This chapter discovers signs that Joseph was destined to fill an important place in the history of the kingdom of God. This was now the time of his trial and preparation for his great calling as the ruler of the Egyptians, the deliverer of his nation. Some of the indications of his high...
It is purposefully in audio format only, to force the student not to rely on a written text but to access meaning through listening only. Each clause containing a thematic verb (vayyiqtol) in the book of Jonah is read out loud, followed by the same clause read with its verb in the...
distribution of landed property among the tribes, and of preventing the accumulation of large landed estates in a few hands, the Mosaic law forbade the alienation of lands or families holding them; and especially it forbade the transfer from one tribe to another. And this is the meaning of Na...
16:18. This argument not only ignores the plain meaning of the applicable texts, but also assumes words used in Scripture can only have one meaning. This, of course, is not true. For example: 1 Cor. 3:11 – Jesus is called the only foundation of the Church, and yet in Eph. 2:20...
Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain. Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea Ezekiel 16:30 Or How feverish is your heart, Ezekiel 16:57 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate Aram Ezekiel 18:10 Or thin...
Joseph, most beloved of Jacob’s sons, is hated by his envious brothers. Angry and jealous of Jacob’s gift to Joseph, a resplendent “coat of many colours,” the brothers seize him and sell him to a party of Ishmaelites, or Midianites, who carry him to Egypt. There Joseph eventually...