by David Keesling | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Genesis 12:1 “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.’” Observation: The family into which Abram was born had already done one leaving. Genesis 11:31 says that Abram’s father Terah...
by David Keesling | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Genesis 11:2 “they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.” Observation: Thus is introduced the story of the tower of Babel. The previous verse reveals that the whole world had one language and a common speech. This is reasonable, given that the story is set a mere...
by David Keesling | Jul 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Genesis 12:16 “Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.” Observation: God had supernaturally led Abram to migrate to Canaan with his entire household. As famine there became severe, Abram decided on his own to...
by David Keesling | Jul 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Genesis 14:13 “…he was living in Sodom.” Observation: Abram and his nephew Lot had come to an amicable parting once it was apparent that their holdings were too vast for them to live near one another. Large herds needed expansive lands, so Lot had chosen to occupy the...
by David Keesling | Jul 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Genesis 9:22 “Ham…saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.” Observation: Genesis 9:19 states that from Noah’s three sons “came the people who were scattered across the earth.” Along with their wives, each had experienced God’s deliverance through...
by David Keesling | Jul 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Genesis 8:1a “But God remembered Noah…“ Observation: Preceding verses have described the effects of the flood: every living thing on the earth perished, along with all mankind. “Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died (Gen. 7:22) Then...
