GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 15 GOD MAKES PROMISES TO ABRAM V1 After these things the *Lord appeared to Abram. The *Lord said, ‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am protecting you. I will reward you very greatly.’ V2 But Abram said, ‘*Lord God, your gifts are no advantage to me, be... [ Continue Reading ]
God had not given a son to Abram. That was a worry to Abram. He wanted a son so that his family would continue. And he had many things that God had given to him. He wished that those things would become his son’s possessions. Eliezer was Abram’s chief servant. If Abram died without a child, Eliezer... [ Continue Reading ]
It was night and the sky was very clear. Abram could see very many stars. There were so many stars that nobody could count them. God told Abram that nobody would count his *descendants. Nobody could count them because they would be so many.... [ Continue Reading ]
Abram was not perfect. Like everybody else, he had done wrong things. But God considered that Abram was *righteous (right with God). The reason was that Abram believed God. He believed that God would give him a son. We are not perfect. We have all done wrong things. But we can believe God. We can p... [ Continue Reading ]
God repeated a promise that he had made earlier. (See Genesis 13:15 and the comment.)... [ Continue Reading ]
A dove is a kind of bird.... [ Continue Reading ]
This was probably an ancient custom when people make a firm agreement with each other. Perhaps it was like this. Two people kill animals as an *offering to God and they cut the animals into two parts. They separate the parts and they walk between the parts. That shows that they must keep the agreeme... [ Continue Reading ]
‘This country’ was the country that was called *Canaan. The Amorites were *Canaan’s original inhabitants. Later, Abram’s *descendants lived in *Canaan. And God told them to kill the Amorites. (See Deuteronomy 20:17.) But God did not say that immediately. He waited for more than 400 years. If the Amo... [ Continue Reading ]
God repeated a promise that he had made earlier. See Genesis 13:15 and the comment. And see Genesis 15:7. ‘The river of Egypt’ is a small stream that is on the border. It is between the two countries, *Canaan and Egypt. The river Euphrates is north and east of *Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Amorites, Girgashites and Jebusites were *tribes of Canaan’s original inhabitants. LORD ~ a lord is a person who has authority. ‘The Lord’ means God. It is a translation of God’s name. The Hebrews wrote God’s name as YHWH. We may write it as Yah... [ Continue Reading ]