Pentateuch/Torah closer look

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” –Genesis 3:15

The word, “Pentateuch,” comes from the Greek word, “Pentateuchos.” This means, “Consisting of five books,” which represents the first five books of the Old Testament, and is known as “The Books of the Law.” In Joshua 1:7-8, Matthew 5:17, and Luke 2:23, the Law is referred to as seemingly, “one book.” The Law is “one book” in Hebrew manuscripts. Authorship of the Pentateuch is attributed to Moses. Jesus seems to validate this, as it says in Mark 7:10, “Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother.” Or we read in Mark 12:26, “Have ye not read in the Book of Moses?”

Genesis
This Book, Genesis, teaches the origin of all things and gives to us a powerful picture of God creating, forming, and fashioning the world to meet the needs of His People. It is the starting point to discovering how all things came to be, and is the seed from which all things grow. It is an essential to learning and understanding the Bible, and is the foundation of which the truth upon which Divine Revelation sits. Its literary style is prose, and reveals the existence and essence of God. This Book has 50 chapters and 1533 total verses. The time that this was written was probably around the 40 years of Wilderness Wanderings, which were around 1300 BC. While it was written in the Sinai Peninsula Wilderness, it was directed to the Israelites. It seems the history that was covered was beginning at Creation up to Joseph’s death – about 2,500 years overall. We see the picture of Christ as the seed of a woman, in Genesis 3:15.

{Chapters 12-50 introduce us to the Great Patriarchs, who are known as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. There are two main divisions found in the Book of Genesis, which are the Four Great Facts (notably Creation, the Fall of Humanity, The Deluge, and The Nations) and the Great Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph).}

We see the original creation in Genesis 1:1, and then the earth destroyed as we move on to verse 2. Moving along into verse 3, we see the recreation begin then: 1. Light (not specifically the sun) 2. Firmament (the air, heavens, etc.) 3. Dry ground & vegetation 4. Sun, moon, and stars (God restores them) 5. Fish (whales) and fowl 6. Animals and Man

The fall of man
The steps of Man’s failure involved doubting, adding, misquoting, contradicting, misinterpreting, yielding to temptation of transgressing, transgressing, and receiving the results of transgressing God’s Word. The curses of chapter three were upon the serpent, satan, woman, man, earth, and all creation. For the serpent, God sent the serpent on its belly to be cursed above all cattle and every beast of the field, and also to eat dust for the rest of its life. There is additionally enmity put between the serpent and the woman, including their seeds having enmity – to which it shall bruise their head and heel. For the woman, God multiplied sorrow greatly, especially in conception – and the desire of her shall be to the husband, where he rules over her. For Adam, since he followed his wife and ate of the tree, wherefore, cursed is the ground for his sake, to which, in sorrow, he shall eat of it all the days of his life. Thorns and thistles shall be brought forth unto him, and he shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat and hard work, he shall eat bread, and work for his food.

The first promise of hope and redemption is found in Genesis 3:15, as we find that this is a promise of Christ and is the source of all the other promises of Christ. The three Messianic Prophecies in Genesis are the seed of woman, seed of Abraham, and seed of Judah. The seed of woman involved predicting or prophesying the coming of the Messiah, for the virgin birth is the inclusion here, to which humanity would become saved.

First family
The first family is identified in Genesis 4, to which we see Adam and Eve, and then their sons Cain and Abel. Cain, whose name means, “possession,” was a tiller of the ground, a liar, murderer, wrath-giver, envious, and jealous person. God did not like Cain’s first offering, which humbled Cain. The Lord gives him another opportunity to please Him. Abel, whose name means, “vanity,” was a keeper of the sheep. The Lord respected and liked Abel’s offering. Cain did not like this and murdered his brother, becoming the first murderer.

Shem’s lineage would be prophesied as blessed, and that Canaan will serve him (this blessing is a prophecy of the Messiah). Shem involved 26 nations that remained in the region around the Tigris and Euphrates. The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. Through Aram came Hul, Gether, and Mash. Through Arphaxad came Salah and Eber. Through Eber then came Peleg and Joktan. Through Peleg came Reu, Serug, Terah, and Abram. Through Joktan came Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jorah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, and Jobab.

