Hebrew El Olam (אֵל עוֹלָם). Abraham plants a tamarisk and calls on the everlasting God after the Beersheba covenant with Abimelech. Isa 40:28 echoes the everlasting-God language: "the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary."
El Olam — the Everlasting God
Gen 21:33 — Abraham planting at Beersheba.
Primary passage:Genesis 21:33 →
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1. And the Lord visited Sarah. In this chapters not only is the nativity of Isaac related, but because, in his very birth, God has set before us a lively picture of his Church, Moses also gives a particular account of this matter. And first, he says that God visited…
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