Questions tagged [abraham]
The first patriarch -- see Genesis 12-25.
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If Lot went to Zoar, why did his daughters think no one was left on earth?
Did Lot actually go to Zoar? Bible text would suggest yes. However, why would the daughters think no one was left on earth? Genesis 19:31. It seems to me they arrived in Zoar and later left. Although ...
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Genesis 12:10-20 and Genesis chapter 20: Why did Abraham lie about Sara, saying she was his sister and not his wife? [closed]
I’m not a biblical scholar so please don’t be too hard on me.
I understand that twice Abraham presented his wife Sara as his sister. First in Egypt and later after Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Did the proximity of the words "Abraham" and "David" in the first verse of Matthew's Gospel mean more than just "offspring" to early Jewish readers?
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ "This is the record of the genealogy[a] of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham" Net Matthew 1:1 tn Grk “the book of the genealogy.” The noun ...
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Is Iscah also Sarai in Genesis 11:29? [duplicate]
KJV Genesis 11 : 29
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah....
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Why did God impute righteousness to Abraham? Does Paul conflate Genesis 15 and Genesis 17 in Romans 4?
Paul states in Romans 4:22 that there was a reason that righteousness was imputed to Abraham ('therefore'). The reason (or reasons) are stated in 4:16-21:
He believed God (who quickens the dead and ...
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Did Abraham separate with Sarah after sending away Ishmael?
The last time Sarah is with Abraham is when she sent away Ishmael.It is said this grieved Abraham so much
Genesis 21:10-11 ESV
So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the ...
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Could the 'your' in the Melchizedek blessing refer to God and not Abram?
The pronouns in Gen. 14:20, the Melchizedek blessing, flip from third person (he) to second person (you). "Blessed be Abram" (third person)..."Blessed be God Most High, who has ...
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Why do scholars think Abraham came from Ur in Mesopotamia?
Most scholars still think that Abraham came from Ur in southern Mesopotamia / Sumer.
This seems strange for a number of reasons, including:
-The Ur in Mesopotamia is NOT beyond (East of) the Euphrates,...
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Why did Abraham ask for confirmation of God's covenant? Gen 15.8-21, Rom 4.21, Heb 6.13-16)
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Gen 15:6
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The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of
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Heb 6.18 says there are two immutable things; why can't there be three immutable things (according to Gen 15, the covenant with Abram)? [closed]
God cannot deny His promise nor His oath. These are two immutable things, says Heb 6.18. But covenant too is the third one which God cannot deny. If He denies, he will become like Jer 34:18.
So by ...
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Why didn't Abraham tell Isaac the truth in Genesis 22?
God instructs Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice
KJV Genesis 22 : 2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there ...
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Why did Abraham insist that Isaac marry from his kinfolk in Genesis 24?
Genesis 24:37 NASB
My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; 38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to ...
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Why is Sarah not mentioned in either Terah or Haran's Toledoth in Genesis 11?
When Abraham is accosted by Abimelech king of Gerah concerning Sarah he claims that she is his sister from his father's side
Genesis 20:12 NASB
Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my ...
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Genesis 12:7 the seed of Abraham is who?
Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Noting that the seed comes from the ...
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Who gave a tenth in Genesis 14:20?
Genesis 14:18-20 NASB
And Melchizedek the king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of [p]God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said,“Blessed be Abram of [q]God Most High,
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Did Terah’s family (which Abraham came from) worship the Lord?
If Terah and his family lived in "Ur of the Chaldees" (Genesis 11:26), does that mean he followed the religion of the Chaldeans? Later, they moved to Haran (v. 31). Might that mean that they ...
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Why was Abram called the Hebrew in his time?
Many people was called by a name after their forefathers such as the descendants of Canaan were called the Canaanites, the descendants of Ishmael were called Ishmaelites, then we see the Moabites, the ...
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(John 7:22) Why the confusion with Moses and Abraham?
As I'm looking at John 7:22, I see:
Moses gave you circumcision (it is, of course, not from Moses, but from the patriarchs), and you circumcise a man on the sabbath. (NRSV)
It seems like the ...
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How does Stephen say God gave no inheritance to Abraham in Acts 7:5?
Acts 7:5 ESV:
Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child
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Is it not odd that Abraham would use the sister-wife exploit (Gen 20:2) when Sarah was 90?
Was she made miraculously desirable? Or has this chapter been misplaced, as some have suggested? What is the best explanation of why the sister-wife exploit was used when Sarah was so old (Gen 20)?
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Is it fair to say that deceit is a trait of Abraham's family? Did the Lord ever approve of their lying? [closed]
Abram deceived Pharaoh and Abimelech about Sarai’s identity (claiming she was his sister: Gen 12 and 20). Isaac deceived the second Abimelech about Rebekah’s identity (Gen 26). Rebekah and Jacob ...
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How should Jesus' former existence (before Abraham) be classified? [closed]
Jesus said 'Before Abraham was I am', John 8:58, immediately after which his hearers took up stones to cast at him, since they clearly regarded this as a blasphemy for only Deity could speak such a ...
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In the context of how Jesus is interpreted as the Israel in the OT, how does that bridge covenants? [closed]
Many of the OT scriptures that applied to Israel are applied to Christ in the NT, so that Jesus is the very essence of Israel in a spiritual context. Even the servant psalms in Isaiah, such as Isaiah ...
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I've been assigned to do an exegesis on Gal. 3:15-20 this coming Sunday morning and I would appreciated any help with this passage
(ESV) Gal. 3:15-20
15 To give a human example, brothers:[fn] even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to ...
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Did the angel instruct Abraham to look behind in Genesis 22:11-14?