The sons of God
The Old Testament “sons of God” were considered angels, as we see in Job 1:6. It was only used in OT Scripture a few times, and mostly served as describing angels in the Book of Job. Anyway, as the angels in Genesis 6, these ones were involved in a wicked sin of fornication and leaving their created state (now bound in Tartarus). These angels left their own dwellings and invaded the human sphere by partaking of humanity’s sin.

Noah
We see in Genesis 6:6-8, “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” God then entrusts Noah with a task to build an ark, so that God may destroy Earth.

“And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth” (Genesis 6:13). God gives instructions for building the ark for the remainder of chapter 6. Scripture also records that Noah did all that God told him to do (Genesis 6:22; 7:5). After the destructive, flooding waters were gone, the ark rested upon Mount Ararat, to which, Noah checked with the birds.

God commanded him to go forth and be fruitful and multiply the earth with his family (Genesis 8:17-19). Noah then built an altar for sacrifices to be brought to Him. After that, God promised, even though the imagination of a man’s heart is evil, He will never again smite any more every thing living. He confirmed this with a covenant, as we see in Genesis 9:8 and further. Flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of a flood or a flood used to destroy the earth. The token of the covenant that lasts is a rainbow (just “bow”) in Scripture. The sons of Noah then left the ark and all replenished the earth. Noah lived for 350 years after the flood before dying at 950 years.

The “sign of the Covenant” is a “bow” as we see in Scripture, which is Genesis 9:12-17. This bow, a rainbow, as we call it these days, because it seems to only appear when water comes between our vision and the sun; would be the token of the covenant between God and Noah*. The Lord said He would remember the covenant, and would help Man remember this covenant through the token of the bow, so no one would forget that God would not destroy the earth with a flood anymore. (*-and through future generations of Man.)

Tower of Babel
The languages of the earth were the same until the Tower of Babel incident, where we see Nimrod involved in Genesis chapter 11. In this situation, a plain was found in the Land of Shinar, to which, they said they would like to build a city and a tower, whose top may reach heaven, and make a name for themselves unless they were to be scattered abroad the face of the earth. They wanted to build the tower so that they would not be separated. However, the Lord came down and looked at all of their work, and couldn’t believe that they gather themselves together (to which, would probably allow too much trouble or sin to be caused, as well as the potential limiting of population growth). Therefore, the Lord scattered them abroad in the earth and confounded (that is, confused) their language so that they cannot understand each other’s speech. They left off to build the city, which would be called Babel, because the Lord confounded the language of all the earth. This was God’s way of humbling these proud men, and removing them from their projects by confusing their language, so they couldn’t communicate such sinful ways with each other anymore.

In Acts 2, we see the glorious unity of a heavenly language, which was one to bring glory unto God. Where we see a unity of language to bring about good things (especially heavenly things), can be compared to the Tower of Babel situation that unity of language brought pride and strife unto Man. Heavenly language would be more powerful and prevalent, and therefore, would bring more glory unto God.

Abraham
Abraham was the founder of the Nation of Israel. We see in Genesis 11, most of humanity is turning their back on God as before the flood of Noah. Israel then, through Abraham, is chosen as a channel through which the promised “seed of woman,” the redeemer of the world, shall come. The coming Messiah will identify with Israel, for Israel (Jacob) is the one man whom the promised will be poured out upon, which then became the nation of Israel. Abraham was born into an idolatrous family and environment (as we see in Joshua 24:2), to which, his father, Terah even worshipped the moon. Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot; going forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans unto the Land of Canaan. Abram is the central figure in this account, and Ur of Chaldeans was an idolatrous city. Abraham was taken along with the families by Terah and went northwest from Mesopotamia about 600 miles to the old city of Haran – which was a trade center between Babylonia and the Mediterranean and Egypt. When at Haran, the family established their second home and remained until God spoke to Abram after the death of his father to get out of the country and form kindred, and from his father’s house, He will show him to the land he is to go.

