Questions tagged [genesis]
The first book of the Hebrew Bible which covers events from Creation to the start of Israel's sojourn in Egypt.
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Are two words for “God” used in Gen1:26 & 27
As a bonus, point me to where I can easily look and answer such questions myself. I did look some for an answer. Ive heard Yahweh and Elohim are both used in OT. Is this the case in Gen 1:26 and 27, ...
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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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How did Adam know that Eve had been formed out of his rib/bone in Genesis 2:23?
It is said God caused the Adam to fall into a deep sleep and during that time God formed Eve out of Adam's rib/bone
. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was ...
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When was the serpent cast out of Eden?
When Adam and Eve had ate the fruit they were subsequently cast out of Eden(garden)
Genesis 3:23 Ttherefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was ...
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Why were the innocent destroyed together with the wicked in Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19:24?
Genesis 19:24 NIV
24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those ...
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Who is the offspring of the Nachash in Genesis 3:15?
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.””
Genesis 3:15
Who is the offspring/seed ...
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What if Genesis 15:6 is translated incorrectly?
I had this thought looking at the context and looking at the four words usually doubled in length - what if our entire interpretation of this passage is wrong?
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[Gen 15:6 KJV] 6 And he ...
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Understanding “leader of” term in Genesis
I'm trying to outline biblical geneology starting from page 1 as a personal project. Since I don't know what's going to be important until the end of the project, I'm trying to take notes on some ...
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Are humans made of body + spirit or body + soul + spirit? Genesis 2:7 & Ecclesiastes 12:5-7 vs 1 Thessalonians 5:23 [closed]
Genesis 2:7 gives the idea that a human being is the combination of a physical body (from dust) and a spirit (God's breath of life):
7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and ...
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Could the “Echad” of Eloheinu ever become less than “Echad” like man & woman in [Genesis 2:24, Mark 12:25]? [closed]
When "Echad" is associated with the act of marriage in [Genesis 2:24], the אִ֔ישׁ Ish | "man" binds to אִשָּׁ֔ה Ishah | "woman" creating momentarily אֶחָֽד "Echad&...
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Did Jacob wrestle with a person of the Godhead?
Please note that I am not arguing for or against the doctrine of trinity. I merely assume its definition without approval or disapproval.
This is NOT a question on trinity.
If you have trouble ...
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Why did it take Noah this long to have children in Genesis 5:32:?
Genesis 5:32 NIV
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
All Noah's ancestors had children when they were around one hundred years but when it came to him it is ...
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How do we understand the phrase “וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ חֲנ֖וֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים” from [Genesis 5:24] - if [John 1:18] is true?
If [John 1:18] is true, Enoch | Chanok (חֲנ֜וֹךְ) could not have literally seen Elohim, since Enoch (חֲנ֜וֹךְ) is not the “one and only Son” of John's Gospel. - How then should readers understand [...
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Other than Bara, what words are used in Genesis for creation?
The word "creation" is used 5 times in Genesis 1. I know that "bara" means to create from nothing. Is that same word used all 5 times?
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In Genesis 3:9, Did God ask “Ayekah” ( אַיֶּֽכָּה ) meaning “Where-Are-You” [or] “How-Are-You”?
HaShem asked HaAdam a strange question in Genesis 3:9 - "Ayekah?" ( אַיֶּֽכָּה )
Do English bibles mistranslate the meaning of "Ayekah" as a confused "Where-Are-You" ...
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Did God Explicitly Warn Eve About the Tree of Knowledge (Ex. 2, 3)?
Many believe that God spoke directly to Eve concerning the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is no wonder, because most assume that God explicitly spoke to Eve about it. But I believe this ...
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Hebrews 12:16,17 seems to incorrectly reference events in Genesis 25:29-34 & 27:35-38
Allow me to be much more succinct, per feedback received.
It seems to me that Esau clearly states, at least in his belief, that the birthright and the blessing are two separate and distinct things ...
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Did Adam know about the Tree of Life?
Scripture clearly tells us that God made the Tree of Life in Eden, that God informed Adam of the Tree of Knowledge, and that God expelled Adam from Eden so as to prevent him from eating of the Tree of ...
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With respect to בשׁגם in Genesis 6:3 who/what is being contrasted?
The Hebrew text translated seems to read
... he too is flesh...
Granted many English translations omit the בשׁגם altogether but nonetheless it is in the original.
To whom or to what does it make ...
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Did death enter the animal kingdom as a consequence of the curses that God declared in retribution for sin after the Fall (Genesis 3)?
As retribution for sin, God declared a series of curses in Genesis 3. Below are some relevant quotes from the chapter:
14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you ...
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Why Be Fruitful and Multiply?
In the beginning God created man. And told him to procreate ..
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply
What is, or was the reason or purpose for procreation?
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Does Genesis 1:29-31 leave any room for the existence of animal-based diets in the period between the Creation and the Fall?
Genesis 1:29-31 (ESV):
29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. ...
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Why did God approve of animal-based diets if Adam and Eve were originally vegan?
Genesis tells us that Adam, Eve and all animals had originally plant-based diets, as God provided them with every plant and tree for food:
29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant ...