We are told that the angel of God called from heaven instructing Abraham not to kill his son Isaac
KJV Genesis 22 : 11-11
And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, ...
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Genesis 15:8 - But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” (Huh ???)
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Why all of a sudden does Abraham need some kind of evidence for believing that God will fulfill His promise to give Abraham this land when Abraham had already walked over 500 miles because ...
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Did Sarah get taken by 2 different Pharaohs?
Abimelech took Sarah to be his wife. Did another Pharaoh also take Sarah?
Gen 20:2 - Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So
Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
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Did Abraham really lie about Sarah being his sister (Gen. 20:2, 4, 11)?
We are often told that Abraham and Sarah lied to Pharaoh about being brother and sister:
Genesis 20:2, 4: "Abraham said of Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister.'... 4Now Abimelech had not come near ...
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Was it the action of the men of Sodom that precipitated its destruction in Genesis 19?
Initial the Lord had told Abraham that they had come to see if the cry that came out of Sodom and Gomorrah if it was true
Genesis 18:20-21 ESV
So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry ...
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Was Lot aware of how wicked Sodom and Gomorrah were when he chose the Jordan valley?
In the narrative in Genesis 13 we are told of how after a conflict between Lot and Abraham's herdmen the two decided to go separate ways.Lot is said to have chosen the Jordan valley while Abraham went ...
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Parallels between story of Abraham handing his wife Sara over to the Pharaoh (Gen 12) and Israel then spending 400 years slavery in Egypt [closed]
In my study of the books of Genesis and Exodus, I have noted what appear to be clear parallels between the events which take place between Abraham and his wife Sara and the future events which take ...
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Genesis 22:9-13 Why did Abraham disobey
But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I ...
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Time span between Genesis 15:13 and Genesis 46:6
Is it possible, on the basis of the text, to establish the approximate time span between God's prophesy to Abraham about his descendants' being mistreated in Egypt:
"And he said unto Abram, Know ...
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How could the Jews say "We have *one* father: God", directly after saying "Abraham is our father"?
In the Gospel of John we read what seem to conflicting admissions by Christ's Jewish audience, one on the verse of stoning Him:
John 8:39-41: "They answered and said to Him, 'Abraham is our ...
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Did Ishmael drink from the well that Abraham dug?
Genesis 21:14-19, NIV
14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water
and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her
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Is Haman a child of Amathlaah and a brother to Abraham? [closed]
https://g.co/kgs/3DRgqQ
It says:
Children- Abraham,Haman
So is he a brother to Abraham and the son to Amathlaah
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Is Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac also a prefiguration of the law for redeeming firstborn sons from God?
Every firstborn son belongs to God and must be redeemed. This law is repeated several times in the Pentateuch. For example:
Ex 13:11-13:
11 “This is what you must do when the Lord fulfills the ...
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Why did "Abraham" call the rich man "child" in Luke 16:25?
Luke 16:25: "But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.'&...
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Does "the city" in Hebrews 11:10 refer to heaven?
In Hebrews 11:8-10, the author refers to Abraham's faith. In the ESV:
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that
he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not ...
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What is the meaning of "Abraham's Bosom" (Luke 16:19ff)? [duplicate]
Often it is difficult to discern the meaning of certain passages. For example, in the Gospel of Luke there this curious text:
Luke 16:22: “Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to ...
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At Genesis 17;1-2 God Almighty appears to Abraham and says He will multiply him exceedingly. How did God appear, in a dream, vision or physically? [duplicate]
Perhaps someone knows of another way of God appearing to Abraham and that's fine. Whatever answer you give please back it up by Scripture. I will do the same by answering my own question.
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According to Hebrews 6:13-16 God swears by Himself an oath to Abraham, but at Genesis 22:15-16 why does it say the angel of the Lord swore the oath?
According to "The Jewish Encyclopedia," it describes the "Jewish Law of Agency." The Law of Agency deals with the status of a person (known as the agent) acting by direction of ...
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Is there some reason why God does not give help to angels (Hebrews 2:16)?
The Letter to the Hebrews contains some fascinating features. But it also contains puzzles. One such puzzle may be this one:
Hebrews 2:16: "For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He ...
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Who is said to have the tent behind him in Genesis 18:10?
Genesis 18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife ...
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Did God make a covenant with Abraham whilst he was in a deep sleep in Genesis 15:21?
It is said Abraham fell into a deep sleep then God began to speak to
him which subsequently led to the making of a covenant
Genesis 15"12 NASB - Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep ...
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Is there a symbolic meaning to 'possessing the gates of your enemies' in the Hebrew language?
Genesis 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the cities of their enemies.”
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When did Abraham go away from Haran?
I am trying to make a list of all persons in the Bible with all dates, but I struggled with one thing. What is Abraham's birthday? There are two versions I found out:
Version A (According to Genesis ...
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Was Ruth barren like Sarai?
In Genesis 16:1-3 (NASB) we read that after 10 years Sarai have Hagar to Abram
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him a child, but she had (B)an Egyptian slave woman whose name was Hagar. 2 So ...
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Why did God bless Abraham's marriage with Sarah if she was his sister and incestuous relationships are categorically prohibited in Scripture?
Abraham married his sister:
11 Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’ 12 Besides, she is indeed my sister,...
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“Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.” - why did the Jews want to throw stones at Jesus for saying this?
John 8:53-59 (NRSV):
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Who do you claim to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my ...
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