Two conjugations of the word "to know."

[Marta]

I make Myself known to him in a visionould not yet have occurred [in the time of the fathers], insofar as it is destined only for an entire people and not for individuals. This sort of revelation necessitates ."

I think that the highlighted sentence is an important fact even with regards to the New Testament and speaking of Jesus comments in John 14. Noting that before Abraham went to Eretz Yisrael, God merely spoke to him; only in Eretz Yisrael did God appear to him.

[Marta]

Numbers 12:5-8,
The Lord descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tent. He called to Aaron and Miriam, and they both went out.
He said, "Please listen to My words. If there be prophets among you, (I) the Lord I will make Myself known to him in a vision ; I will speak to him in a dream.
Not so is My servant Moses; he is faithful throughout My house.
With him I speak mouth to mouth; in a vision and not in riddles, and he beholds the image of the Lord. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses ?

Rashi: http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_...showrashi=true


v. 6 has "bamarah" - בַּמַּרְאָהוּמַרְאֶה

"marah" = mirrorsight, view, seeing, appearance, vision.

After this Paul wrote, 1 Corinthians 13:12,

βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι' ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον: ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.

For now we see through a mirror in riddles, then from face to face; now I know in parts, then I shall know even as I am known.

He made the worlds