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Genesis 26:34 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 34 When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith [wife 1] the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath [wife 2, also named Adah] the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Genesis 36:2 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 2 Esau took his wives from the daughters... Continue Reading →
The title of this article suggests a wide field of study the limits of which we can now only skirt here and there. To begin with the writers of the Old Testament. Had the historical parts of the Old Testament been a forgery, or the production of uninspired men, their contents would have been very... Continue Reading →
The full force of the present argument will appeal only to those who are intimately acquainted with the Bible, and the more familiar the reader is with the Sacred Canon the more heartily will he endorse the following statements. Just as a knowledge of Latin is necessary in order to understand the technique of a... Continue Reading →
Shibah is a well that the servants of Isaac dug, or dug again, at Beersheba. That same day the well-produced water and Isaac called its name Shibah, which means “Oath or Seven” and refers to an oath or statement confirmed by seven. (Gen 26:31-33) It seems that Isaac used the name “Shibah” (Shebah), to preserve... Continue Reading →
Genesis 25:31-33 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 31 Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright today.” 32 Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33 And Jacob said, “Swear to me today.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. When we go to chapter 37 of Genesis, we find... Continue Reading →
The most important question in religious thought is, “Is the Bible the Word of God?” If the Bible is the Word of God, an absolutely trustworthy revelation from God Himself of Himself, His purposes and His will, of man’s duty and destiny of spiritual and eternal realities, then we have a starting-point from which we... Continue Reading →
Genesis 22:2 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 2 He said, “Please take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” The Qur'an states: "And remember that Abraham was tried... Continue Reading →
Genesis 17:15-19 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah[1] shall be her name. 16 I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will... Continue Reading →
Genesis 16:2 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Look, please, Jehovah has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. The custom in that time provided for the continuation of... Continue Reading →
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 28 “If a man finds a virgin who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her[1] and they are discovered, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife, because he... Continue Reading →