eternal, applied to God (Ge 21:33; De 33:27; Ps 41:13; 90:2). We also read of the "everlasting hills" (Ge 49:26); an "everlasting priesthood" (Ex 40:15; Nu 25:13). (See Eternal life.)
And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.
And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.
And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.
The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.
May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.
See ETERNAL.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain