Book of Genesis

The covenant that God made with Abraham was that God would give Abraham many many descendants. Abraham would now become the ancestor of many nations. God told Abraham that he would be very fertile and the he will produce nations from you, and kings will come from you. God said he will set up his covenant with Abraham and his descendants after you in every generation as an enduring covenant. God then said that he will be your God and your descendants’ God after you. God told Abraham that he will…

Sarah (originally named Sarai) was one of several women in the Bible who were unable to have children. That proved doubly distressing for her because God had promised her husband Abraham that he would be the father of the Jewish nation, with descendants more numerous than the stars in the sky. After waiting many years, Sarah convinced Abraham to sleep with her handmaiden, Hagar, to produce an heir. That was an accepted practice in ancient times. The child born of that encounter was named Ishmael…

The story Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark has a large focus on education. As the main character and narrator is the most educated within the family he believes he is the most intelligent. While this may seem logically true, his father and grandmother could tell of the rain and the dam breaking with the slightest of hints. Even with his higher education, their experience has led to them having a different kind of education than the boy. “A cat sneezin’ always means rain,” as stated by Granny…

Jacob was possibly less desirable because of his deceitfulness with Isaac. He heard his call however after he had his dream and fought with the stranger. After accepting it, he was named Israel and was faithful to God. He married and had 12 sons. Jacob contributed to Salvation History by being faithful to God and leading Joseph on the right path. His cycle of sin appeared to be when he cheats, he is cheated. This happened when he cheated Esau but succumbed to Laben. Additionally, when he showed…

The Importance of Friendship Both the Yahwist author of Genesis 2, and the Chinese author of “Pan Gu and Nü Wa” give stories about the creation of the world. Their meanings differ, however, as the Yahwist author’s story suggests that people are created essentially to have a relationship with each other, while the Chinese author explains that people are created to be companions of Nü Wa, a goddess. In both creation stories, humans are created for the purpose of being a companion. Once humans…

As already outlined, the first phase of Fanon’s model is demonstrated in Abram’s journey to Egypt. Abram leaves the land of Haran because there is a severe famine (Genesis 12:10). The Pharaoh does not invite Abram to Egypt. Rather, he goes there, at the command of the Lord, looking to exploit resources because there are none in his country. The second phase materializes in this narrative as Abram and Sarai take Hagar and the other slaves out of Egypt to the land of Canaan. Although Hagar is of…

It is not right for God to cast out Grendel family because of their connection to cain. The reason behind his actions are mainly because his ancestor was the first murder in the world and God was punishing Cain and his entire family after him. He felt that he was a different person and did not want to be treated like a monster just because of his family history. Grendel believed that he should not be punished because of what his ancestor did. He felt that he was a different person and did not…

So, God gave the land to Abraham Genesis 15 7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.” [Brought you out of Ur]… Then God gave the land to the Israelites: Exodus 3:7 "So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' [Brought you out of Egypt]……

Milton’s Paradise Lost presents Eve as a very human-like character. Sure, she ate the apple that brought sin into the world, but as humans we make mistakes every single day. This parallel between godly Eve and us regular humans indicates that we all are imperfect beings who make mistakes often and the outcomes of our mistakes are larger than we can imagine sometimes. Even with this imperfect nature found in Eve and the wrongful misogyny found in the garden of Eden, many readers see Eve as the…

Gilgamesh and the biblical tales of Genesis chapters six through nine. With such a memorable symbol as water, it would be easy to assume that the two tales are pretty similar maybe even identical. However, after reading both it was an easy conclusion to find that both are more different than similar. “Lay upon the sinner his sin.” (Gilgamesh, 28) Quite a memorable quote from the tale of Gilgamesh. It is actually pretty similar to something God thought about in Genesis; “The Lord saw how great…