Genesis 16 Essay

Wade Butlers states that the rest of the bible is about one man’s family, which is Abraham. It is about how God kept his three promises that he made. There are many obstacles that the family goes through, but the stories show how God never disappoints his people. In the end he fulfills his three promises.

The writer gives many details in it. We learn a lot about Abraham from it. We learn how Abraham’s servants trusted him and his God. And the servants respected Abraham and his God. God himself had led Abraham to Canaan. And God promised to give Canaan to Abraham’s *descendants. Abraham lived in Canaan because he trusted God’s promises. So, Abraham wanted Isaac to trust God’s promises too. This mattered more than even the choice of Isaac’s wife. The servant was very clever to make this test. It would show whether the woman was kind to strangers and animals. And it would show whether she was willing to work. Camels need a lot of water! The servant told all the facts to Rebekah’s family. But he did not force them to allow the marriage. Here we read, ‘I will continue to search.’ The *Hebrew text means ‘I will know which way to turn.’ In other words, the servant would know then that he had to continue his journey. He would know that he could not go home yet. He would not have found the right woman to become Isaac’s wife. Rebekah’s family would probably never see her again. So, they *blessed her as she left. They hoped that she would have many children and grandchildren. And they hoped that her *descendants would overcome their enemies. The servant now considered Isaac his master instead of Abraham. He called Isaac ‘my master’. Rebekah covered her face to show that she was modest. A bride usually covered her face when the bridegroom was present. She would only uncover her face after their first night together. So, Isaac married Rebekah. Although they had not met before their marriage, they loved each other deeply. It seems that Sarah, Isaac’s mother, had died recently. Rebekah comforted Isaac. the Holy Spirit will bring Mr or Mrs right into your life in his time and in his way and when he does it'll be awesome you'll know it instantaneously

Abraham and Sarah’s hospitality does not pass unnoticed. The LORD recognizes their zealous hospitality and rewards their act of piety with a miraculous gift: offspring. Remembering the barren state of Sarai, the LORD, through the travelers, questions Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?” (18:9). The LORD’s working through the travelers to reward Abraham is symbolic of the fact that Abraham will have offspring because of the hospitality that he and his wife show the travelers. The LORD matches Abraham’s fervent dedication to hospitality with an incredible gift. Via the travelers, the LORD promises, “I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son” (18:10). The extent of this gift is too much for Sarah to believe, so she laughs it off (18:12). This laugh is significant in quantifying how immense the reward is. Sarah laughs because she is uncomfortable with the truth of her current situation; she does not believe that she will ever be relieved from her barren plight. Much like Abraham went out of his way to provide a haven for the travelers, the LORD similarly matches this action with a haven of His own—the baby.

On account of Abram and Pharaoh, by covering data that would have been generally given, Abram suggested that he was not wedded to Sarai. He utilized the strict truth to suggest an untruth. This activity is practically equivalent to our idea of sins of commission and sins of exclusion. Abram's wrongdoing was one of oversight—not in fact an untruth, but rather it added up to the same thing.

As I read Genesis 1-11 I find that God just spoke or commanded a thing to be to his creation and it was so. I also find that His Creation was subject His voice. Which has me pondering on the thought, How many time have God spoke to us and instead of yielding to His voice and doing what he commanded we disregard it as if He is now not speaking. And if that’s the case then I have to wonder are we even His sheep. For God sheep knows his voice and the voice of a stranger they will not follow.( John 10:4,5 NKJV)

In this essay I will analyze and differentiate two completely contrasting legacies left behind by Cain and Seth, the descendants of Adam and Eve. Reflecting on the point in time where Eve appointed eponyms for her children, their very names conceptualized a foreshadowing of this apparent contrast. In Hebrew, Cain means ‘spear' and Seth means ‘anointed’ or ‘granted’ a name that alludes to Eve’s utterance found in Genesis 4:25, “God has granted me another child in the place of Abel since Cain killed him”. This sets the tone of the significant dissimilarity of their character later distinguished in the narrative of Genesis. Cain was the primary exploitation for murder, and not only the act of killing, but that of his beloved brother. (Genesis 4:11-16) And in the midst of his child Enoch being born, Cain was developing the world’s first advanced civilized society. (Genesis 4:17) Contrasting, Seth was the third son of

The two creation stories differ in the order in which creation takes place. The first Genesis story was written much later than the second probably because they appreciated how it dealt with their origins of humanity and the creation of the world. One difference is the utilization of the word Elohim to designate God whereas the second story uses Yahweh. The first story focuses on how everything made by God and how it is shaped is perfect. God is in control and brings order. God created humankind in his image. The second story focuses on God as personal and deeply involved in human history, anthropomorphism. It is more human centered and focuses on the placement of humans in the world. In addition, there is an emphasis on the role of women specifically

In the Bible Scripture Genesis 21-22, God tested Abraham by requesting him to go and offer his Son that he loves, Isaac as a burnt offering to Him (God) upon one of the mountains. This particular request is immediately questionable: Who is this God? Why would he ask someone to go and offer not just his son, but the one that he loves as a burnt offering? Is that not sheer wickedness? What was Abraham’s response and why?

Moreover, Sarai is the living symbol, at this point, of God's promise to Abraham. If Abraham is to be "the father of many nations," his barren wife must conceive and bear him a son. The classic theological interpretation fails to address the question of why Abram gives away the living embodiment of God's word, if he has accepted God's promise. The fact that this is not an act of an obedient and faithful Abram is clearly outlined in the subsequent event: "And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife"

Whilst P is the author of Genesis 1, Genesis 2 has been tied to J and differs significantly in its tone and focus. J writes almost as if it is a fairytale and where the P account focuses on the origin of the world with the creation of mankind as its climax, J “begins with Gods creation of the man, and describes how subsequently God builds up a world for his

accept his offering for it was all that he had and did not know how to

“The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the lord said, ‘I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created-people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.’ But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.”(Genesis 6:5-8)

This presentation is about the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Its main purpose will be to educate you, the audience on hermeneutics, the literal and contextual interpretations of the creation story, as well as the history, author, date and importance of the book of Genesis.

However, the guilt of nurturing lust for power made Hagar run away from Sara. In this context, I observe, that the powerless concubine became all powerful-she ran away twice from Sara. Her reasons of doing so might be many, the notable being that Hagar was the biological mother of Ishmael, and further the tables turn when Sara asks Abraham to send Hagar away-there is shift in the power roles. Hagar’s acts of her running away from Sara twice, helps me perceive Hagar taking over the role of an oppressor from her former role as one being oppressed. To explicate this, as a maid, Hagar was oppressed into forcible sexual relationship with Abram, the same oppressed concubine can be perceived as the oppressor who torments Sara because she is a birthing

The depiction of God in the Bible’s story of creation, namely Genesis, brings to mind the image of an omnipotent, almighty and all-powerful child playing in a sandbox. Like a child his sole purpose seems to be to simply amuse himself, and possibly acquire a source of unconditional love. These needs are in contrast to the classic view of God acting with the idea of an ultimate plan. His actions clearly show that there is no perfect plan, or if there is it must be grossly overcomplicated. Consistently God makes poor decisions, and then eventually acts to fix the situation. The whole scenario conjures up an image of the crew of Apollo 13, alternately breaking things and then patching it together