Jehovah, the God of Israel
El-elohe-Israel — El (God) is the God of Israel
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. Genesis 33:20
Newly named Israel, Jacob builds an altar and names it for 'God, the God of Israel', claiming the covenant God as his own. The resurrected Jesus declared to the Nephites that He is 'the God of Israel.'
VerifiedJehovah — the LORDA title of Christ
How we know: a footnote points to Him · another scripture interprets it of Him · a traditional type, cited
- the same title in 3 Nephi 11:14 — Christ: 'I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.'
- alludes to Genesis 32:28 — The name Israel given at Peniel.
