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14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field;on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. - Genesis 3:14 This verse has me puzzling over one thing. When we read about the snake in the garden, everyone … Continue reading The Serpent’s Curse: A Dive into Genesis 3:14
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. - Genesis 3:7 I'm kind of puzzled by this. I get it, they're eyes were opened when they ate the forbidden fruit, but with all the different ways to make … Continue reading The Mystery of Adam and Eve’s Clothing
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” Genesis is my most favourite book of the bible and I've read it through hundreds of times. The Creation story … Continue reading Exploring the Mystery of Water Above the Sky
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan. The NLT Illustrated Study Bible explains: The people descended from Ham’s four sons (Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Canaanites) were Israel’s most hostile neighbours. Ham’s descendants were excluded from the blessing of Shem’s line. I find it interesting that initially Noah was God’s favourite (at that time), but … Continue reading Reflection on Genesis 10:6
he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”’ I have often been confused as to why Canaan was cursed when it was his father that was in the wrong, and had to look up the notes in the NLT Illustrated Study Bible to explain it to me, which … Continue reading Reflection on Genesis 9:25
The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in. Every time I read this, and I’ve lost count how many times I have read this in my life, I’d often wondered how he fed the animals, not so much those that … Continue reading Reflections on Genesis 7:16
Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. I found this verse intriguing. All the other generations mentioned lived for more than double, some even triple the length of time Enoch lived, and yet because Enoch walked with God, his life was much shorter. I needed to research … Continue reading Reflections on Genesis 5:24
But on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast This particular verse stands out to me for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I used to question why Cain’s sacrifice wasn’t as favourable as Abel’s. But having been in … Continue reading Reflections on Genesis 4:5
“After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[e] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” As often as I’ve read Genesis in my lifetime, it’s only just occurred to me that the Garden of Eden … Continue reading Reflections on Genesis 3:24
“The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” It only just occurred to me that there were two trees … Continue reading Reflections on Genesis 2:9
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