I AM GOD
It is important to distinguish between the directive and the
permissive will of God. In the first sense the place for the covenant
family was Canaan (Genesis 26:1); (Genesis 46:3) is a touching
instance of the permissive will of God. Jacob's family, broken, and in
part already in Egypt, th... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SOULS
(Cf) (Genesis 46:27). A discrepancy has been imagined. The "souls"
that came with Jacob" were 66. The "souls of the house of Jacob"
(Genesis 46:27) that is, The entire Jacobean family) were 70, namely,
The 66 which came with Jacob, Joseph and his two sons, already in
Egypt = 69; Jacob... [ Continue Reading ]