Genesis 49:5-7 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords. 6 Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it is... Continue Reading →
GENESIS 46:26-27 OTBDC: How many persons were in Jacob’s household when they moved into Egypt?
Genesis 46:26-27 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 26 All the souls belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who came out of his upper thigh,[1] not including the wives of the sons of Jacob, were sixty-six souls in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls... Continue Reading →
GENESIS 46:4 OTBDC: Did God bring Jacob out of Egypt or did he die there?
Genesis 46:4 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I myself will also bring you back from there, and Joseph will lay his hand on your eyes.[1] Here in verse 4 of chapter 46, it says that he would go down with him to Egypt and that... Continue Reading →
GENESIS 37:25–28, 36; 38:1; 39:1 OTBDC: Was Joseph sold to Ishmaelites or to Midianites?
Genesis 37:25–28 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 25 Then they sat down to eat bread. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing labdanum gum, balsam, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we... Continue Reading →
Genesis 32:30 BDC: Why are humans not able to see the face of God?
We find the following from Scripture . . . Exodus 33:20 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 20 But he said, “You cannot see my face, for no man can see me and live!” John 1:18 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten god[1] who is in... Continue Reading →
Genesis 31:32 BDC: Why Did God bless Rachel, a person, who had just stolen the teraphim?
God would not bless Rachael for stealing or lying about the action of stealing the teraphim. We need not assume that because Laban did not discover the teraphim, that it was because Jehovah God had worked on behalf of Rachel not to get discovered (i.e., he blessed her). No, it is just a simple fact... Continue Reading →
Genesis 31:20 BDC: Did Jacob deceive Laban? If so, why would God bless him?
We can start with the fact that the Hebrew word for “deceived” really means, “stole the heart of.” This Hebrew idiom can be rendered either “Jacob deceived” or “Jacob outwitted.” Jacob was a grown man, who fulfilled his contract with Laban and far beyond. He was not obligated to inform him of anything. He outwitted... Continue Reading →
Genesis 29:21-30 BDC: When was Rachel given as Jacob’s wife?
Genesis 29:27 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 27 Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years.” Notice that Laban is informing Jacob that he must complete the bridal week for Leah, and then he would be given... Continue Reading →
Genesis 26:34; 36:2-3 BDC: Who were Esau’s wives?
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 →
Matthew 1:9 BDC: Was Matthew mistaken when it came to the father of Jotham?
Matthew 1:9 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 9 and Uzziah became the father of Jotham, and Jotham became the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah, The Bible tells us in 2 Kings 15:1-7 that the father of Jotham was Azariah, while in 2 Kings 15:32 and 34, we are told that Jotham's... Continue Reading →