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- †. Gen 19:4 . .They had not yet lain down, when the townspeople, the men of Sodom, young and old-- all the people to the last man - gathered about the house. The word for "men" is from 'enowsh (en-oshe') : an ambiguous word that means: a mortal; a human being in general (singly or...

- †. Gen 19:1a . .The two angels arrived in Sodom The word for "angels" is from mal'ak (mal-awk') from a root meaning to dispatch as a deputy; viz: a messenger; specifically of God, i.e. an angel and/or a prophet, priest or teacher-- someone who speaks for and/or represents another. Mal'ak...

- †. Gen 18:23a . . Abraham came forward Abraham "came forward" in that he became somewhat assertive in this next scene. He was sort of like a godfather to the Sodomites, in spite of their decadence. That is amazing; yet, is so typical of the really holy men in the Bible to intercede for...

- †. Gen 18:21a . . I will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to the outcry that has reached Me; The word for "outcry" is from tsa'aqah (tsah-ak-aw') which means: a shriek. The same word was in chapter 4 to describe the cry of Abel's blood from the ground and also in...

- †. Gen 18:20 . .Then the Lord said: The outrage of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave! The people of Sodom weren't just your every-day, average garden variety of sinners. According to Gen 13:13, they were very wicked sinners; and not only were they very wicked sinners, but...

- †. Gen 18:13-14 . .Then Yhvh said to Abraham: Why did Sarah laugh, saying; Shall I in truth bear a child, old as I am? Is anything too wondrous for Yhvh? I will return to you at the time next year, and Sarah shall have a son. Yhvh didn't quote Sarah verbatim-- He actually paraphrased her...

- †. Gen 18:8b . . and he waited on them under the tree as they ate. Targum authors-- convinced the men were celestial beings --couldn't believe they would actually partake of food. According to them, the foods were before them, but they didn't actually eat it. T. and [Abraham] served before...

- †. Gen 18:1a . .The Lord appeared to him by the terebinths of Mamre; The Hebrew word for "appeared" is ra'ah (raw-aw') which doesn't necessarily indicate a visible apparition. The word is really ambiguous. It has several meanings; one of which simply indicates a meeting. That the Lord was...

- †. Gen 17:18 . . And Abraham said to God: O that Ishmael might live by Your favor! Ishmael is sometimes thought of as a sort of red-headed step child, but I tend to think that Abraham really did love the boy. I can see that love at work here when Abraham requested God's providence for him...

- Every internet discussion about "soul" that I've seen in the past nineteen years online always ends up a perpetual bull session that never gets to the bottom of anything. That said, according to Matt 10:28, assassins cannot kill soul; which tells me that when the Romans extinguished the life...

- †. Gen 17:15 . . And God said to Abraham: As for your wife Sarai, you shall not call her Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah. Sarah's original name was Saray (saw-rah'-ee) which means: dominative. Webster's defines "dominative" as: to exert the supreme determining or guiding influence on--...

- †. Gen 17:9b . . you and your offspring to come throughout the ages shall keep My covenant. The word "keep" is from shamar (shaw-mar') which means, properly: to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard, to protect, attend to. The general meaning in this particular instance is: to preserve...

- †. Gen 17:6 . . I will make you exceedingly fertile, and make nations of you; and kings shall come forth from you. The only king who really matters is Messiah. "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." (Matt 1:1) †. Gen 17:7a . . I will maintain My...

- I seriously doubt the average rank and file pew warmer even knows what grace is. I suspect that most are under the impression that grace is somehow a quantifiable substance like butter and gasoline; but in regards to God, grace is an abstract noun that expresses qualities apart from substance...

- †. Gen 17:2-3a . . I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will make you exceedingly numerous. Abram threw himself on his face; The Hebrew word for "threw" is naphal (naw-fal') and first appeared in Gen 14:10. It doesn't mean Abram dropped like a sack of ready-mix concrete. It...

- The lake of brimstone depicted at Rev 20:11-15 is called the second death. Well; according to Dan 12:2 and John 5:28-29 there is only one resurrection allotted per person. Seeing as how the lost will have used up their one resurrection to face justice at the Great White Throne event, then I...

- According to Matt 10:28, God is able to destroy both body and soul in hell fire. Yet we know from Isa 66:22-24 and Mark 9:47-48 that the destroyed bodies won't go out of existence but instead will be preserved as nourishment for a curious species of fire-proof worm. Q: Traditional...

- Thirteen years go by since Ishmael's birth; enough time for Abram to easily forget God's covenanted promises. Abram was prospering materially, Ishmael was growing into young manhood, the land was at peace, and quite possibly Abram and Sarai had by now given up all hope of ever having any...

- †. Gen 16:13a . . And she called Yhvh who spoke to her: You Are El roi The author of Genesis was privy to the identity of the mysterious person speaking with Hagar but she wasn't, and that's why she gave him a name of her own. But I cannot be certain what it is because there seems no...

- †. Gen 16:9 . . And the angel of the Lord said to her: Go back to your mistress, and submit to her harsh treatment. That was no doubt the last thing Ms. Hagar would consider doing; even in a pinch. But the Lord had plans for Hagar's baby about which she was unaware up to this point. †. Gen...