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El Shaddai is found seven times in the Scriptures (Gn 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; 43:14; 48:3; Ex 6:3; Ez 10:5), while Shaddai appears more frequently (in Job 30 times, in Psalms 19:1 and 68:14, once in Isaiah (13:6), Ezekiel (1:24), Joel (1:15), and Ruth (1:21)). | |||
El Shaddai most likely means "Sovereign one" or "All Powerful", rather than "breasted one" as William Branham taught. | |||
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[[William Branham]] took his reference to the breasted god from the Scofield Bible. Scofield was not a Hebrew scholar. It is interesting to note that the recent Scofield revision (1967) recognizes the error of the prior versions and focuses on the meaning as “all sufficient” and to the usual translation of EL SHADDAI as “God Almighty.” <ref>Carl F. H. Henry, God, Revelation, and Authority, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1999), 193.</ref> | [[William Branham]] took his reference to the breasted god from the Scofield Bible. Scofield was not a Hebrew scholar. It is interesting to note that the recent Scofield revision (1967) recognizes the error of the prior versions and focuses on the meaning as “all sufficient” and to the usual translation of EL SHADDAI as “God Almighty.” <ref>Carl F. H. Henry, God, Revelation, and Authority, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1999), 193.</ref> | ||
==William Branham's use of the | ==William Branham's use of the Scofield Bible== | ||
The Emphatic Diaglott is a Greek Interlinear version of the New Testament published by the Watchtower Society<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emphatic_Diaglott Wikipedia article on the Emphatic Diaglott]</ref>, so William Branham's suggestion that it contains a reference to Genesis 17 is specious. Additionally, William Branham | The Emphatic Diaglott is a Greek Interlinear version of the New Testament published by the Watchtower Society<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emphatic_Diaglott Wikipedia article on the Emphatic Diaglott]</ref>, so William Branham's suggestion that it contains a reference to Genesis 17 is specious. Additionally, William Branham admits that he did not use the Thompson Chain Reference Bible, so his reference to it is hypothetical and based on assumption. The Bible that he admits to using almost exclusively is the Scofield Bible. The "Thompson Chain" is only referred to by Branham on 4 occasions and always in the same paragraph as a reference to the Scofield Bible. | ||
Interestingly, William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarized Clarence Larkin's works on a significant basis]] but only mentions him 3 times in all of his sermons and never by attribution of an idea that he took from Larkin. Scofield, on the other hand, is mentioned over 40 times. | Interestingly, William Branham [[Plagiarism|plagiarized Clarence Larkin's works on a significant basis]] but only mentions him 3 times in all of his sermons and never by attribution of an idea that he took from Larkin. Scofield, on the other hand, is mentioned over 40 times. | ||
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:'''''Brother Kidson gave me one was a Scofield Bible''', now, not because that I agree with Mr. Scofield in his notes. Now, probably some of you do, some of you don't, but I just let you know that I just don't take Scofield Bible because I believe that. Because he has got it so paragraphed off. '''That was one of my first Bibles, and I just learned to read it like that. And I just keep the same Bible.''' Which, if I would have had the Thompson Chain, it would have been much better. I could have found my text much faster on a Thompson Chain Reference.<ref>A.PARADOX PHOENIX.AZ 65-0117</ref> | :'''''Brother Kidson gave me one was a Scofield Bible''', now, not because that I agree with Mr. Scofield in his notes. Now, probably some of you do, some of you don't, but I just let you know that I just don't take Scofield Bible because I believe that. Because he has got it so paragraphed off. '''That was one of my first Bibles, and I just learned to read it like that. And I just keep the same Bible.''' Which, if I would have had the Thompson Chain, it would have been much better. I could have found my text much faster on a Thompson Chain Reference.<ref>A.PARADOX PHOENIX.AZ 65-0117</ref> | ||
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