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Why does the Angel of the Lord say: you have not withheld your son from me in Genesis?
This is what I call the "representative spokesman convention", in which the spokesman repeats somebody else's words in the first person, as though they were his own.
The most obvious example ...
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Is the angel of the Lord in Genesis 16:7-13 and Matthew 1:18-20 one and the same?
Summary: We cannot know if the angel is the same unless the angel is named in both places.
Is there only one angel of the lord, or are there more?
One might think that there is only one angel of the ...
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Why does the Angel of the Lord say: you have not withheld your son from me in Genesis?
The simple answer is because the angel of the Lord is God in the person of Jesus Christ before He incarnated.
Notice at Genesis 22:1 it says, "God tested Abraham."
At Genesis 22:9 Abraham ...
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How is it possible Jacob didn’t see Leah’s face or hear her voice?
It was the custom of the times for the bride to wear a covering, a veil, over her face. Jacob's mother, Rebekah, had veiled her face when being presented to Isaac.
For she had said unto the servant, ...
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Tithing in the churches today
Tithing becomes a matter of debate whenever anyone tries to turn it into a law which Christians must obey.
For "we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we ...
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Any connection between Genesis 1:2 and Psalm 42:7: deep calls to deep?
This morning I was reading Psalm 42 and came across the expression "deep calls to deep" in verse 7 and I wondered what that meant.
I noticed that whereas the King James Version said "...
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Genesis 2 and 3 - Why was nudity suddenly a shame for Adam?
There is a deeply spiritual dimension to all of this. For further consideration by those interested in plumbing deeper depths in this account of the first couple's nakedness, I begin by quoting from ...
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How is it possible Jacob didn’t see Leah’s face or hear her voice?
You have quoted the very passage of scripture that answers your question. The reference for all the relevant parts of the account is Genesis chapter 29 verses 14 to 30. All of it needs to be ...
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How is it possible Jacob didn’t see Leah’s face or hear her voice?
In addition to the explanations already given -- veiling, darkness, wine, etc. -- I would add this: according the Jewish Encyclopedia, there is a rabbinical tradition that Leah and Rachel were twins:
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How is it possible Jacob didn’t see Leah’s face or hear her voice?
Here are a few factors that might have contributed:
Maybe, despite his supposed reputation for being a deceiver, Jacob wasn't that smart. In Genesis 25:29-33 Jacob doesn't trick Esau out of the ...
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If Rebecca was sent away by both her brother and mother, why does it say they sent their sister away?
If one is a son, grandson, or great-grandson or beyond, the word "son" applies in Biblical reckoning. The same is true of daughters. This is easy to demonstrate, given the passages ...
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Genesis 1:26 and 28 tells mankind to "subdue" the earth and "rule over" various animals. Exactly what is meant by this in relation to large animals?
Given what little is said about animals in the creation account of Genesis, we can only go by what is there. We need to stick to the verses you ask about.
After assigning Adam to perform horticulture ...
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Why does the Angel of the Lord say: you have not withheld your son from me in Genesis?
In ancient Middle Eastern culture, authorized servants were often empowered to act on behalf of and in the name of their masters. One example of this is Abraham sending his servant to find a wife for ...
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Is the angel of the Lord in Genesis 16:7-13 and Matthew 1:18-20 one and the same?
To address your very last sentence Alex, yes, there is only one angel of the Lord, period. Secondly, "The" angel of the Lord "NEVER" appears in the New Testament as "the angel ...
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What do we know about the gender of nephilim?
The question that is being asked is not an easy one. It is not easy because it has to do with some of the more difficult parts of Hebrew language and usage. The areas of concern are:
What does &...
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How to save Paul from the Galatians 3 "seed" vs "seeds" argument blunder?
Paul is the Apostle to the Gentiles. He would use the LXX when pointing them to the OT:
15 For all the
land that you see, I will give it to you and to your
offspring forever 16 And I will make your ...
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Could there be some deeper/Spiritual meaning why darkness was created ahead of light in Genesis 1:2?
In a material universe, where there is no light, there must of necessity be darkness.
In a spiritual reality, where there is no spiritual light, there must of necessity be spiritual darkness.
In a ...
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To which beginning is the word 'beginning' (arche) referring in the Gospel of John, outside of the prologue?
Overview of the Gospel
An examination of the verses with ἀρχή shows John was purposeful to compose the Gospel so that the uses in the Prologue would be distinct from the uses in the rest of the Gospel:...
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Why on earth did Lot not leave Sodom if "[he] was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard" (2 Peter 2:8)?
Let's recall why Abraham and Lot Separate. Genesis 13:5-7a
5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 But the land could not support them while they stayed ...
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Was Noah's allowed to eat unclean animals in Genesis 9:3?
Not one other time in the bible is רֶמֶשׂ remes used to describe all the living animals.
Every 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 thing that is alive shall be food for you; I have given
everything to you, as I gave the ...
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Were the teraphim (household gods) Rachel stole from Laban like a deed to his property?
I would like to add a somewhat new explanation to the mix. Some rabbinical authorities held that teraphim were ancestral images or even preserved heads of victims of human sacrifices honored by their ...
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