Genesis 3:14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity Read more…
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. JPS Tanakh 1917 Historically the church has pointed at this verse Read more…
God teaches truth in the Bible three ways: 1) Direct statements, 2) approved examples and 3)inference/prudential reasoning. Direct statements, such as the Ten Commandments, are relatively straightforward as are the examples. Inference is the hardest because we are taking the principles and morals of the story and then applying them Read more…
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. KJ This is an important verse for Christians and Jews as both view this text as the premise for humans having Read more…
There are people who will say that the Bible is full of contradictions and therefore, cannot be trusted. They typically start with a comparison of Genesis 1 and 2 with the observation that these two chapters cannot be reconciled. The thing to keep in mind is that these two chapters Read more…
Genesis 1:31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. 2:1 he heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. 2 On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; Read more…
Genesis 1:26 And God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of the sky, and over the tame animals, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over Read more…
Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Read more…
Genesis 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, Read more…
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was on the surface of the watery depths. And God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. NHEB There are three main ways to interpret verses Read more…