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Is there a symbolic meaning to 'possessing the gates of your enemies' in the Hebrew language?
Genesis 24:60 - here the family members of Rebecca bless her with this saying.
Genesis 22:17 - here Isaac (or Jesus) is blessed with this saying.
Jesus is the 'natural' seed of both Rebecca and Isaac. ...
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How can we make sense of God's repentance and grief (Genesis 6:6) from the viewpoint of His perfect foreknowledge?
For this question, I'm taking it as an axiom that God has perfect foreknowledge of future events (nothing extraordinary to be honest -- most hold this view).
Genesis 6:6 (YLT) tells us the following:
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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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Does Hebrews 12:17 mean that GRACE has an end?
Hebrews 12 (KJV)
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¹⁶ Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
¹⁷ For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited ...
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Why 430 years “to the very day”?
Genesis 15:13:
And He said unto Abram, “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.
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Why the people thinks that the snakes are devils? [closed]
The Bible presents the devil as a serpent. This leads people to say, "All snakes are demons," but it is not right. So this led me to think: "In the first place: Why does the Bible ...
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Does this Hebrew verb in Genesis 28:22 indicate frequency?
The verb asar עָשַׂר(to take the tenth of, tithe, Strongs 6237) is used nine times in the OT, seven times in the Piel and two times in the Qal. My question is whether or not the use of this word in ...
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Does the rendering of Gen 1:26 allow for man to pre-exist but not in God's image?
Where the text says 'Let us make man in our image" suggests to me that man already existed but not in God's image. If man were a new creation at that point the text would make more sense if ...
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Why does Paul say circumcision is by the letter rather than from the patriarchs in Romans 2:29?
Romans 2:29 NASB
29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from
It is clear circumcision was given to the ...
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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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4 rivers of eden [closed]
A river is a division between two bodies of land by a body of water.
If the rivers were divisions of land, that are most significant, what are they?
So.
By taking this test, I determined, - ...
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What does it mean to 'work' and 'keep' the garden?
The words are also translated 'tend/cultivate/serve/dress' and 'guard/take care/watch over/preserve'
וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ ...
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Did Jacob tithe regularly? [closed]
Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21so that I return safely to my ...
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If human beings were created perfect in Genesis, then why is it necessary to change our natural bodies into spiritual/angelic bodies?
1 Corinthians 15:40-46 (ESV) reveals the mystery of the natural and heavenly/spiritual bodies, and that human beings will be granted the latter at the resurrection:
40 There are heavenly bodies and ...
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Are there Hebrew linguistic connections between the images of the Flood’s Ark and Moses’s Ark
I previously asked a similar question in this site, about connections between the imagery in the Creation and the Flood stories in Genesis. Now I would like to know if anyone who can access the ...
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Are there Hebrew linguistic connections between the images of Creation and the Flood
I have notices that there are several images within the bible that keep repeating, yet in a somewhat altered state. To begin, let us compare the first image of the Spirit hovering over the water in ...
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How could the earth form before the sun?
In the Bible it clearly states
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
and then in
Genesis 1:16 "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule
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Why does the Bible put the evening before the morning at the end of each day that God worked in Genesis chapter one?
Each day that God worked in Creation in Genesis chapter one concludes with the words, "And the evening and the morning were the [1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th] day."
Day as we know it, begins ...
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What is the significance of the selective use of εἰμι in expressions of self identification in LXX-Genesis?
In his commentary of Exodus, Dennis Prager makes this statement:
Hebrew does not have a word for the present tense of the verb "to be." In other words, there is no Hebrew word for "am&...
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The ‘makeup’ of man - what is man?
This question comes out from a comment .. The Q was closed, so I couldn’t respond via a comment reply, so I’ll both ask it here, (open it up), and also respond here ...
GEN 2:7 then the Lord God ...
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Multiple questions about light in the bible [closed]
I only just recently started studying other religons, I'll explain my question more.
In Genesis 1:3 "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." My question is what is this light ...
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Meaning of tzachak/Yitzchak in Genesis 21:3,6
וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶֽת־שֶׁם־בְּנ֧וֹ הַנּֽוֹלַד־ל֛וֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָה־לּ֥וֹ שָׂרָ֖ה יִצְחָֽק" 3
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר שָׂרָ֔ה צְחֹ֕ק עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים כָּל־הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַ יִֽצְחַק־לִֽי" 6
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Who is Jacob asking to bless Joseph?
This question is prompted by some downvoting I received in another response. I have my own answer, but am curious as to how this will be answered/interpreted by others - maybe testing mine?
The ...
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Does 1 Corinthians 15:49 show we are not currently in God’s image?
We know from Genesis that we are created in God's image.
Genesis 1:26: Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness"
Genesis 1:27: So God created mankind in his ...
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How did the Hittites know that Abraham was chosen by God?
Genesis 23
1 Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old. 2 She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went
out to mourn and to weep for her.
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Asher in Genesis and Numbers
In Genesis 46:17 (NASB)
And the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. (...)
In Numbers 26:44 (NASB)
The sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the ...
