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- †. Gen 22:2d . . on one of the heights that I will point out to you. Precisely where the land of Moriah was, and the specific height God chose, is impossible to tell for sure. Abraham knew where the land was but he wouldn't know the exact spot until he got there. It's just as well to keep it...

- Rabbis are quite divided as to the true meaning of Gen 22:2. Some feel Abraham was supposed to kill Isaac, and some feel he wasn't. There are some who feel that the angel stopped Abraham at this point because he was making a big mistake-- that Abraham misunderstood the instructions God gave to...

- †. Gen 22:2c . . and offer him there as a burnt offering The Hebrew word for "burnt offering" is 'olah (o-law') which is a very different kind of offering than those of Cain and Abel. Theirs were minchah (min-khaw') which are usually gifts rather than atonements. They're also voluntary and...

- †. Gen 22:1a . . Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test. This particular section of Scripture deals with an ancient incident known in sacred Jewish literature as The Akedah (the binding of Isaac). The Akedah portrays the very first human sacrifice ever performed in the Bible by...

- †. Gen 21:25-26 . .Then Abraham reproached Abimelech for the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized. But Abimelech said: I do not know who did this; you did not tell me, nor have I heard of it until today. Abraham may have previously reported the incident to a bureaucrat...

- †. Gen 21:22a . . At that time While Hagar and Ishmael were busy re-inventing their lives; a seemingly trivial event occurred in Abraham's life. I don't have any idea why Genesis records this incident. It doesn't seem to mean anything. †. Gen 21:22b . . Abimelech It is very possible that...

- †. Gen 21:17a . . God heard the cry of the boy, I don't think Ishmael, at near eighteen, was bawling his eyes out like a little girl. Rather; his "cry" was a plea for help. Exactly what he said is unknown. But God heard him and responded. I strongly suspect that in those seventeen or so...

- †. Gen 21:14d . . And she wandered about in the wilderness of Beer sheba. The wilderness of Beer-sheba is about 50 miles south of Hebron. The Hebrew word for "wandered about" is from ta'ah (taw-aw') which means to vacillate. Webster's defines "vacillate" as: to waver in mind, will, or...

- †. Gen 21:13 . . As for the son of the slave-woman, I will make a nation of him, too, for he is your seed. Abraham certainly must have been worried what would become of Ishmael; so God reassured him his boy would be just fine. I think it's significant that God didn't refer to either Hagar...

- †. Gen 21:9 . . Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham playing. At this point, Ishmael was around 17 or 18 years old. (cf. Gen 16:16, Gen 21:5, Gen 21:8) It's hard to tell what kind of sport Ishmael was involved in. Some feel that he, the firstborn son, was picking...

- †. Gen 21:1 . . God took note of Sarah as He had promised, and God did for Sarah as He had spoken. Because God's word is sometimes slow and long in coming to pass, people are often inclined to scoff at what it says and lose confidence in His testimony. The Word told Noah that a flood was...

- The Watch Tower Society says that Christ's crucified body is still dead and its remains are squirreled away somewhere on earth in a condition, and a location, known only to God. Opinion among traditional Christians vary. Some say Christ's crucified body was restored to life normally; viz: in...

- †. Gen 20:9a . .Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him: What have you done to us? What wrong have I done that you should bring so great a guilt upon me and my kingdom? There were no biblical prohibitions at this time against adultery; yet Abimelech's ancient culture believed it to be...

- †. Gen 20:4a . . Now Abimelech had not approached her. It wasn't unusual in the ancient world for new additions to a harem to undergo a period of beautification; like Esther did. But I think something else happened. God may have tampered with Abimelech's ability to breed. In verse 17 it's...

- †. Gen 20:1a . . Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negeb and settled between Kadesh and Shur. In Moses' day, Kadesh was a jumping off point just prior to crossing over Wadi Araba into the region of Moab. (Num 20:14-16) According to freytag & berndt's map of Israel/Sinai...

- †. Gen 19:31 . . And the older one said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to consort with us in the way of all the world. It's doubtful the girls meant the whole planet was void of men; probably just the region where their cave was. It was isolated and lonely...

- †. Gen 19:27-28 . . Next morning, Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood before the Lord, and, looking down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the Plain, he saw the smoke of the land rising like the smoke of a kiln. Poor guy. Now he began the very same vigil that so many...

- †. Gen 19:17 . .When they had brought them outside, one said: Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stop anywhere in The Plain; flee to the hills, lest you be swept away. The messengers won't be going along. They're to stay behind to supervise the holocaust. Up till now, it...

- †. Gen 19:15-16a . . As dawn broke, the angels urged Lot on, saying: Up, take your wife and your two remaining daughters, lest you be swept away because of the iniquity of the city. Still he delayed. In verses 10, 12, and 16, the messengers are called men. In verses 1 and 15, they're called...

- †. Gen 19:12-13 . .Then the men said to Lot: Whom else have you here? Sons-in law, your sons and daughters, or anyone else that you have in the city-- bring them out of the place. For we are about to destroy this place; because the outcry against them before The Lord has become so great that...