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Genesis

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Genesis 1Let's not beat around the bush - the Holy Spirit is kind of a weird thing. Well, I mean, first of all, it's not a Thing. He's a person. Yet we call Him "The." He seems to take a backseat to most of the Biblical story. Sometimes He seems to…1 note · 6 sermonsGenesis 2"In the day that you eat of the tree you shall die" Genesis 2. There are many interpretations attempting to understand why that didn't happen in Genesis 3. What if the reason that God does not carry through on this threat of death is that…2 notes · 2 sermonsGenesis 3The two first questions that God asks are: "Where are you?" "Where is your brother?" Genesis 4 The God who seeks. The God who asks questions. "God learns what it means to be a parent." (Yancey)2 notesGenesis 43 notesGenesis 5Yeah. It’s your first genealogy of the year. The stuff that makes “reading the Bible in a year” resolutions come to a grinding halt. Genealogies, though shockingly boring to modern readers, are deeply interesting to ancient ones. Attached…2 notesGenesis 6There are many flood stories from the ancient near eastern world. These ancient agricultural civilizations all relied on the dependability of the rivers flooding and receding at predictable times. Floods were seen as action taken by the…2 notes · 1 sermonGenesis 7There is only one time in Genesis 7 where the Flood is set to be the action of God—verse 4, “I will make it rain.” Every other time Genesis describes the flood, it is the action of the water itself that wreaks destruction on the earth. The…2 notesGenesis 9Fun tidbit. Whenever you see speech by one character introduced more than once, without the second character saying anything, that is usually a sign that the second character has an extended period of silence because they don’t believe or…2 notesGenesis 18Genesis 18 Needless to say, there's a lot going on in this chapter. A few themes: The one-in-three arrival of God to Abraham's tent. Abraham and Sarah are shown to be the utmost hospitable guests with a flurry of activity. This will…1 noteGenesis 19So much to comment on. For instance, the entire Lot/Sodom story has many close parallels with the Flood. The disastrous results of a lack of hospitality. One thing I'm struck by one thing in particular, though, is Lot's whine to the angels…1 noteGenesis 21There are some questions that I call "Sunday school Questions," because children usually bring them up at Sunday school. And, because children have yet to be indoctrinated into not asking innocent questions, these Sunday school questions…1 noteGenesis 22God says "NOW I know." Walter Brueggemann says, the test "is not a game with God; God genuinely does not know. THe flow of the narrative accomplishes something in the awareness of God. He did not know. Now he knows." Why did Abraham…1 noteGenesis 25Have you made a rash, impulse decision that haunted you for years to come? Welcome to the decision of Esau to sell his birthright for a pot of stew. Remember that the primary interpretive key to Genesis is, "It's not merely that it…1 noteGenesis 27If you've ever wondered why Biblical or ancient writing just feels different than modern writing, notice that there are only ever just 2 people dialoguing. You will rarely ever find a scene where 3 characters dialogue in the same scene.…1 noteGenesis 37Again, something that the rabbis noticed about this story is that there are many things about Joseph which are — they didn't use this language, but — genderqueer. There are lots of things about Joseph's story that seem to go against the…4 notes · 1 sermonGenesis 39The author sees no contradiction between the Lord's blessing on Joseph and the misfortunes happening to him. The Lord's favor does not equate to a life free of suffering. "The Lord was with Joseph" (vv. 2, 21) brackets slavery, harassment,…3 notes · 1 dailyGenesis 41Genesis 40 (skipped by the lectionary): Joseph asks the cupbearer to "remember me" (זְכַרְתַּנִי, zekartani) and "make mention of me" (וְהִזְכַּרְתַּנִי, vehizkartani) to Pharaoh (40:14). 40:23: he "did not remember Joseph but forgot him."9 notes · 2 dailysGenesis 42The brothers—wrongly—think that God is punishing them for what they did to Joseph. However, God is not said to be doing any of this, but rather Joseph. They are superstitiously applying actions to God, which are, in fact, not true. This…2 notesGenesis 45Joseph Benjamin Jacob-Israel Egypt Providence2 notesGenesis 46Canaan - -1 noteGenesis 47Joseph protects family and enriches pharaoh Shows the provision that empire can provide; but at the cost of selling your body4 notes · 1 daily
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