It intersects with factors like gender, age, disability, and socio-economic status, notably in the context of slavery. Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar's story, particularly Genesis 16, highlights the link between slavery and fertility. This study examines John Chrysostom's interpretation ...
Except he wasn’t alone. This is the story of how God provided for him and his family. I know some of his boys because I work in their school. They are a delight. I wish this hadn’t happened to them, but I trust that God in his wisdom is working for their good. And reading ...
Also, I’m curious what you have to say about the famous name changes in Ch. 17. I thought Abram and Sarai were older variants of Abraham and Sarah, but then why would the renaming take place in Ch. 17, if it is the newer account, and then the new names be used in the older ...
Edna, which means pleasure in Hebrew, is yet another of the biblical girl names that are derived from the Hebrew language. Edna is the mother of Sarah and the wife of Raguel in the Book of Tobit, which is found in both the Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, and it has a biblical connection...
When Hagar had run away to a desert place far from those she felt hurt and betrayed by, we see God surround her with so much grace and care. He didn’t leave her alone in her troubles. Nor will He leave us to fend for ourselves through difficult times. This story of God’s ...
St. Paul and Philo, it is well known, have both treated the history of Hagar and Sarah allegorically (comp. Ga 4:22-31 with Philo, De Congressu, pages 1-5 [Richter, 3:71-76; Bohn, 2:157-162]; and see Lightfoot, Epist. to Gal. pages 189-191; and Howson's Hagar and Arabia...
According to their story in the Old Testament, Isaac’s parents were already old when they had him. Abraham was 100 years old by then, while Sarah was 90. The old couple laughed when they were told they would have a son. So, when they finally had him, the baby was named Isaac. ...
Thus in Ge 25:6, Abraham is said to have sent away the sons of Hagar and Keturah to the E'rets-Ke'dem -Kedmah, i.e. the "East country, eastward;" and none of them, so far as we know, were located in peninsular Arabia; for the story which represents Ishmael as settling at ...
He’s the youngest of Jacob’s 13 children, the youngest patriarch of the twelve tribes of Israel, and the son of Rachel. 3. Daniel Daniel means “God is my judge,” coming from the Hebrew name “Daniyyel” derived from “din” (judge) and “el” (God). Daniel’s story is also...
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