Genesis Says Yahweh, Exodus Says Not Yahweh—What Gives? @thebiblesojourner
Genesis Says Yahweh, Exodus Says Not Yahweh—What Gives? @thebiblesojourner
Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
In this video, we do a deep dive on Exodus 6:3, which says, "by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to [the patriarchs]." However, we read the name of Yahweh (LORD) in Genesis quite a bit! What do we make of this supposed contradiction?

Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
10:04 Solution 1: Liberal JEDP Theory
20:57 Solution 2: Anachronistic Reference
24:57 Solution 3: Knowing as Experience
33:34 Solution 4: Translated as Question
43:48 Summary and Conclusion

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Genesis Says Yahweh, Exodus Says Not Yahweh—What Gives?

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