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Are El-Shadday and Yahweh really two different gods?

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That depends on your definition of gods.

Define God as the one and only being who created the heavens and earth. Then the two labels, El-Shadday and Yahweh, refer to the same God. Genesis 17:

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
the LORD
יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

am God
אֵ֣ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

Almighty.
שַׁדַּ֔י (šad·day)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7706: The Almighty