Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
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…
We read the usual genealogies in Genesis 36, of Esau’s family and Seir the Horite’s, and then some of the names are repeated as “duke” or “chief” (depending on the translation) so-and-so. What was a “duke,” then?
We are told that Lot was greatly tormented by the perversions of Sodom. What could possibly have been so irresistible for Lot to have remained in that depraved city? Earlier in Genesis we read of Lot’s initial attraction to the cities of t…
“And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.”
(Genesis 1:29 NKJV)
Cannabis-sativa (marijuana) is class…
Genesis 33:19 New International Version (NIV)
19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
In the above text the sons of Hamor are said t…
I assume biblical scholars as well as religious physicists have been struck by the creation of Light being so import in Genesis.
God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, so why does the angel of the Lord say:
“Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from ME
your son, your only son.” Gen 22:12
He specifically says:
“Do not lay a hand on the boy,” …
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…
Genesis 12:11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, 12and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13Ple…
Is there any reference to the gender of the nephilim in the Bible?
From what I understand they have been created by sons of God with the women of men (Genesis 6:4 ESV):
The Nephilima were on the earth in those days, and also afterward…
Genesis is included in the Torah, which is the first five books of the Bible. Joshua 8:31 says that Moses wrote the Torah:
And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he [Joshua] wrote on the stones a copy of the law [torah] of…
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…