Genesis 24

Genesis 16 tells the story leading up to the birth of Ishmael. The story consists of two main parts. The conflicts between the three characters, Abram, Sarai, and Hagar, make up the first part of the story. The second part consists of the discussion between Hagar and God. Abram and his wife, Sarai, have had difficulty producing a child. Therefore, Sarai offers Hagar, her Egyptian slave-girl, to Abram. Eventually Hagar becomes pregnant. Upon this realization, Hagar begins to look with contempt, towards Sarai. Sarai goes to Abram for some advice on how to deal with Hagar. Abram pushes the matter off his hands by telling Sarai that she has power over Hagar and to deal with her own slave girl. Consequently, Sarai treats Hagar harshly, which causes Hagar to flee. God finally makes an appearance in the story. An angel of the Lord finds Hagar and tells her to go back to her mistress and to submit. God makes a promise to Hagar that she will have a large number of offspring, similarly to God’s promise to Abram. Finally, Hagar names God, El-roi, before returning to Sarai. God does not intervene or even show up until the second part of the story. Due to God’s absence in the beginning of the story, the reader may question what the

The Genesis account of creation is written with beautiful, almost lyrical, scripture. It begins with the first seven days of creation where God created the heavens and the Earth. He split the oceans and the land, as well as created all the many creatures on our planet. The message of the bible very much depends on interpretation, the wording was filled with rhythm. For example, at the end of each sentence in the beginning of chapter one, it has many phrase repeats but they sound lyrical. On day one, “God said” (Gen:1 vs.3) “it was good.” (Gen:1 vs. 4). On day two, “God said” (Gen:1 vs.6) “it was so” (Gen:1 vs. 7). These phrases repeat and overall form a kindly written scripture. In Genesis one, God’s official name is Elohim. He created the heavens and man. And made man rule over the created order of the Earth. Not only as the rulers but also as the care-takers, which hints at telling humans to protect the environment, as it is our job given by God Himself. Further on into Genesis, the story focuses more on Adam and Eve. God created Adam as a whole human being. Adam was split by God and the other equal half became Eve. The author of Genesis wants to stress the equality between man and woman. With Eve, Adam could have his other half to relationship with. The author’s focus on equality between man and woman is one of the biggest take-aways from these accounts of creation. “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh” (Gen 2:23). Marriage allows for man and woman to

In the book of Genesis there is no physical description of God and how he is viewed. In Genesis 1 God is viewed as only a spirit. He speaks and creates the earth, animals, and humanity, but he does not physically interact with them. In Genesis 2 God physically interacts with humans, which is shown when he moves Adam to the garden of Eden and he takes a rib out of Adam to create Eve. Since God interacts physically with humans in Genesis 2, this implies that God not only is spirit but he also has a physical body, and so the image of God is both spirit and body. To be made in the image of God means that humans are created to look like his physical image and embody his spirit, which includes his characteristics, such as creativity, authority,

Genesis 25 is primarily written in prose, but God’s words to Rebekah about her pregnancy emphasize the importance of what he is saying to her and the fate of her sons. The poem reads, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger” (Gen. 25:23). God has foretold that the two brothers will have numerous descendants that are able to form two nations, but he doesn’t explain why they will be in conflict. As is common in the Bible the youngest son achieves superiority over his elder brother. There is an odd choice of words in this poem though. By saying that Esau will “serve” Jacob it implies that he will forever be in his shadow, however they

The initial three chapters of the Genesis acts as a foundation for religion and Judeo/Christian Worldview. Although the three chapters are more focused on the creation and the fall of mankind, they also explore the relationship between God and humanity. The chapters lay a foundation for understanding Judaism and Christianity. Most of the moral values that are established in Judaism are upheld and maintained in Christianity. The first three chapters of the Old Testament instills the values of inter-religious cooperation between various groups in the society. They focus on procreation, creation and the fall of man.

The whole story in Genesis is very interesting to me. In the beginning of the bible, God created world by a week, which include one rest day. We can imagine that God just have one-day rest in a week (seven days), but right now, most of us has two days to rest, so God did more than we do. One more interesting aspects is the way that the different tribes of Israel are established in the book of Genesis. The story of how Jacob worked for Laban for seven years to earn Rachel as his wife and the way Laban tricked Jacob and gave him Leah, Rachel’s older sister instead forcing Jacob to continue working for Laban so he could also marry Rachel, whom he loved, is interesting enough. The fact that between the two sisters and their female slaves, they

A protagonist is the leading character or actor in a play, novel, or story. The leading character of a play is not easily interpreted. A protagonist does not necessarily have to be good or bad. Determining the protagonist is one of the many engaging issues presented in the play. Many characters exhibit the characteristics of a true protagonist in Julius Caesar, few stand out over all others. Caesar was a powerful, courageous, yet arrogant leader who is depicted in many different ways. Brutus friend of Caesar, loves Caesar greatly but does not think he possess leadership skills. Antony is loyal, trustworthy, and a devoted follower of Caesar, and proves to be a required character in Julius Caesar. All three of the protagonist must go

Webster's Dictionary defines protagonist as "one who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene,

Robert states in chapter one that “Genesis 1-2, the first two chapters of the bible show us God’s original, perfect creation” (27). In this chapter he goes into depth about the creation of the world. Roberts gives us four truths about creation.

According to all the stories depicted in Genesis 4-11, a common theme regarding humans consistently repeats itself. Humans are bound to sin no matter what situation, despite how pure it may seem to be. Overall, the stories tell us that human nature and behavior will outcome in sins. In the story of Cain and Abel, since Cain committed the murder, God cursed him by depriving him of his duty as a farmer and turned him into a wandered exiled to an unknown place. In Genesis 9:6 however, it states that whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. Those were rules placed by God which conflicts with why he decided to not let someone take the life of Cain after he had murdered his brother. Looking

The book of Genesis tells the story of the beginning of the world. Genesis answers some of life’s biggest questions- why are we here, how did everything come to be, how do I relate to others around me. Through this story, God’s unchanging nature is revealed. We are exposed to man’s shortcomings and failures, but we are also offered the hope of one to come who will be the savior of all. The first eleven chapters of Genesis provide a foundation for a Biblical worldview- an explanation of how a Christian should view the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and civilization.

The protagonist (Krisner, & Mandell 2012 p. 110, 126, 526, and 754): the main character in a play or story, which consist of the leading character or major character in a movie, drama or novel. These individuals can include heroes or have non-heroic tendencies.

Throughout the whole chapter of Genesis, it tells a story of how God created the earth and the creatures of the world. Genesis also goes out of the way to describe how God created the earth with love and care, and showed us how God wants us to treat the earth. Reading the text of the Bible may allow believers to believe that God calls us to be good stewards to the earth.

In the Bible it tells us in Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” However, it is astonishing to hear about how many people do not believe this to be true. After interviewing a few of my friends and family a couple weeks ago I found out their beliefs on how long they believe the days in Genesis 1 are, how old they believe earth and life are, whether or not they believe man and apes share a common ancestor, and whether or not they believe Adam and Eve were real people.

The Book of Genesis starts by telling us how God created the Heavens and the earth, day and night, skies and sea, animals, man, and woman. The book of Genesis tells us of God's plan for humanity, the nature of God as our creator, the value of the human life. Genesis answers some of life's questions. Why are we here? How did everything come to be? We are told about man's shortcomings and failures, but we are offered hope. In the story of Adam and Eve, we learn about the consequences of disobedience when Eve listens to the serpent and disobeys God's commands not to eat the fruit from the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil. A good question to ask is what was the serpent doing? Was he calling into question God’s trustworthiness? Adam