LORD God
Lord God The word ‘God’ (elohim) occurs 31 times in the first 34 verses of Genesis. This includes the entire first chapter, and the first three verses of Genesis chapter 2. God is very active. Here is a list of what did: God created - 3 God moved - 1 God said - 9 God saw - 5 God called - 3 God made - 6 God set - 1 God blessed - 3 God ended His work - 1 God sanctified - 1 God rested - 1 11 different verbs for God’s actions in 34 verses. In all these verses the word for God is Elohim. This is not the most common word for God. It occurs 2601 times in the Old Testament. Immediately after verse 4 of the second chapter of Genesis: Genesis 2:4 KJV These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, We are now given a new title for God. . . LORD God in English, Jehovah Elohim in Hebrew. Why at this point? Why was it just God, Elohim, all through creation, an...