Mar 31, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 18:1-15, The Lord Appears
1 And the Lord appeared [editorial comment for our benefit to make us aware] to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his...
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 17:15-27, Isaac's Birth Promised
15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name [an alternative...
Mar 30, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 17:1-14, The Covenant of Circumcision
The structure of chapter 17: A Abram is 99 (1a) B The Lord appears (1ba) C God speaks (1bb) D The first speech (1bc-2) E Abram falls on...
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 16:7-16, The Angel of the Lord Intervenes
7 The angel of the Lord [God intervenes] found her by a spring of water [a well where men often encounter women in the OT] in the...
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 16:1-6, Hagar and Sarai the Horrible
1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. [This is the main issue for Sarai, who is expected to be part of God’s promise of...
Mar 24, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 15:7-21, Animals to Sacrifice for a Covenant
7 And he [God] said to him [Abram], “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”8 But...
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 15:1-6, God's Covenant with Abram
[The episode falls into two scenes which run in close parallel: First scene: Second scene: God’s word v 1 Promise...
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 14:17-24, Abram Blessed by Melchizedek
[The final scene in Genesis 14 is structured chiastically: v 17 King of Sodom comes ...
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 14:8-16, Abram Rescues Lot
8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out,...
Mar 18, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 14:1-7, Kings in Battle
[This is the only military campaign we find in Genesis and comes with a list of kings. The arrangement of the chapter falls into two...