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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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How could the earth form before the sun?
The text of Genesis 1 is the record of an encounter that Moses had with God. … Genesis 1:14-19 - celestial bodies from the 'waters' above/in the firmament. …
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What is the likely way in which ancient Hebrews would have understood "raqiya" in Gen 1:6?
The language in Genesis is not poetic, but literal. … The "firmament" of Genesis refers to what we know today as "the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere". …
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Is there an English equivalent for Nephilim of Genesis 6:4?
What should we make of Genesis 6:4, then? … Genesis 10:7-9 says:
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. …
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Why did God tell Isaac not to go to Egypt in Genesis 26?
Genesis 26:3 (NKJ)
God would hardly recommend Gerar as a place for Isaac to stay and prosper if it, too, was suffering famine. … his own life -- the same fear that gripped his father, Abraham, in an earlier encounter of his (Genesis 20). …
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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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Was Joseph sold to Potiphar by Midianites or Ishmaelites?
Genesis 37:27-30 (KJV)
v.27 - The brothers plot against Joseph to sell him to the Ishmaelites.
v.28 - While the brothers plot against Joseph, but unbeknown to them, Midianite traders pass by and lift …
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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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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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Was Joseph sold to Egypt before the Dinah incident?
Preamble
Drawn as an overlay upon the map at bible-history.com
The narrative from Genesis 32 through to Genesis 37 principally depicts the chronological sequence of events: from Jacob's anticipation of … Genesis 36
Esau and his descendants.
Genesis 37:14
Jacob sends Joseph from the "Vale of Hebron" (Mamre) to seek out his brothers in Shechem. …
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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?
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-- 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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What does Cain say to Abel in Genesis 4:8?
This is clearly true of Genesis 18:15 (KJV), for example:
... And he saidויאמר, Nay; but thou didst laugh. … Conclusion
How does all this play out for Genesis 4:8?
Since the MT does not preserve any dialogue for Cain, then it can only be rendered as an independent clause, i.e. …
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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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In Genesis 1, Did "The Bereshit" Create "God"?
I see Genesis 1:1 like this:
If it were suggested that בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים might be translated "In the beginning he created God, the heavens, and the earth.", then one would:
be left wondering … There is nothing mysterious about Genesis 1:1, where Elohim (God) is clearly being identified as the Creator, not the created. …
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Genesis 2 and 3 - Why was nudity suddenly a shame for Adam?
I would translate the Hebrew of Genesis 3:7 like this:
Then the eyes of both of them were opened. …
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Did Abraham receive a call to leave Ur as alluded to in Acts 7:2-4?
Haran was in the north, where Terah, Abraham's father, had taken him after Terah's father died (Genesis 11:27-32).
When Terah died, Abraham was free to set out from Haran on his way to Canaan. … Abraham received only one call (Genesis 12:1). Terah died in Haran (Genesis 11:32), so Abraham was free to follow that call. …
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