Tag: genesis
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Day 016: When God Makes a Covenant (Genesis 15:17-18)
17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram… (Genesis 15:17-18a) Through the Bible: Genesis 12-15 There is a strange (and fairly gruesome) ancient near east custom described in…
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Day 001: Formless and Empty (Genesis 1)
Through the Bible: Genesis 1-3 “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:2 ESV Believers accept on faith that God created ex nihilo—from nothing. So a careful reader might be bothered by…
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Day 019: What Abraham’s Servant Teaches us About Discerning God’s Will (Genesis 22-24)
12 And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar…