Tag: Abraham
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Abraham’s Ancestors Came Out of Africa
Just Genesis: Abraham's Ancestors Came Out of Africa To construct an accurate picture of the ancient world of Genesis we must examine the assumption that Abraham’s people originated in the Tigris-Euphrates area. The Genesis genealogies presents a different picture: that Abraham’s ancestors migrated east and north from Africa, and the evidence of anthropology, genetics, archaeology and linguistics…
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God Will Provide
Gen 22:1-18 NRSV 1 After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 2 He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that…
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Inconceivable!
One of my favorite movie quotes is when Vizzini in The Princess Bride keeps exclaiming, "Inconceivable!" One thing after the other happened that was counter to his expectation. His mind was too barren to conceive of the possibilities. God made his intention clear that he intended to make a great nation of Abraham's descendants (Gen.…
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Going West
Gen 11:31-12:7 NRSV 11:31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 The days of Terah…