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Genesis 25b Commentary Which ambitious athlete enters the race with a lame horse? Well, God just did! The grand plan of “multitudes” appears like a joke with Rebekah in the equation. She is barren!And it takes Isaac’s intervention! Verse 21. God’s planning isn’t for the faint-hearted!This love for big near-misses is startling! Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel…andContinueContinue reading “Genesis 25b Commentary”

Genesis 25 Commentary The message is written yet remains unwritten. It is coded. We need to read between the lines. Abraham has many more children from other women besides Sarah – women identified as concubines. Verse 6. Yet multiplication or increase is not in the many wives/children, but in the solo son of a nearlyContinueContinue reading “Genesis 25 Commentary”

Genesis 24 Commentary The death of Sarah in chapter 23 is swiftly followed by an announcement that Abraham is very old. The blessing has to change hands. Isaac is commanded not to marry from the ungodly Mesopotamia or indeed from the ungodly Canaanites.The key line is how the LORD oversees an entire marriage operation. ObjectivesContinueContinue reading “Genesis 24 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 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 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 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 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 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 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”