The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keepContinue reading “Genesis 18: 17-24….Thinking anthropomorphically.”
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Genesis 18: 9-16….Sarah hopes but doubts.
They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.” The LORD said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old,Continue reading “Genesis 18: 9-16….Sarah hopes but doubts.”
Genesis 17: 22-27……A day of some pain!
When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.Continue reading “Genesis 17: 22-27……A day of some pain!”
Genesis 18: 1-8….Eastern Courtesy.
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meetContinue reading “Genesis 18: 1-8….Eastern Courtesy.”
Genesis 17: 15-21….Ishmael v Isaac!
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!”
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!”
As I read it! 