The promise by God that was made unto Abraham was six fold, as we see in Genesis 12:2-3, and defined as such, “I will make of thee a great nation, bless thee, make thy name great, thou shalt be a blessing, will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curseth thee, and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” God had a plan to start all over, and Abraham was to leave his people and face a new world that God led him to. With the aid of God, he would establish the true religion in the new land, and must go on “faith,” to which he needed to know what would be revealed to him as he journeyed to the new land.

Abraham’s answer to the call of God was his journeying another 400 miles from Haran to Canaan, taking his wife, Lot, and taking all their possessions, camels, cattle, and slaves. Shechem was a place named in Canaan where Abraham built an altar unto God. From Shechem, he went to Bethel where he built another altar and called upon the name of the Lord. Next, from Bethel, they journeyed 50 some miles further south, but here they ran into a great famine. In a time of unbelief then, they journeyed unto Egypt. Abraham next gets into trouble, as Abraham tells a lie to the Pharaoh that Sarah is his sister instead of his wife. Since this wasn’t the whole truth, as Pharaoh suspected, and Pharaoh commanded him to leave Egypt. From Egypt where they left God, they journeyed back to Bethel and built an altar unto the Lord again.

Now, the herds of Lot and Abraham were very large and there arose a contention between their herdsmen, for Abraham gave Lot first choice of land and allowed him to choose the direction he would go. Lot chose the plains of Jordan on the East, and then Abraham headed toward the hill country of Canaan to the West. Lot’s choice was based on material advantage and self-interest, and he ended up in an environment of two wicked cities, Sodom and Gomorrah.

After that, Abraham heard God speak to him as we see in Genesis 13:14-16, to which the Lord told him that after Lot was separated from him, he is to see with his eyes from the place where He is; looking all around – and the land that he sees, the seed of him will be given unto this land forever. From that, he will be made the seed as the dust of the earth so that if Man is to measure the amount of dust of the earth, then the seed can also be numbered.

Abraham is first referred to as a “Hebrew,” which means, “of the country beyond.” He lived to be an old man, who was blessed of the Lord in every way but one, which was that he had no children (especially not a son). He had no one to receive his inheritance or to bless the future generations. This is part of the reason he doubted the covenant between him and God. However, God required faith for it to work, and therefore, he set out to do as called.

Now, at Sarah’s pleading, Abraham tried to fulfill this promise in her way (which was her own way), and she gave to Abraham her handmaid Hagar – to which, Ishmael was born because of this, however, he was not of the promised seed. Since they did not wait for the promise of the Father, they went forth in the flesh, only to find conflict. However, the covenant was then reaffirmed in Genesis 17:4-8, to which, the sign of this covenant between God and Abraham (notably, “Abrahamic Covenant”) would be circumcision – which would be required for every male. This covenant also provided a son and heir, as the Lord said, to which, a nation is declared from Ishmael and his twelve sons.

The Lord had promised an heir to Abraham through Sarah (her name changed from Sarai to Sarah, because she would be called the mother of nations), and the Lord appeared to Abraham against in the plains of Mamre with two other men (three men-angels) and renewed the promise of the son. Sarah had overheard this and laughed, because of her age. She denoted with sarcasm, “is anything too hard for the Lord?” Going forward, there is the account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, to which Abraham made a request for Lot to be spared from it. Anyway, we see the born son of Abraham and Sarah, whose name is Isaac, which meant, “God hath made me laugh.” Abraham was 100 years of age when Isaac was born, and Sarah was around 91. Both Abraham and Sarah laughed about the bearing of a child in their old age; however, Abraham learned one last lesson.

The last lesson that Abraham learned was about sacrifice and worship, as we see in chapter 22. It was an ancient custom among the Canaanites and other heathen tribes of offering human sacrifices to God, therefore, to test the faith of Abraham further, as well as to demonstrate that God preferred the worship and service of a living son (over a sacrifice) rather than a dead one, God had commanded Abraham to go to Mount “Moriah” to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham had obeyed God and proceeded forward to the mountain, assuring God he would go through with it. However, at the last moment before the death of his son, God stopped him and a ram was caught in the thicket – which was symbolic of the future Jesus Christ sacrifice. Therefore, Abraham learned from this lesson that God is “Jehovah-Jireh,” meaning, “The Lord will provide.”

