https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/24.htm In Abraham’s days, it was very important that you marry within your own faith. It was even better to marry a sister, or aunt, or cousin, than it was to marry someone outside of the faith. God had warned them not to intermingle with the Canaanites and others, because if they did, they would Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/kjv/genesis/23.htm This chapter begins by related the death of Sarah, who by now was 177 years old. Notice how our lives are getting shorter the further we get from Adam, who was over 900 years old, and the further we get away from God. Back then, her 177 year life probably seems as if she Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/22.htm This is one of the many passages in the Bible that I have difficulty understanding. The Bible says God “tested” Abraham, but I don’t believe this is what it means at face value. God is all-knowing; he knows what is in our hearts and minds (another scripture; “God knows the heart”), therefore I believe Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/21.htm The timing of this chapter couldn’t have came at a better time. As God had promised, he opened Sarah’s womb and she was able to conceive, and she bore Abraham’s son who he named Isaac, and while this chapter doesn’t say, a previous chapter has God telling Abraham that he would become a father Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/20.htm In Genesis 20, Abraham and Sarah move to an area called Gerar, where they meet their king, King Abimelech. And it is almost a repeat of their trip to Egypt; Abraham tells Abimelech that Sarah is his sister, Abimelech takes her, but before he can do anything, the Bible says “God stopped him”. God came to Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/19.htm In the last chapter, Abraham hosted Jesus and two angels who were on their way to investigate Sodom which had became a very sinful place. And remember how Abraham intercede, and made Jesus not to destroy the city if there were 10 righteous people there. And Sodam is where Lot was now living. In Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/18.htm This is one of the more wonderful stories of the Bible. It does not explicitly say, but Abraham is resting in the shade when three men appeared, and immediately bows to the ground and calls one of them “Lord”. My interpretation is that it was Jesus, pre-incarnate, and two angels. And Abraham invites them Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/17.htm This is the chapter in which God established what is called the “Abrahamic Covenant”. And God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, and instructed him that all males should be circumcised in the “flesh of their foreskin”. Many will argue that this covenant was no longer valid after Jesus created his covenant with the people, Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/16.htm This is a story about faith and how the lack of faith can have irreversible consequences for years, even millennia. Abram’s wife Sarai was barren, unable to have children. Other places in the Bible refer to it as “her womb was closed”, pertaining to any woman who was barren, and there were many back Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/genesis/15.htm According to Merriam Webster, a “covenant” is a “ a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement”. There are many “covenants” in the Bible, the first if I’m not wrong is known as the Adamic Covenant, the covenant between God and Adam wherein God gave Adam the Garden of Eden to live and care for, and Continue reading