Genesis 19 – The strange tale of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19, the account of God’s destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot’s escape, is one of the best-known yet also strangest tales in the Bible. The…
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Book of Genesis
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Genesis 22 – Child sacrifice was a trauma response
What are we to make of Genesis 22, God’s demand to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his only child? In Essential Torah, George Robinson describes Genesis 22 as “the most terrifying…
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Genesis 5 – The myth of Adam as the first man
Genesis 5:1-2 states that “God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants…
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Genesis 3:16 – The rule of masculine over feminine
Genesis 3:16 records one of the critical consequences of the Fall—the domination of the masculine over the feminine which laid the patriarchal foundation for what we call civilization, and which…
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Genesis 1-2 – The Law of 7 and the process of creation
As a historical account of creation, Genesis 1-2 may seem to have has little to offer the modern world. Yet behind this frozen façade, these verses reveal one of God’s…
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