Chapter 22 explains more of the Abrahamic Covenant, and then in chapter 24, we see Abraham’s last days as he muses on a suitable wife for Isaac. He provided a bride for Isaac. Isaac was a necessary link in the process of fulfilling God’s promise to Abraham, and therefore, Isaac is recognized as a man of faith as well, who invoked future blessings upon his sons. Abraham then died at the age of 175 and buried with Sarah; described as “a good old man full of years” (25:7-11). The covenant of promise to Abraham was renewed and extended to his son Isaac and to his descendants.

The promise by God that was made unto Abraham was six fold, as we see in Genesis 12:2-3, and defined as such, “I will make of thee a great nation, bless thee, make thy name great, thou shalt be a blessing, will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curseth thee, and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”

There is the account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, to which Abraham made a request for Lot to be spared from it. Most of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were vile; however, Lot was a caring person, so Abraham wanted him saved. However, they were told not to look back, that is Lot and his wife. Sadly, Lot’s wife looked back (which was in disobedience to God), and was turned into a pillar of salt. Lot went up to a cave in the mountains out of Zoar with his daughters and dwelt there.

Just as Lot gets into trouble and there is a way where Lot and his family are taken into captivity, Abraham meets up with Melchizedek, who is the King of Salem. Melchizedek was a priest of the Most High God, and Abraham gives tithes unto him of the spoils of the war. Bread and wine are also noted, which were a foreshadow of Holy Communion. Melchizedek, then, would be as a type of Christ, for he seems very important and a mystery as well. Some believe that he is Jesus.

At Sarah’s pleading, Abraham tried to fulfill this promise in her way (which was her own way), and she gave to Abraham her handmaid Hagar – to which, Ishmael was born because of this, however, he was not of the promised seed. Since they did not wait for the promise of the Father, they went forth in the flesh, only to find conflict. This covenant between God and Abraham also provided a son and heir, as the Lord said, to which, a nation is declared from Ishmael and his twelve sons.

The Lord had promised an heir to Abraham through Sarah (her name changed from Sarai to Sarah, because she would be called the mother of nations), and the Lord appeared to Abraham against in the plains of Mamre with two other men (three men-angels) and renewed the promise of the son. Sarah had overheard this and laughed, because of her age. She denoted with sarcasm, “is anything too hard for the Lord?”

Anyway, we see the born son of Abraham and Sarah, whose name is Isaac, which meant, “God hath made me laugh.” Abraham was 100 years of age when Isaac was born, and Sarah was around 91. Both Abraham and Sarah laughed about the bearing of a child in their old age; however, Abraham learned one last lesson. The sign of this covenant between God and Abraham (notably, “Abrahamic Covenant”) would be circumcision – which would be required for every male.

Sarah gave to Abraham her handmaid Hagar – to which, Ishmael was born because of this, however, he was not of the promised seed. He was called Ishmael, as we see in Genesis 16:11, “because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.” In the verses following, it proves this would not be the son of promise, because he is described as to be a wild man with hand against every man and every man’s hand against him. He would dwell in the presence of all his brethren. Later in chapter 21, we see Abraham sending Hagar and Ishmael away to go to the wilderness of Beersheba. Then, we see that Ishmael shall be the founder of the Ishmaelites, and would bear twelve sons who would inhabit all the country from the Euphrates to the Red Sea.

It is believed that the people of Ishmael today are the Arabs, and therefore, they follow Ishmaelism. Since the Arabs of the present day follow Islam, they are very much in battle with Israel over religion, because the Israelis are in Christianity (and have fully Jewish roots). Also, in general, Jews from Arab countries are not categorized as Arabs – therefore, it is possible that many Arab people have issues with this.

