Genesis Chapter 15-17

1. What levels of meaning can be found in Genesis 1.1-2.4a? Genesis 1.1-2.4a has several meanings; however, in religious context the meanings that are represented are open to interpretation. Since Genesis contains two creation stories, individuals reading may adapt better to one story versus the other.

To truly comprehend a biblical passage, it is important to have knowledge of the ‘hermeneutics which enables an understanding of the locus of meaning and the principles of bible interpretation’ . The audience needs to have a clear interpretation of the biblical passage which includes ‘content and unity of the whole of Scripture if the meaning of the sacred texts is to be correctly worked out’ , this supports the argument that all worlds of the text are equally important. ‘Biblical passages are often taken out of context and interpreted to support a particular viewpoint of justify a particular action’ . It is imperative to note that ‘in order to discover the sacred authors' intention, the reader must take into account the conditions of their

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.

Genesis 18 is the story of Abraham and his three mysterious visitors. This one of the many complicated text in the Bible. Many faiths and researchers have different interpretations of this passage. However, the question, which we must ask, is; what are the scriptures in Genesis 18 trying to say? It is not as clear as other literature text that are read today there are many questions that arise from this passage such as who were there three men? Where was Sarah? How did Abraham know they were messengers from God?

I believe Revelation 12:7-10 is a depiction of what happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. In that unknown amount of time between the two verses, war arose in heaven. Note – the past tense is used; this already occurred. The devil was defeated and thrown down here to earth along with his angels (demons) where he tries to oppress and possess the church and all the inhabitants of the earth knowing that he cannot win because Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior has already become victorious.

1-2: The phrase “after these things” refers to the vision of Babylon’s demise in Revelation 18:20-24, as this is the chapter now tells of the destruction of the beast and the false prophet. Since the voice is described “as a great voice” instead of simply a great voice, this may inform the reader that the speaker is a heavenly host telling John of heavenly realities. The praise that is offered is because of God’s “true and righteous” judgments, which references Psalm 19:9. God has given the great prostitute what she deserves by avenging the blood of the saints, in Greek “exacted in retribution,” which references Genesis 9:5, as the great harlot pays for her unholy spilling of blood in full.

Genesis 5 : 1 – 3 tells about the generation of Adam after God created them in His likeness. Through this passage we can see that Adam is the head of humanity. Adam fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image. All of people are in Adam’s genealogy, because Adam generated a son, and so the son did the same thing as Adam’s have done.

The first five chapters of Genesis provide not only historical information about Creation, the Fall, and the first generations of mankind, but they also describe God’s attitude toward His creation and towards sin. These chapters also provide insights into the nature of man. For example, we learn from Genesis 1 and 2 that we have been made in the image of God. This means that humans have authority, value, and purpose because God possesses these traits. The first four chapters of Genesis give us insight into how each of these traits specifically apply to human life and society.

A protagonist is the character that drives the action of the plot. In Genesis 24, the main character who drives the plot of the story is Abraham’s servant, who has been given the job to find a suitable wife for Isaac. The entire story of Genesis 24 is revolved around the job of the servant and him being divinely introduced to Rebekah, the wife Abraham said to find.

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, has God said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2. And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3. But of the fruit (this is not edible fruit) of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.-

In Genesis 18:1-15, Jesus visits Abraham, along with a monumental message about the future. God makes a promise to Abraham, that is relatively impossible. The promise results in Abraham's wife showing disbelief against God. Since she was elderly, she disbelieved that something such as this could ever happen. In Luke 1:37, it says, "for nothing is impossible with God". Sarah did not believe that God could do the impossible, and years later the impossible happened

Keller is trying to portray the importance of work for the sustaining of life. He does this nicely by providing scripture from the Old Testament Genesis 2:1-3 that demonstrates the work that God completed for the survival of man. I would like to note that emphasis is placed on the seventh day of rest. Keller describes the importance of working six days and resting on the Sabbath. I enjoy the first passage on page 35 at the beginning of "The Forms of God's Work” that shares scripture Genesis 1:31; 2:1) "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good... the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array” this scripture demonstrates to us from God that work is a good thing. Reading on I enjoy the demonstration of the importance

In Genesis Chapter 15, a chapter about Abraham and God’s promise to him and his future children, God communicates his divine plan in literary, textual, and historical ways. The textual criticisms are that the book of Genesis is a very old book, one of the first to be written in the Old Testament, probably written around 1000 – 1400 B.C. It is assumed that it was written by either Moses or it was written by an unknown author with sources gathered from four different tribal groups of people. Its first edition was written in Hebrew, though there might not have been one universal form of the Hebrew language when it was written. If the book was written by Moses, it was written when he and many other Jewish people spent forty years out casted in the forest.

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.

The Bible in the Christian religion is used as a guide and answer book to any concerns that one might have. With one concern having in mind about whether evolution happened or not, perhaps Genesis has a hidden message about this topic. In the beginning of chapter two of Genesis, it starts by God creating the first man and woman and placing them in the garden of Eden. God told Adam and Eve that they can eat from any tree and plant they want, but except the fruits from the tree of knowledge. At some time, a snake described as “the most intelligent of all the wild animals” appeared and told Eve that probably the reason why the Lord didn’t allowed anyone to eat the fruits because they will “see clearly and.. will be like God, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3).” Eve, thinking the tree of knowledge will provide her wisdom, eats the fruit as well her husband Adam. As a result, humanity till now suffers the consequences of Adam and Eve as same with the snake, it was known as an intelligent animal to a cursed one. This allegory in Genesis warns humanity about “too much knowledge”. For example, the snake was known as the most intelligent creature, but yet it was the cause of the downfall of Adam and Eve. Eve disobeyed God and took a bite of the fruit from the tree of knowledge, because she wanted to be like God and obtain the understatement of life.