10081. 'Which is before Jehovah' means from the Lord's Divine Good. This is clear from the consideration that 'Jehovah' in the Word is the Lord, who is called Jehovah by virtue of Divine Good and God by virtue of Divine Truth. All the things that are stated here regarding the second ram and that are called 'fillings of the hand' mean, as is evident from what has been shown above, that which is Divine and the Lord's in the heavens, emanating from the Divine Good of His Divine Love.

'Jehovah' in the Word is the Lord, see the places referred to in 9373. The Lord is called Jehovah where the subject is Divine Good, and God where it is Divine Truth, 2769, 2807, 2822, 4402, 6303, 9167.

2769. 'And He said to him, Abraham' means the Lord's perception from Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' - in the historical parts of the Word - as perceiving, dealt with in 1898, 1919, 2080, 2619, and from the representation of 'Abraham' as the Lord. This perception sprang from Divine Truth, as may be seen from the consideration that the name GOD is used, not JEHOVAH. For in the Word when truth is the subject the name God occurs, but when good is the subject the name Jehovah, see 2586. This explains why the name God is used in the present verse and in those that follow as far as verse 11, in that temptation is the subject in those verses, and why Jehovah is used in verse 11 and those that follow, in that deliverance is the subject in these verses. For it is from truth that all temptation and condemnation come about, but from good that all deliverance and salvation are effected. Truth condemns but good saves, see 1685, 2258, 2335.