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.
Ver. 3. By the name of God Almighty.] See Trapp on " Gen 17:1 " The sense is this, saith Cameron, a Quantum illis sufficiebat tantum indulsit, non indulsit quod erat summum. He gave them enough, but not the main.
But by my name JEHOVAH.] That is, by the import of this his name, the full performance of his promises. God was known to the patriarchs by this name Jehovah, quoad esse De, but not quoad esse rei.
a Camer, De Eccles.