Genesis 11-15

Genesis 11-15

Genesis 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

To Dan? No Israel tribes yet.

Gills Commentary:  "and pursued them unto Dan; the Jerusalem Targum is, to Dan of Caesarea, meaning Caesarea of Philippi, as in the times of Christ and his apostles it was called; which at first had the name of Leshem, or Lais, and was not called Dan until the times of the judges, Jdg_18:29; wherefore, if the same place is intended here, it is so called not only by anticipation, but by a spirit of prophecy; since it had not the name of Dan even in the times of Moses, the writer of this history, unless it may be thought to be inserted by Samuel or some other inspired writer, after Moses; though there is no need to suppose either of these, seeing there might be a town or city of this name in those parts at this time, or however one of the springs of Jordan might be so called, from whence the river had its name as early, Gen_13:11; and so Josephus (f) expressly says, speaking of this expedition, that Abram fell upon them at Dan, for so, adds he, the other fountain of Jordan is called."

Intrigued by another commentary, but for a different reason:

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown:

"And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants — domestic slaves, such as are common in Eastern countries still and are considered and treated as members of the family. If Abram could spare three hundred and eighteen slaves and leave a sufficient number to take care of the flocks, what a large establishment he must have had."

Genesis 4-6

Wroth and fallen countenance. 4:5 no correction seems pleasant for the moment.

4:24 going beyond God's prescribed punishment?

---------Discovery time....

Gen 4:5  But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Wroth - H2734 - A primitive root (compare H2787); to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.

Fallen countenance - heh, his countenance fell.

Countenance - H6440 - Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פּנה pâneh, paw-neh'; from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).

Fell - H5307 - A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitively or causatively, literally or figuratively).

Gen 4:7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

Correction, rebuke, chastisement - ouch. Oh...these would be wonderful word studies.

Deu 8:5  Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 

Psa 94:12  Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; 

Pro 19:18  Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Pro 29:17  Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. 

Going beyond what God had doled out to Cain?

Gen 4:24  If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

So is he boasting?  Or trying to out do God?  How often do we go beyond what God has stated/prescribed?

How often do we make the Word of God of no effect?

Genesis 1-3

1:3 light

But not the same as day 4?

3:7 sewed? Where/how did they learn?

Nothing had died at this point. Not a leaf, not a branch/twig, nothing.

Naked?

I've been using my 'smart' phone to make notes to myself - I thought I'd leave my 'jumping' off place as this new season of discoveries begins.  I'm slightly behind in posting...I hadn't thought I'd actually have much to post.

Oh, how wrong I was and am...so here for January 1st, was my first 'new' discoveries.  I hope if you're reading this, you are spending time in the Word of God.  With each word you read, I hope you are discovering new things about Him, His grace, His mercy and being conformed into His image.

Gen 1:3  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

What kind of light?  H216 - From H215; illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.).

• H215 - A primitive root; to be (causatively make) luminous (literally and metaphorically).

Used 122 times in 111 verses only 4 times in Genesis 1:3, 4, 5, and 18.  So not the same word as day 4?

Think about that...God created light, but not the sun, moon or stars.  Light such as separates the day from the night and made the first day.

Gen 1:5  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Day 4 - Gen 1:14  And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 

H3974 - From H215; properly a luminous body or luminary, that is, (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively brightness, that is, cheerfulness; specifically a chandelier.

I know this isn't a recap of Day 1, but don't quite grasp the difference.

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary:  "The first thing created by the divine Word was “light,” the elementary light, or light-material, in distinction from the “lights,” or light-bearers, bodies of light, as the sun, moon, and stars, created on the fourth day, are called. It is now a generally accepted truth of natural science, that the light does not spring from the sun and stars, but that the sun itself is a dark body, and the light proceeds from an atmosphere which surrounds it."

The Institute of Creation Research - Sunlight Before the Sun.

Creation Moments - How Was a Day Determined Before the Sun?

Have you ever considered the mind of God?  Think (with our limited capacity) how magnificent a mind He has...out of nothing He created.  If we want to create, say cookies, we gather the ingredients.  We don't have to make, design, imagine them...they just are...even if you take the basic ingredients, say flour and butter.

Could you conceive of making dirt, to plant a seed to make grain to grow to mill?  Rain to water it?  Designing a cow to make milk, to churn to make butter?

So what questions didn't I cover that I started with today?