Wherefore … my name The same words in Genesis 32:29. Manoah's question is not answered, for to reveal the name is to reveal the essential nature and attributes, Exodus 3:15; Exodus 34:5-7; cf. Genesis 27:36; 1 Samuel 25:25; Ruth 1:20. The secret was to be disclosed, but only after an act of obedient homage; cf. St John 7:17.

wonderful hard to be understood, not secret(marg.): prophets use the word to describe God's dealings with His people, Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 29:14 etc. The divine Name is inscrutable, like the divine action, Psalms 139:6.

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