(In chapter 25, Abraham takes Keturah unto wife, and Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah were born unto him.)

The last lesson that Abraham learned was about sacrifice and worship, as we see in chapter 22. It was an ancient custom among the Canaanites and other heathen tribes of offering human sacrifices to God, therefore, to test the faith of Abraham further, as well as to demonstrate that God preferred the worship and service of a living son (over a sacrifice) rather than a dead one, God had commanded Abraham to go to Mount “Moriah” to sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham had obeyed God and proceeded forward to the mountain, assuring God he would go through with it. However, at the last moment before the death of his son, God stopped him and a ram was caught in the thicket – which was symbolic of the future Jesus Christ sacrifice. Therefore, Abraham learned from this lesson that God is “Jehovah-Jireh,” meaning, “The Lord will provide.”

The practical lesson of this was the “The Lord will provide” one who would sacrifice Himself for all of humanity, Jesus Christ. This embodiment of God would come and provide Himself as a sacrifice for humanity, so that many old things could be put away and new things brought forth. It also would bring the fulfilling of the Law and righteousness imputed upon God’s People so that they can be with Him for eternity. This also would fulfill the Davidic Covenant of Jesus coming to take the throne of Israel and make us Christians His People, the spiritual Israel!

Isaac
The family of Isaac is detailed in chapter 25, where we see Rebekah, his wife, and Esau and Jacob, his twin sons. Isaac was established in Canaan, as we see in chapter 26, where the Covenant is confirmed to Isaac. Isaac also has trouble with Abimelech, so he tried the same deceit his father did many years prior. God granted a blessing to Isaac, and he was a farmer, well digger, and Patriarch of the Abrahamic Covenant. In his Patriarchal blessing, Isaac favors Esau and Rebekah favors Jacob. Overall, Isaac was the successor as head of the tribe and was a peaceful patriarch who was also obedient to the Lord just like his father.

Isaac denied his wife, and the temptation was the same as that of his father. He chose to speak that Rebekah was just his sister – for he was afraid of being killed for saying that she was his wife. However, Abimelech saw that she was his wife, and caught him in the act of lying. He confesses of his trouble and tells the truth, but Abimelech charged all his people not to touch his wife. Isaac favored Esau, and Rebekah favored Jacob.

Esau
Esau was known as a hairy man, cunning hunter, and liked to live in the wilderness. He didn’t have much respect for his birthright, it seems, as he traded it for a pot of red lintel pottage. However, Esau was deeply beloved by his father. Esau, son of Isaac, disregarded the ideals of his parents and married a Hittite woman. He was mentioned in the Book of Hebrews to be labeled with the group of fornicators, and described as profane. Esau, overall, lacked faith in God, a true sense of values, and appreciation for his birthright.

Jacob
Jacob was the other son of Isaac. Jacob was called the supplanter, because he dwelled in tents and could cook well. He was aggressive and seemed to get what he wanted, even if it meant taking advantage of someone, even a brother. He took advantage of his own brother, Esau, in purchasing his brother’s birthright, which was the right of the firstborn to have preeminence in the family. Shortly afterward, Jacob committed another deceptive act with his mother’s willful help, which was stealing the blessing that his father intended to speak upon Esau. The blessing was not meant for Jacob by his father, however, it was meant to be Jacob’s according to God’s sovereign plan for His Covenant with Abraham.

The names of Jacob’s 12 sons were – with Leah: Reuben his firstborn, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. With Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. With Rachel’s handmaid, Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali. With Leah’s handmaid, Zilpah: Gad and Asher.

At Shechem, Jacob bought a piece of land, to which he pitched a tent. There, he had erected an altar of worship unto the Lord and also dug a well. This would bear his name, which would be famous for 4,000 of Hebrew history. Trouble then arose between the tribe of Jacob and the Canaanites, to which, the Lord directed Jacob-Israel to move further south to Bethel and make an altar there, but before departing, Jacob decided to cleanse his household. In cleansing his household, he wanted every idol and foreign god put away.

