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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 23 Jun 21

Day 10 Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, “I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee,...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 23 Aug 19

Day 20 Promise 22 Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 21 Aug 19

Day 18 Promise 20 Genesis 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt....

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 18 Aug 19

Day 15 Promises 15-17 Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, “I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between...

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Abraham's camels

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 13 Oct 18

The Book of Genesis tells the story in Chapter 12 of the calling of Abram, who would later be called Abraham. He is generally reputed to have been the founder of the Jewish Nation. In verse 16 mention is made of his possessions:...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 5 Dec 17

Day 46 Jeremiah 18 48:1 Against Moab thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! For it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of...

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Did God ask too much from Abraham?

Hope @1hopefulman (45111) • Canada 1 Sep 17

Was it unjust or too much for God to ask Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac? (See Genesis chapter 22 for the full story) Some people think so. But then who gave Abraham his son anyway? His wife Sarah was past childbearing age...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Twenty Eight Jacob Runs Away

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 31 Aug 17

With Esau angry enough to want to kill him in vengeance for stealing his birth right and blessing, Jacob plans to hide in Paddan Aram. Isaac, his father, makes no effort to dissuade him. He instructs Isaac to avoid marrying a...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Twenty Six Isaac And Abiimilech

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 29 Aug 17

Genesis is half way through when Isaac gets to how what he is like as a leader in his own right, following the death of his father Abraham. Isaac faces an immediate challenge when the Middle East is hit by a terrible famine....

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Twenty-Five Jacob And Esau

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 27 Aug 17

Some time after the death of Sarah, his first wife, Abraham remarries. His second wife is called Keturah. They have many sons, who are all named over the next few paragraphs. Despite all these other sons, Abraham leaves his money...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapters Twenty Three And Twenty Four

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Aug 17

Chapter Twenty Three Abraham’s wife Sarah dies aged 127. As they are in land owned by the Hittites, Abraham asks them for permission to bury his wife in a cave he has seen there. The Hittites are happy for him to use the cave...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Twenty Two – Abraham Nearly Kills Isaac

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Aug 17

One of the best known and inexplicably best loved Old Testament stories is one of the most disgusting, sickening episodes in the whole Bible. After years of longing for a son, Abraham, now aged at least 105, is told by God to...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Twenty One – The Birth Of Isaac

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Aug 17

God has been promising Abraham and Sarah a son since Chapter fifteen. He finally makes good on that promise now Sarah is in her 90’s. Abraham names the boy Isaac as ordered by God, and circumcises the boy eight days after he is...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Twenty

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Aug 17

Abraham was showing so much concern for his nephew Lot before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, but now completely loses interest in asking how he is afterwards or even if he survived. The last chapter to feature Lot saw him...

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An Atheistic Bible Study of Genesis Chapter Eighteen – Sarah And Sodom

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Aug 17

We all know the chaos having unexpected important guests turning up at our house, be it a long lost relative or some passing celebrity. Imagine Abraham’s shock when he answers an unexpected knock to find God and two angels on the...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Seventeen

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 15 Aug 17

Abram is now aged ninety-nine and God again promises him that he will have a son to his wife, Sarai, thirteen years after he last made this promise in the previous chapter when Abram was eighty-six. God again promises Abram that...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Sixteen - Hagar And Ishmael

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Aug 17

While Abram is listening to God promising him that he will have a son and heir, his seemingly barren wife Sarai has her own solution to the problem. She asks Abram if he would be willing to impregnate her chief handmaid slave,...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Fifteen

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Aug 17

God tell Abraham (Abram) not to worry, though it isn’t stated whether Abram expressed worries or asked for any advice at this point. God promise him unlimited protection and rewards. Abraham moans to God that as he has no...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapter Fourteen

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Aug 17

The plains of Canaan (Palestine) erupt in a massive civil war, which soon embroils several rival city-kingdom, including Sodom and Gomorrah. It is a rebellion against twelve years of subjugation to the most powerful of the kings,...

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An Atheistic Bible Study Of Genesis Chapters Twelve And Thirteen – Abraham And Sarah

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Aug 17

Chapter Twelve Abraham, aged 75, is quite happily living in Haran, when God orders him to take all he owns and his relatives to go and live in Canaan (an early name for Palestine). Abraham is told that the land of Palestine will...

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