And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” Then AbrahamContinue reading “Genesis 17: 15-21….Ishmael v Isaac!”
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Genesis 17: 9-14….The promise signed.
And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall be circumcised in the flesh of yourContinue reading “Genesis 17: 9-14….The promise signed.”
Genesis 17: 1-8….The repeat of an earlier given promise!
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, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, “Behold, my covenant isContinue reading “Genesis 17: 1-8….The repeat of an earlier given promise!”
Genesis 16: 12-16… Who would want to be labelled a ‘wild donkey of a man’?
You may remember that the Angel of the Lord met with Hagar, expelled from Abram’s household and sitting near a pool of water. Ishmael was to become her son’s name. He shall be a wild donkey of a man,his hand against everyoneand everyone’s hand against him,and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”So sheContinue reading “Genesis 16: 12-16… Who would want to be labelled a ‘wild donkey of a man’?”
Genesis 16: 7-12….Pregnant and on the street.
The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” The angel of the LORD said toContinue reading “Genesis 16: 7-12….Pregnant and on the street.”
Genesis 16: 3-6….Abram wasn’t the cause of infertility!
So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife. And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.Continue reading “Genesis 16: 3-6….Abram wasn’t the cause of infertility!”
Genesis 15: 17-16v2…..A covenant and a decision.
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the landContinue reading “Genesis 15: 17-16v2…..A covenant and a decision.”
Genesis 15: 12-16….Before your people get the Promised land.
As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for fourContinue reading “Genesis 15: 12-16….Before your people get the Promised land.”
Genesis 15: 7-12…..Unusual!
And he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goatContinue reading “Genesis 15: 7-12…..Unusual!”
Genesis 15: 1-6….The childless Abram promised the stars.
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said,Continue reading “Genesis 15: 1-6….The childless Abram promised the stars.”
As I read it! 