Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
What is the reasoning behind the prohibition from eating the lifeblood of an animal?
It isn’t until Moses that purposing of the blood for atonement is provided as some additional reasoning behind the prohibition:
For the life of the flesh…
Esau’s wife Aholibamah is said to be "the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite" (Gen 36:2). It is easy to fail to notice that a Zibeon is listed further down in the chapter as son of Seir the Horite (36:20), that An…
Genesis 15.12: "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him." (KJV)
Is this similar to the plague of darkness in Ex 10.21? Or Genesis 32.24, where Jacob wrestl…
Nigel J in answering a Question about Gen 3: 22 Translation said:
The big question is ‘How does God live ? By the knowledge of good and
evil ? ‘
This is answered by Young’s Literal Translation (see his prefaces
regarding the Waw conversiv…
At the outset of the Book of Genesis, we read:
Genesis 1:3-4: "Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness."
We know that God is ligh…
As Jacob brings his family back to Canaan, God calls him to build an altar to Him (Gen 35:1), and then Jacob is moved to do the following, of which the part in bold is what this question concerns in Genesis 35:2-4 (NKJV):
2 Then Jacob …
The first mention of the concept of anointing is found in Genesis 31:13, refering back to the action Jacob took in 28:18:
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me… -Gen 31:13
So early in the morning Jac…
Gen. 11:28 says that Haran died in the face (פְּנֵ֖י) of his father. I’m wondering if this is a euphemism for human sacrifice, that Haran was a sacrifice to gods sort of the way Isaac was later almost a human sacrifice. I know nothing of…
Most of the translations of Gen 4:7 read something like (LEB):
If you do well will I not accept you? But if you do not do well,
sin is crouching at the door. And its desire is for you,
but you must rule over it.
I also re…
Gen 3:22 – Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like
one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his
hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever…” See also Gen 2:17, 3:5.
God exp…
One way of reading Gen 1:1 with its immediate context is that it is part of the first day of creation
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of t…
In this passage, Noah explicitly states that Japheth will have no dwelling place of his own.
Genesis:9.27
May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents
of Shem;….
Note: Japheth will not dwell in his own tents but will …