Jehovah
God Almighty — El Shaddai, the name by which Jehovah was known to the patriarchs (Exodus 6:3)
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Genesis 48:3–4
Jacob remembers when God appeared to him at Luz (Bethel) and gave him the covenant. Latter-day Saints understand the God who appeared to the patriarchs as Jehovah, the premortal Jesus Christ.
How we know: another scripture interprets it of Him · the chapter heading names Him
- the same event in Genesis 35:9-12 — The appearance at Bethel with the promise of fruitfulness and the land.
- interpreted by Exodus 6:3 — Jehovah says He appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by the name God Almighty.
