Questions tagged [abraham]
The first patriarch -- see Genesis 12-25.
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What does "son of Abraham" mean in Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.(Matt 1:1, ESV)
I have read a few commentaries and one suggests that "son of Abraham", indicates that Jesus ...
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How long did Abraham live in Haran?
In Genesis 12:4 it states that Abraham was 75 years old when he departed from Haran, after his father Terah died there.
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with
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Land possession by the children of Abraham
According to the promise made by God to Abraham, these lands are ceded to his children.
Approximate Boundaries of the Promised Land
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Was Sarah just very beautiful, or was something else going on?
Genesis tells us that Abraham nearly lost his wife on two occasions due to his lack of faith. Firstly to Pharaoh (Genesis 12), and then to Abimelech (Genesis 20).
But what is confusing me is that, ...
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What is the literal translation of Genesis 15:6 (b)?
And he believed in the Lord and he counted it to him for righteousness. [Genesis 15:6 KJV]
וְהֶאֱמִן, בַּיהוָה; וַיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ לּוֹ, צְדָקָה. Genesis 15:6
The middle Hebrew word of the text appears ...
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Is there a symbolic connection between the name Lot (Λώτ) and the veil (καταπέτασμα) in the Holy of Holies?
In the Bible, Lot (Λώτ) is a significant figure from the Old Testament, particularly known for his story in Genesis 19 where he is rescued from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The name Lot in ...
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The Canaanite in Gen 12:6
The Bible says 'And the Canaanite was in the land' in Gen 12:6. Is this referring to a specific person or this is just a linguistic error in translation that is meant to refer to the group of people.
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Why did God use attributes for Isaac?
We read in Gen 22:2 how Abraham is tested :
Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I ...
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Why did Abraham and Isaac instruct their children to marry only from their clan?
Abraham was from a pagan family, separated by his call to God. His families I supposed weren't different from the Canaanites in pagan worship. In some instances, the Canaanites proved more morally ...
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Would Melchizedek protect Abram against the King of Sodom? (Gen. 14)
Genesis 14
Abram gave [Melchizedek] a tenth of everything. 21 The king of Sodom said to
Abram, “Give me the captives; the goods you may keep.” 22 But Abram
replied to the king of Sodom: “I have sworn ...
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What is tithe and why did Abraham give 10%? (Gen. 14:20)
What is tithe?
Why did Abraham give 10% (Genesis 14) and not 20% or 5%?
Is there any inner meaning for tithe in ancient Hebrew texts?
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Significance of the Rich Man Having Five Brothers in Luke 16:28
I'm delving into the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 (Luke 16:19-31), and a particular detail caught my attention. In verse 28 (Luke 16:28), the rich man mentions that he has five ...
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Genesis 21:25 and Genesis 26:18 are talking about the same water well?
In Genesis 21:25 we see Abraham "buying" a water well in the land of Beersheba in a contract with the king Abimelech. In Genesis 26:18 we read that Isaac dug some old water wells (which had ...
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Would Abram have thought Sarai's womb was dead in Genesis 12?
In Genesis 12, Abram is 75. Sarai a bit younger. In our current age such a woman would have a dead womb. And God promised to Abram: "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you"...
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What attracted Abimelech to an old woman in her 80s or 90s?
At the risk of sounding crass, Sarah was advanced in years in Genesis 18, but in Genesis 20 King Abimelech took Sarah because he was apparently attracted to her. Then in Genesis 21 Abraham becomes a ...
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How is it possible for G'd to be blessed by the servant of Abraham?
When we read this (from Sefer Torah Genesis 24:48)
And I kneeled and prostrated myself to the Lord, and I blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, Who led me on the true path, to take the ...
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How did Abraham learn about the God, YHWH (LORD, KJV), in Chaldea, enough to communicate with Him?
Chapter 12:1 of Genesis bluntly introduced the narrative between Abraham and God with simply:
The LORD (YHWH) had said to Abraham...
No information was given about the religious life of Abraham and ...
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Genesis 12: The Call of Abram: Did Abram obey as an act of faith?
In Genesis 12:1, 2, God calls Abram:
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your
kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2
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What is Sarah's "pleasure" in Genesis 18:12?
In Genesis 18:12, Sarah says the following (NKJV, emphasis added):
“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
What does Sarah mean by having pleasure? Most directly, ...
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Your exceeding great reward vs your reward will be great in Gen 15:1
Please I need help understanding the difference in translations.
This morning while studying I stumbled on the difference in translation between ESV and KJV for Gen 15:1 where KJV States "and thy ...
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According to the Bible were bibleic Egyptians and Pharaos Iaphetan/Japhetan?
I have consulted the Gen 10 but not sure how the actual people at each particular moment of time would map to that genealogy of Noah sons.
Of a particular interest would be to know the provenance of ...
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Why have God chosen to order offering Isaak as a whole-burnt offering to test Abraham?
The LXX text says that God wanted to test ἐπείραζεν Abraham by ordering him to kill Isaak (offer him as a whole-burnt sacrifice). But why did God choose this particular test? Is there more to this ...
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Why does Paul say the law came after 430 years in Galatians 3:17?
Galatians 3:17 NET
What I am saying is this: The law that came 430 years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.
But its clear the law was ...
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Genesis 23:6 A mighty prince, or prince of God?
““Hear us, my Lord; you are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb to hinder you from burying your dead.””
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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)
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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
But Abraham did ...
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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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