers. The Book of the Bee was written by Bishop Shelemon in the Aramaic language in the thirteenth century. It’s the same with God. Lamech named his son Noah, “saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands…” (Genesis 5:29). He will never take advantage of being the Boss. So having more than one name is no contradiction at all. For us, this means that El Olam, the Everlasting God, is constant, dependable and reliable. In His arms you are secure. 22). See also: Balbira and Kalmana, Azura and Awan for alternate traditions of names. . That’s why businessmen and women are jealous of their “good name.” They know that their name and their character are inextricably bound up together.