To Abraham, ". . . And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.' . . ." -- Genesis 15:7.

To Isaac, " . . . And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: 'I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for My servant Abraham's sake.' And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants digged a well. . . ." -- Genesis 26:24-25.

To Jacob, "(32:10) And Jacob said: 'O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good; . . . " -- Genesis 32:9

teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with youThere Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Exodus 6:3, based on the evidence, should be understood interrogatively, for the negative particle לא

". . . and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Jehovah I made Me not known to them." -- JPS.

Reading it interrogatively, ". . . and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name Jehovah did I not make Me known to them?"

The KJV, ". . . And 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."

Just add the question mark, ". . . And 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?"

As JEHOVAH:
Abraham, Genesis 12:7:8; 15:7,8.
Isaac, Genesis 26:24,25.
Jacob, Genesis 32:9.

As God Almighty:
Abraham, Genesis 17:1.
Isaac,Genesis 28:3.
Jacob, Genesis 35:10, 11.

Notice the above references, by His Name first then latter by God Almighty.

Rashi said more:


i.e. he only becomes known as being redeemer , savior.

Ex. 20:2, "I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt out of the house of bondage"

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passo...-four-cups.htm


So only when the Messiah comes God's name will be fully known.

Which must be the sense of John 1:18,

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the bosom of the father, he has made him known.

Yes, agree that he was known by other names in the Torah - however, and the point, is that these names were used by the prophets on how God was made known - to them.

"I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty (El Shaddai), but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them

appearedmade myself known

El Shaddai

:

El Shaddai (Hebrew: אל שדי‎, IPA: [el ʃaˈdːaj]) or just Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated as God Almighty but while the translation of El as "god" or "lord" in the Ugarit/Canaanite language is straightforward, the literal meaning of Shaddai is the subject of debate.

The name appears 48 times in the Bible, seven times as "El Shaddai" (five times in Genesis, once in Exodus, and once in Ezekiel). It has been conjectured that El Shaddai was therefore the "god of Shaddai".

The first occurrence of the name is in Genesis 17:1, "And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am El Shaddai; walk before me, and be thou perfect."

**Yet another suggested meaning of "El Shaddai" is that it is composed of the Hebrew relative particle she- (Shin plus vowel segol followed by dagesh), or, as in this case, as sha- (Shin plus vowel patach followed by a dagesh).[11] The noun containing the dagesh is the Hebrew word dai meaning "enough, sufficient, sufficiency".[12] This is the same word used in the Passover Haggadah, Dayeinu, which means "It would have been enough for us." The song Dayeinu celebrates the various miracles God performed while liberating the Israelites from Egyptian servitude.[13] The Talmud explains it this way, but says that "Shaddai" stands for ".[14]***Wikipedia

Thought:

D'var Torah: Vayechi

Read this article further: Bar-Ilan University's Parashat Hashavua Study Center

John 1? John 17!

3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sentI have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.


Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me

does and fulfills1The Lord had said in a vision the Lord appeared to him God called to him

All appearances of the LORD God in the OT were none other than the preincarnate Jesus Christ (John 1:18; John 8:56; John 12:41 - Isaiah 6:5).

To appear is a form of "raah"= to see.

Genesis 17:1, "vayeira hashem el avram" = and the Lord appeared to Abram.

Make known is a form of "yada" = to know.

So you might think there is a connection between the fruit of the tree of knowledge and the name of God.

Like if profanizing of the name is like the eating of the forbidden fruit.

John 17:6,

Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὓς ἔδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου.

φανερόω = make public

but not for all people,

only to those that were given to him out of the world.

Comment to, "only to those that were given to him out of the world". In the same flex - that God appeared or made himself known to the patriarchs and made himself "known as" El Shaddai - "And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty".
However, and when reading the beginning of John 17, the prayer applies to plural and not designated to specific few,"3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you ":

The 70 are to cure the sick and spread the same message that Jesus has been proclaiming. (Jesus Sends 70 Disciples to PreachVa'eira(Exodus 6:2-9:35)

An Answer: If Hashem had said "I did not make My name known" it would have been untrue, since He did tell Abraham and Jacob this Divine name. Rather, what it says here is " I was not known by My name" - this implies the lack of a subjective, personal understanding of the significance of this name by Abraham or Jacob.

Exodus 6:3 doesn't say that he (the Lord) made himself known as El Shadai, but that he (the Lord) appeared as El Shadai

Didn't indicate the name El Shaddai was used in Exodus - but that it had been revealed during Exodus, '"I am the LORD; 3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty (El Shaddai), but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to themIsaiah 6:9-10

as it says, " the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea"

"The name Lord" was revealed during Exodus

The exodus being only complete with the entering of the Holy Land = kingdom of God.




glory = "kavod"

I thought it be related to gravitation = "koach hakoved"

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/...ted-first-time

". . . And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD . . . " -- Genesis 15:7.