Gen 24 – Isaac and Rebekah Marriage “The Lord had blessed Abraham in every way”. The elder over his house – steward over all that belonged to Abraham, and had Abraham not have had any children, who would have inherited all that Abraham owned at his death. Hand under my thigh (loins). It is actually…
Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. Lot was righteous only relatively; and though his soul was daily vexed by what he saw, it was not vexed enough to make him quit such evil surroundings, and return to the healthy and virtuous life of the mountains.…
Today we will look at Genesis chapter 17. It follows Abram’s and Sarai’s decision to take into their own hands the matter of creating an heir for Abram, and giving Hagar to Abram to create Ishmael. Verse 1 says that Abram is 99 years old now. God comes to him and says I am…
Gods Covenant And Blessings To Abram And A Nation Of Hebrew People What is a Covenant? The cool thing about God is that it is God Himself who INITIATES the contact between God and man! In every other religion, you have the story of man’s search for God (by whatever name they call him). But…