Genesis 16:13-14 And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, You God see me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that sees me?… It presented a difficulty to the mind of the Emperor Trajan, that God should be everywhere and yet not be seen by mortal eye. "You teach me," said the Emperor, on one occasion, to Rabbi Joshua, "that your God is everywhere; and you boast that He resides among your nation. I should like to see Him." "God's presence is indeed everywhere," said the Rabbi, "but He cannot be seen. No mortal eye can behold His glory." The Emperor insisted. "Well," said Joshua; "but suppose we go first, and look at one of His ambassadors." The emperor assented. The rabbi took him into the open air. It was noonday; and he bade him look on the sun, blazing in its meridian splendour. "I cannot see," said Trajan; "the light dazzles me." Said the rabbi, "Thou art unable to bear the light of one of these creatures; how, then, could'st thou look upon the Creator? Would not such a light annihilate thee?" Parallel Verses KJV: And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? |
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