Genesis 12:1-3 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 12 In this chapter an account is given of the call of Abram to depart from his own country, with a promise of a divine blessing, Ge 12:1-3 of his obedience to it, Ge 12:4,5 of his journey through the land of Canaan...
10 那地遭遇饑荒。因饑荒甚大,亞伯蘭就下埃及去,要在那裡暫居。 11 將近埃及,就對他妻子撒萊說:我知道你是容貌俊美的婦人。 12 埃及人看見你必說:這是他的妻子,他們就要殺我,卻叫你存活。 Read full chapter Chinese Union Version (Traditional) (CUV) by Public DomainBack...
12 Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Genesis 1:11 NEXT Genesis 1:13 Genesis 1:12 Meaning and Commentary Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass In great abundance...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.New Living TranslationI will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be...
Edwin M. Good offers a new translation of and literary commentary on these chapters, approaching the material as an ancient Hebrew book. Rather than analyzing the chapters in light of any specific religious position, he is interested in what the stories say and how they work as stories, ...
Verse(Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. New Living Translation Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this la...
Hence it has been argued that this chapter betrays the spirit of the later Judaism. Chapter xlix., the blessing by Jacob, is also an addition; but it dates from the latter half of the period of the Judges (K. Kohler, "Der Segen Jacob's"). The theory that the Patriarchs especially,...
Even when Nahor's family comes on the scene, as it does in chapter 29, we hear only so much of it as is necessary to throw light on Jacob's history. (V.) Jacob. — The history of Jacob and Joseph (Ge 36:1). — Here, after Isaac's death, we have ...
Read full chapter Footnotes Genesis 2:5 Or land; also in verse 6 Genesis 2:6 Or mist Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20). Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls G...
There is no question that one of the main themes of Joseph’s life isthe presence of God. In fact, God’s presence is repeated eight times in chapter 39 alone: “the Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man” (39:2) ...