by David Keesling | Oct 14, 2016 | 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 | Oct 13, 2016 | 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 | Oct 12, 2016 | 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 | Oct 11, 2016 | 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 | Oct 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 8:1(a) “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 (v. 7:22) Then...
by David Keesling | Oct 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Genesis 14:23 “I will accept nothing belonging to you.” Observation: Abram had just returned from defeating a group of allied kings who had earlier routed the king of Sodom. In the original battle, the allied kings had taken captive Abram’s nephew Lot along with his...
