The God of the Hebrews and Abram the Hebrew

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 172:4

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"The God of the Hebrews has met with us" (Exodus 5:3). (As it is said) "And the fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew" (Genesis 14:13).

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