Questions tagged [abraham]
The first patriarch -- see Genesis 12-25.
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What does Rom. 4:15b mean in context: "And where there is no law there is no transgression."
In Romans 4:1-15, Paul has argued that Abraham was justified by faith apart from works of the law and apart from circumcision. Then comes 4:15a, "because the law brings about wrath;" But ...
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Why doesn't Abraham include Sarah's bread in serving his three visitors?
In Genesis 18:5 Abraham promises his guests a "morsel of bread" and in Genesis 18:6 Abraham specifically tells Sarah to make a lot of bread:
"Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it,...
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David receiving gifts from pagan kings
1 Chronicles 18:9-11 NASB1995
9 Now when [h]Tou king of Hamath heard that David had [i]defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 10 he sent [j]Hadoram his son to King David to [k]greet him ...
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In Genesis 15:16, does the Hebrew syntax allow a reading where "fourth generation" goes back to v. 14, and "iniquity of the Amorites" goback to v. 15?
Can the Hebrew syntax of vv. 14-16 be understood to connect the "fourth generation" in v. 16a with the promise of v. 14, and simultaneously connect the "iniquity of the Amorites" ...
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Questions about Esau and God's covenant with Abraham
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will ...
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Is the Torah always in chronological order?
I think this is an important question.
Genesis 1 describes the 7 days of creation including plants and also the creation of man.
Yet Genesis 2 speaks about a time before any plant was created and ...
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What does it mean Abraham knew me as El shaddai but my name I made not known to him [duplicate]
Exodus 6.3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name YHWH I made Me not known to them.
What is the difference?
Genesis 18.26 And the LORD said: 'If I ...
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Why did God first bring Abraham to Shechem and east of Bet el?
Gen 12.1 Now the LORD said unto Abram: 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee.
Gen 12.6 And Abram passed through the land ...
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What does John the Baptist mean when he says "raise up stones to be Abraham's children"?
Matthew 3:7-9
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits ...
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Using the Genesis narrative Abraham was born 1948 years after Adam . How does this relate to Israel today? [closed]
God gave us the genealogy of Adam
starting in Genesis 5:1-32 and continueing through Genesis 11:10-26. This basically began with Adam and went through Abraham. This yields 1948 years. How does this ...
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In Genesis 15:10, why didn't Abraham cut the birds in two?
[Gen 15:10 NASB95] [10] Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.
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Who is the promise/prophecy of Genesis 12:1-3 to be applied to? Abraham personally or distant nation of Israel?
There is the all-important promise/prophecy that God spoke in Genesis 12:
Now the LORD said to Abram, "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land ...
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What "other gods" did Abraham's father serve? (Joshua 24:2)
Joshua 24:2 mentions that Abraham's father, Terah, served other gods.
Joshua 24:2 NKJV
And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel:
‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father ...
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Do Abraham and Isaac symbolize God and Christ?
Genesis 22:12
“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him.
Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me
your son, your only begotten son.”
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In Genesis 11, during the geneology of Abraham from Shem, did the tower of Babel happen?
We are told in verse 10 (two years after the flood), Shem begat Arphaxad. Yet, verse 9 and earlier tells the story of the tower of Babel.
So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and ...
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