Joseph Malekani

Genesis 23 Commentary

Genesis 23 Commentary Sarah dies aged 127. She must be buried but Abraham is a foreigner and a stranger in the land. We guess his constant wandering made him appear more foreign than normal for a man who had spent a considerable number of years in Canaan. It is also worth noting that Abraham neededContinueContinue reading “Genesis 23 Commentary”

Genesis 22 Commentary

Genesis 22 Commentary The LORD God speaks to Abraham, again. The early years of Abraham’s walk with the LORD showed us the various ways the LORD used to communicate with Abraham: Visions, dreams, angelic visitations, and special appearances of the man-God. This chapter includes another one: the audible voice of the LORD from heaven.ContinueContinue reading “Genesis 22 Commentary”

Genesis 21 Commentary

Genesis 21 Commentary Isaac is born. He is circumcised on the 8th day as per instruction.The LORD does a couple of strange things. He agrees with Sarah. Secondly, the LORD God ignores Hagar’s crying; instead, He attends to Ishmael’s. And Isaac is one child and not children. What a way to take off on aContinueContinue reading “Genesis 21 Commentary”

Genesis 20 Commentary

Genesis 20 Commentary The placement of the events in Genesis is sometimes off. Well, it’s never the intention of the holy script to present the material in chronological order. Most likely, these events happened long before Abraham was both powerful and wealthy. And Sarah was still on the market! Each age group has its ownContinueContinue reading “Genesis 20 Commentary”

Genesis 19 Commentary

Genesis 19 Commentary The author switches. The men are now identified as angels! The two men. Yes, they are men enough for the wicked men of Sodom to force LGBT rights on them! Verse 5. As far as Lot is concerned, the men remained his lords. Verses 2 and 18. Lot couldn’t tell that theContinueContinue reading “Genesis 19 Commentary”

Genesis 18 Commentary

Genesis 18 Commentary The identity of the three visitors is interesting.Verse 1. The LORD appears. The view of the author.Verse 2. The men appear. The view of Abraham.Verse 3. Abraham addresses one of them as his lord. Note the difference. It’s lord and Lord or LORD. And it’s singular, lord and not lords.Verse 5 andContinueContinue reading “Genesis 18 Commentary”

Genesis 17 Commentary

Genesis 17 Commentary Probably because of the events of Chapter 16 (Sarai, Abram, and Hagar), the LORD God adds more meat to the relationship. Abram becomes Abraham and he must walk blamelessly before the LORD. Could it be a subtle reference to his not-so-clean hands in Hagar’s case?The LORD God would be Abraham’s God -ContinueContinue reading “Genesis 17 Commentary”

Genesis 16 Commentary

Genesis 16 Commentary So far, our understanding is that Abram is childless. 15v3. He remains childless until Ishmael of this chapter. We maintain this view until we meet Abram’s other children, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. These came from Abram’s wife Keturah. 25v1. He probably had other sons by his concubines. 25v6. The sinful process withContinueContinue reading “Genesis 16 Commentary”

Genesis 15 Commentary

Genesis 15 Commentary As we observed, the LORD God interacted with Abraham in many different ways. Yesterday, we held a strong opinion that Abram’s encounter with Melchizedek was God’s special visitation. Today, the LORD speaks to Abram in a vision. Now we understand how Abram defeated a combined force of 4 strong kings. God wasContinueContinue reading “Genesis 15 Commentary”

Genesis 14 Commentary

Genesis 14 Commentary Four kings defeat five powerful kings. Naturally, the four kings inherit the lands of the five powerful kings.Then Abram defeats the four kings. He bosses nine kings in total, the four and the five under the four! Emperor Abram? Yes, and why not? But never mind the political capital, think of theContinueContinue reading “Genesis 14 Commentary”