And Moses said unto God, Behold, [when] I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What [is] his name? what shall I say unto them?
Ver. 13. What is his name?] God is above all name, all notion. When Manoah inquired after his name, "It is wonderful," said he: that is, I am called as I am called, but such is thy weakness that it surpasseth thy conception. a Afri vocant Deum ignotum Amon, id est, Hens tu, quis es? b
a Bede. Victorinus.
b Plutarch, De Isid. et Osiride.