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†. Gen 18:16 . .The men set out from there and looked down toward Sodom, Abraham
walking with them to see them off.
Many of us just see our visitors out the front door. But, you know, it wouldn't hurt to see them
out to their cars too. Maybe even carry a few things for them.
The site of Sodom...
†. Gen 18:9a . .They said to him: Where is your wife Sarah?
So far, Sarah has been hearing about her impending child only from her
husband. But now, the speaker is intent that she should hear the news
straight from the horse's mouth.
†. Gen 18:9b . . And he replied: There, in the tent.
At...
†. Gen 18:1a . .The Lord appeared to him by the terebinths of
Mamre;
The words for "Lord" are yhvh and/or yhwh; the Jews' most sacred name for
God. This appearance is extremely interesting because in it Yhvh visits
Abraham as a human being. This visit occurred very shortly after the last
one...
†. Gen 17:18 . . And Abraham said to God: O that Ishmael might live
by Your favor!
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Well, why bother getting Sarah
preggers when Ishmael was already at hand? But at the same time, I think
Abraham was worried that Ishmael would be marginalized and...
†. Gen 17:9b . . you and your offspring to come throughout the ages
shall keep My covenant.
The word "keep" is from shamar (shaw-mar') which means, properly: to
hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard, to protect, attend to. The general
meaning in this particular instance is: to preserve.
†...
†. Gen 17:6 . . I will make you exceedingly fertile, and make
nations of you; and kings shall come forth from you.
The only king who really matters is Messiah.
"The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham." (Matt 1:1)
†. Gen 17:7a . . I will maintain My...
Thirteen years go by since Ishmael's birth; enough time for Abram to easily
forget God's covenanted promises. Abram was prospering financially,
Ishmael was growing into young manhood, the land was at peace, and quite
possibly Abram and Sarai had by now given up all hope of ever having any...
†. Gen 16:13a . . And she called Yhvh who spoke to her: You Are El
roi
The author of Genesis was privy to the identity of the celestial being
speaking with Hagar but she wasn't, and that's why she gave him a name of
her own. But I can't be certain what it is because there seems no consensus...
†. Gen 16:9 . . And the angel of the Lord said to her: Go back to your
mistress, and submit to her harsh treatment.
That was no doubt the last thing Ms. Hagar wanted to hear from anybody;
let alone a celestial being. But the Lord had plans for Hagar's baby about
which she was unaware up to this...
†. Gen 16:4 . . He cohabited with Hagar and she conceived; and
when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became lower in
her esteem.
It would seem that where before Hagar knew her place and was humble and
self effacing around Sarai, she now regarded her mistress as somewhat less
of a...
†. Gen 16:1 . . Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She
had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
It's entirely possible that Abram purchased Ms. Hagar while they were all
down in Egypt during the famine back in chapter 12.
The word for "maidservant" is shiphchah...
†. Gen 15:15a . . As for you,
Abram must have begun to wonder if maybe he too was in danger of
oppression and slavery.
†. Gen 15:15b . .You shall go to your fathers in peace;
Have you ever wondered how you'll die-- by accident, poison, in a violent
mugging, disease, cancer, car wreck, a fall...
†. Gen 15:11 . . Birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and
Abram drove them away.
The only responsibility that Abram had in this ritual was to set it up. So it
was his job to protect the carcasses from damage and keep the scene clear
of interference from people and critters who had no...
†. Gen 15:7a . .Then He said to him: I am The Lord who brought you
out from Ur of the Chaldeans
God here identifies Himself as yhvh. That may seem unimportant but there
are those who claim Abram was unaware of that name because of Ex 6:3.
But that just goes to show that sometimes the Bible is...
†. Gen 15:1a . . Some time later, the word of the Lord came to Abram
in a vision.
This is the very first record of a vision in the Bible. The Hebrew word is
machazeh (makh-az-eh') and it appears in only four places in the entire Old
Testament; which is pretty amazing considering the volume of...
†. Gen 14:20b . . And [Abram] gave him a tenth of everything.
According to Heb 7:1-4, this particular tenth regarded only the recent spoils
of war; not of all Abram's estate in its entirety. So then, tenths should be
reserved for times when you know in your heart that it was God who
engineered...
†. Gen 14:17 . .When he returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and
the kings with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the
Valley of Shaveh, which is the Valley of the King.
The location of the Shaveh Valley is a total mystery; this being the only
place in the entire Old Testament where...
†. Gen 14:13c . . who was dwelling at the terebinths of Mamre the
Amorite, kinsman of Eshkol and Aner, these being Abram's allies.
Abram had become a shrewd sheik. The best way to survive on the frontier
is to team up-- especially with someone that all the others know and fear.
That way most...
†. Gen 14:4b . . and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
El Ched wouldn't get wind of that right away of course. There was no email,
no radio, no sat-com, no land line, no snail mail, no cells, nor television, nor
telegraph, nor aircraft, nor motorized conveyances in that day so it would
take...
†. Gen 14:1 . . Now, when King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of
Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of nations.
Shinar was the whole of Babylonia; Ellasar was the leading tribe in its
southern part; and Elam was the original kingdom of Persia.
The Hebrew word for "nations" is...
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