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The first book of the Hebrew Bible which covers events from Creation to the start of Israel's sojourn in Egypt. It tells the origins of heaven and earth, Adam, Noah, Noah's sons, Shem, Terah, Ishmael, Isaac, Esau and Jacob.
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What is the Meaning of Gen. 37:10 ?
Following Jacob's interpretation of Joseph's dream, Genesis records:
And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
-- Genesis 37:11
In fact, Jacob kept the matter in mind … So Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.
-- Genesis 47:31
Jacob "bowed himself", וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ. …
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How old was Dinah when when she visited the daughters of Shechem in Genesis 34?
A time-line of OT events is indispensable when making this type of inquiry. The one at biblehistory.com has an excellent interface.
Dinah was born around the time of Joseph's birth:
19 And Leah c …
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In Genesis 32 what is the significance of Jacob's injury?
It may have been God's way of preventing Jacob from fathering more than twelve sons.
Here is the extract from a 1997 study into the injury Jacob suffered.
This study describes in modern medical ter …
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Conflicting locations for Rachel's burial
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-- Genesis 35:16 (KJV)
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which … Genesis 35:16 and 1 Kings 10:2 provide a fairly reasonable location for the border line between Benjamin and Judah - south of Jerusalem, a little way from Bethlehem. …
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Was the well of water invisible in Gen 21:19?
Given, we are told three times in the narrative: Genesis 16:7-14; Genesis 17:20; and Genesis 21:18; that God had a plan for Ishmael, it is unlikely that He would not have been nudging Hagar's wandering … in the wilderness (Genesis 21:14) towards the well. …
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Why does Abraham plant a tree?
Abraham was now in the land to which God had promised to lead him (Genesis 12:1), and the outcome of the second recorded meeting with Abimelech made Abraham confident and comfortable about finally setting … The appellation Yah-weh ’êl ‘ō-w-lām (the LORD God Everlasting), here in Genesis 21:33, is nowhere else found in the Bible. …
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The point of Genesis 23?
I can see, at the moment, a couple of reasons why the passage is important:
In Genesis 14 Chedorlaomer attacked the kings of the plain and took away Lot together with all the people and possessions of … The passage identifies the origin of the burial place of Sarah (Genesis 23:19), Abraham (Genesis 25:9), Isaac, Rebekah, Leah (Genesis 49:31), and Jacob (Genesis 50:13). …
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How are we to take the fact that Lot offered his daughters for rape?
Summary of Genesis 19:1-10
Two angels/messengers arrived in the gate of the city of Sodom in the evening.
Why in the evening?
20... … .
-- Genesis 18:20-21 (KJV)
Clearly, the LORD sent the messengers/angels in the evening because it was the most opportune time to expose the gravity of the degeneration of this people (to Abraham and …
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Why did Abraham stop at ten in Genesis 18:32?
In Genesis 14, we're told Abraham received word that Lot had been captured (v. 13,14) and he immediately set about chasing down those responsible. … In Genesis 46:7, we read, "... all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.". …
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The incongruity of God's covenant with Abram in Gen 12:1?
God reveals his motivation concerning Abraham in the record of the visit of the three men to Abraham's tent in Genesis 18. … .
-- Genesis 18:19 (KJV)
This "knowledge" of Abraham was clearly the foundation upon which a lasting covenant could be made. …
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Does Genesis 2:24 speak exclusively to male-female copulation?
Whatever one might want to read into Genesis 2:24, God made his intent clear when He codified it in the Law given to Moses:
22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. … So, yes, as far as the LORD is concerned, and anyone else of a like heart (whose desire is to live and prosper in the land), Genesis 2:24 speaks exclusively to male-female copulation. …
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What would "angel" mean in the context of Genesis 48?
In the context of Genesis 48
The word "Angel" in Genesis 48:16 (KJV) is the Hebrew word הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ (ham-mal-’āḵ). … likely just a preference of the KJV translators because Jacob wrestled with what he thought was a man, but about whom he declared:
...I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
-- Genesis …
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Differences in Genesis creation stories
The creation story occupies Genesis 1 through 3, and records the details of a dream/vision/imagining. … Genesis 2:
7th day -- a whole day separate from the other six, ordained as a day of rest and appreciation
woman is separated out from man. …
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In what sense is the word אור used in Ezekiel 5:2?
It is this form that is found in Genesis 1:3, and this form which appears approximately 123 times in the Hebrew Bible -- 114 of them given as "light" or "lights". …
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Genesis 2:17 a substitutionary death?
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-- Genesis 6:14 (KJV)
Here, God instructs Noah "to pitch" (כָּפַר Strong's H3722 - kaphar) the walls of the ark from inside and out with "pitch" (כֹּפֶר Strong's H3724 - kopher). … Conclusion
Does Genesis 2:17 depicts a substitutionary death for atonement?
Yes, it does. …
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