Author Archives: Joseph Malekani

Genesis 13 Commentary “Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.” Verse 2. Could this statement confirm the blessing of greatness? It’s difficult to argue against this observation. Abram is a man of some status! The reader may wish to remember that some of these places existed under different names during the timeContinueContinue reading “Genesis 13 Commentary”

Genesis 12 Commentary Mesopotamia would be the land of the Chaldeans. Abram is scattered from here by the LORD for a special purpose. Acts 7 verses 2 and 4.Adam’s sin saw mankind scattered from Eden. During Noah’s time, the LORD responded to disobedience by annihilating humans except Noah and his three sons. At Babel, mankindContinueContinue reading “Genesis 12 Commentary”

Genesis 11 Commentary Shinar is the equivalent version of the secular and famous Fertile Crescent. Early human civilization flourished here. And from here, humanity spread. The secular world has a way of explaining these events. We call it scattering. Verse 8. Civil strife or internal conflict could be the secular phrase for what we readContinueContinue reading “Genesis 11 Commentary”

Genesis 10 Commentary Rightly called the “Table of Nations” Chapter 10 lists accounts of Noah’s sons. While Chapter 5 gives us a single line from Adam to Noah, Chapter 10 is more generous. We have everyone and everyone else. It’s an attempt to explain where everyone is coming from. Nimrod is the first powerful rulerContinueContinue reading “Genesis 10 Commentary”

Genesis 9 Commentary “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.” This isn’t the famous Genesis Chapter 1 verse 28, the blessing of the LORD God for Adam. Instead, this is Chapter 9. The audience isn’t Adam but Noah! Of course, our minds go back to the original blessing of mankind at creation.ContinueContinue reading “Genesis 9 Commentary”

Genesis 8 Commentary The word ‘altar’ appears for the first time when Noah decides to offer a sacrifice to the LORD God. The altar would be a special name given to the table used by humans to serve the LORD God. Food for the LORD God is served here.Like Abel, Noah does a good jobContinueContinue reading “Genesis 8 Commentary”

Genesis 7 Commentary “Seven pairs of every kind of clean animal…” And, “Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights…” Here we are again with the famous “seven” and “forty”. Then you know the scripture is talking about something else behind the numbers! But we leave it there! The scriptureContinueContinue reading “Genesis 7 Commentary”