The people is one, etc. - From this, as before observed, we may infer, that as the people had the same language, so they had a unity of design and sentiment. It is very likely that the original language was composed of monosyllables, that each had a distinct ideal meaning, and only...
1 Corinthians 14:10-11Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. / If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.Acts 17:26From one man He made ...
11And I willestablishmycovenantwith you; neither shall allfleshbe cutoffany more by thewatersof aflood;neither shall there any more be afloodtodestroytheearth. Read ChapterCompare PREVIOUSGenesis 9:10NEXTGenesis 9:12 Genesis 9:11 Meaning and Commentary ...
10 God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Genesis 1:9 NEXT Genesis 1:11 Genesis 1:10 Meaning and Commentary Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land earth The whole chaos, ...
Genesis 4:13 tn The primary meaning of the Hebrew word עָוֹן (ʿavon) is “sin, iniquity.” But by metonymy it can refer to the “guilt” of sin, or to “punishment” for sin. The third meaning applies here. Just before this the Lord announces the punishment for Cain...
Pardon me for using “types” where “genre” would be more precise, but I frequently do so in teaching in order to avoid having to explain details. Further, “genre” doesn’t maintain the same meaning across all critical disciplines. ...
29 Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?” 30 And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well....
As mentioned earlier, we have not indication of much affection between Abraham and Sarah, but here the narrator tells us of Isaac and Rebekah that "he loved her," using the Hebrew verb’āhēb, "love, like, be in love," a word that has a breadth of meaning nearly as great as our ...
Progressive creationists claim that the days of creation in Genesis chapter 1 represent long periods of time and that day three of creation week lasted more than three billion years! This assertion is made in order to allow for the billions of years that evolutionists claim are represented in ...
The Hebrew word for "banished" is "נָע וָנָד" (na va-nad), meaning to wander or be a fugitive. This reflects the loss of stability and security that Cain will experience as a result of his sin. The ground, "אֲדָמָה" (adamah), is significant...