It appears that Jacob’s wives and servants were all from Haran, and sadly, also were idolaters. Therefore, Jacob took all of their images and idols, and hid them under the oak tree near Shechem. Here he started a crusade against idolatry, which brought great influence in the future times. Since idolatry was such a major issue, it was important to conduct such ritual.

After that, God appeared to Jacob there, renewing the covenant made with him, and also assuring him that a company of nations and kings would come from Israel. From Bethel, Jacob and his family voyaged south to Hebron, where Rachel suddenly died on the way while giving birth to their twelfth son, Benjamin. Finally, Jacob rejoined his father, Isaac, after being separated for 30 years. Isaac died shortly after Jacob’s arrival, however.

Joseph
Joseph, overall, was Jacob’s pride and joy, to which, he was given a full length panache coat, which was a distinctive mark of a tribal chief. At age 17, he was shepherding a flock with his brothers. His older brothers hated him, because he was always the one who received attention from the parents, and was able to spend much more time indoors studying and learning how to rule, rather than working out in the field as they did.

After this, Joseph had a dream and told it to his brothers. The dream was symbolic of the fact that his brothers would one day bow down to them as Joseph ruled over them. The hatred swelled with his brothers, who had thought that Joseph was just being haughty, therefore, they plotted to oust him somehow. While the others thought killing him or letting him suffer in a pit, Judah favored selling him for slavery to a caravan of Ishmaelites. Therefore, liking the idea, the brothers tagged up to sell their brother, Joseph, to the Ishmaelites – who took Joseph to Egypt. While in Egypt, he was finally sold to become a slave of Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh’s guard. When they broke the news to their father, the brother lied about what happened to Joseph, saying that he was attacked to pieces by wild animals.

Meanwhile, in Egypt, Joseph rose to prosperity through hard work, and through the skills he had learned while gleaning from his father’s wisdom and his studies. Whether it was working hard cleaning floors, or seeing that someone tried to defraud Potiphar – Joseph had become beloved by Potiphar. Joseph was given great authority and was noted for fame through the land. In his humility, he interpreted the king’s dream. Joseph’s recognition and trust of God merited him, so that he became promoted that he was made overseer of many things in Potiphar’s house.

However, later, after a mix-up between whether or not he betrayed Potiphar by sleeping with his wife; Potiphar did not believe Joseph over his wife, therefore, due to the wife’s slithery lies; Joseph was then sent to prison. While imprisoned on false charges, he was blessed eventually by becoming the warden there, and used this to help his fellow prisoners. The butler had remembered Joseph and knew he could interpret dreams, so Pharaoh needed dreams interpreted and Joseph was brought to do so.

Because of the interpretation (accurate) of Pharaoh’s dreams and role of helping to save Egypt, he was exalted. He became the chief administrator for Pharaoh, to which he guided Egypt through the crucial years of plenty and famine, and even saved his own family from starvation (which they had no clue he did until he showed himself later). Joseph’s favor with Pharaoh caused his family to receive pastureland in Goshen for the migration of the Israelites to Egypt. In Goshen, they could shepherd their flocks, and also give service to Pharaoh’s flocks. Before his father’s death, his father blessed his own sons and the two sons of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh) as the heads of the 12 tribes of Israel, which would one day become a mighty nation. Before Joseph had died in Egypt, he voted in confidence of God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These promises had been faithfully given to each generation, and Joseph believed that God would fulfill these promises to bring the Israelites back to their Promised Land. At last, he made his descendants take an oath to carry his bones up from Egypt to the Promised Land.

The practical lesson learned from the study of Joseph was that there is no doubt that God was working through him not only to save Egypt, but to also help restore Israel. It was great that a humble man, hated by most of his family (but loved by his parents), was sold to slavery, but didn’t let that stop him. His survival skills, so to speak, kicked in, to which, he worked hard, used the things he was taught, and stayed humble – which had brought him great promotion in the end. It proves also that God humbles the exalted, but exalts those who’re humble. Seeing the example of Joseph is an encouragement that through hard work, discipline, and good thinking along with humility will bring good things.

Exodus
Exodus 3:14, “And 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.”