Genesis 16-20 Figurative Language

God promised Abram three promises which the narrator repeated several times. It is important to know to understand the rest of the bible. The first promise was that Arbam would have a great nation. The second promise to Abram was that the lad he was standing on would be for him and his people and family. The final promise was that God would bless the whole earth through one of his descendants. God created a covenant with Abram and renamed him Abraham. This was a patron covenant. It is a covenant that solely depends on God and does not rely on others.

13. How are the covenant accounts in Genesis 13:14-17, 15: 17-21, and 17:1-21 alike, and how do they differ? In all three chapters, talk about God talk about Abram or Abraham seeds and establish a covenant between God in Abraham. The implement that he will be the father of many nations. However, the difference is when God changes Abraham name.

Because of a new arrangement that was established between Abram and God, the nation of Israel begins to grow and to move forward in their relationship.

The strategies Satan used in Genesis 2 through the serpent with Eve and Matthew 4 through devil himself to Jesus were as follows: First, Both the serpent and Devil temped by saying in Genesis 3:3 “Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”. Likewise, the devil temped by saying in Matthew 4:3 “If you are the Son of God tell these stones to become bread”. Second, the serpent insisted, challenge and dare in Genesis 3:4-5 “You will not surely die, the serpent said to the woman “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

There are many different ways to interpret Genesis. On the first verse, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” there are two main interpretations. One interpretation is that the verse is a summary of the entire Genesis account. The second interpretation represents God’s first creative act. In order to discover which interpretation of Genesis I believe is correct, I had to keep reading. In Genesis 1:2 the verse starts with “and” which tells me that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are part of one contiguous thought.

John chapter 10 verses 1-21 talks about a parable that Jesus is telling the Pharisees who are there to listen. Jesus uses a couple different words, that actually mean something different than what their real definitions mean, such as sheep and thief. This chapter also uses many different issues to teach the Pharisees. There is only one way to enter the sheep pen that Jesus talks about, but people who are not fit to enter have tried to get in, but if you do not enter the way Jesus wants you too then you will not be saved.

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has provided me with a critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible and introduced a wide variety of interpretive strategies, including African American, anthropological, feminist, historical-critical, Jewish, and literary perspectives. These approaches were presented by our author’s, L. Juliana M. Claassens, Peter Enns, Walter Brueggemann, and John L. Collins. Each author provides a unique interpretation to help us comprehend how the text is an expression of one’s interpretive understanding. Having said that, the biggest influence has been how I will seek to present Old Testament scriptures more effectively while remembering the context and the audience in which I am presenting. For example, I believe the greatest lessons that I have been reminded of are, the Old Testaments Scriptures from my childhood, which have become a big part of my relationship with God and are based on a childlike faith, which must now grow in the richness of the different interpretations, it is this message that I can apply to life.

God made a covenant with Abraham that if he would obey and circumcise, God would give him many blessings. This covenant is seen in both Genesis 12 and 15 then repeated in 17. God repeated his covenant in 17 because he wanted to bring into focus the covenant in preparation to carry it out. The second account goes into more detail than the first but the main ideas are consistent. Starting with the chapter titles, Genesis 15 and 17, both suggest that there is a covenant made between God and the same man.

God’s covenant with Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham, was to be the father of many nations. The covenant includes promises concerning a land covenant, a seed covenant, and a blessing covenant. The foundation will flow out of the “Seed Covenant” to his descendants Isaac and Jacob, through whom the twelve tribes of Israel were born.

In Luke 17:26-27 the Bible tells us that the days before Noah entered into the ark will be the same as it is in the days before the second coming of Christ in Revelation 19 . Noah was a preacher of righteousness to the world (2 Peter 2:5) and Lot, a righteous man, vexed his soul from day to day with Sodom and Gomorrah's unlawful deeds . The word "vexed" means to be troubled; agitated; much debated; contested . Therefore, Noah and Lot preached to the world and Sodom and Gomorrah to tell them their time of lawlessness was about over and that God was going to send judgment for their sins, yet they would not listen.

The book of Genesis forms part of a series of ‘historical’ books that begins with the creation story and ends with the destruction of the kingdom of Judah (6BCE.) These narrated events are in a chronological sequence (Barton 2001:38).It is the first book of the Old Testament and Pentateuch (Barton 2001:12) . Jews name these five books the Torah or ‘the law’(Holdsworth 2005:71). The passage(Gen22:1-19) reveals God’s relationship through a trial with a major character, Abraham. Key themes that are central to the Pentateuch lie within the passage; the sovereignty and grace of God; sacrifice and obedience; the establishment and reaffirming of covenants and the redeeming nature of God. What lies before and after

There are many central themes that are in the Old Testament, and many may say that there is only one theme of the Old Testament, which is Jesus, and even though that is true in a lot of ways due to the fact that a lot of the minor prophets actually talk about the coming of Jesus, His death and His resurrection. However, I have discovered five main themes of the Old Testament that I found quite interesting. And in this paper I will discuss two of them. I believe one of the most important themes of the Old Testament is Covenant.

Did you know that the Holy Bible was written over 3500 years ago ("When Was the Bible Written?" - Biblica. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.)? In Genesis 1-4, by God this book was written over thousands ago. This story in the Bible is about one great God putting everything we know into existing and creating human however one of the human named Cain gets jealous of his younger brother Abel and kills him. Ultimately, the story portrays the relationship between creation story, jealousies, love, murder and punishment in mankind. In return of God’s creation being jealous, God states the punishment upon Cain however, God still shows love by letting Cain Know that if anybody body tries to kill will suffer sevenfold vengeance (The Norton Anthology World

Reading this story as a theological text shows that it is as relevant in the 21st century as it was to the ancient Hebrews, and has been to generation of Jews and Christians in between. Because it addresses fundamental questions about the meaning and purpose of life it has the capacity to speak to each generation. Genesis provides us with one God, the Creator of all else that exists, who alone is to be worshipped. For reasons of ease and comfort, how easy it is to surround oneself with like-minded people. If the church is fulfilling the great commission of Matthew 28, then she is fulfilling the call of Genesis and the call from the story of Babel. We should be celebrating diversity and welcoming spread around the world. Unity in Christ is not

The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. 3 He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, [a] do not pass your servant by. 4 Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. 5 Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”6 So