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B: Sarai is in danger from Pharaoh; a sanctuary is founded at Bethel and the name of the Lord is proclaimed (Genesis 12:10–13:4) C: Lot goes away (Genesis 13:5–18) D: Lot is in jeopardy and is saved (Genesis 14–15) E: Threat to the birth of the first-born; birth of Ishmael; covenant to be fulfilled through second son (Genesis 16–17)
(Genesis 12:11-13 and Genesis 20:11-12) In chapter 25, Jacob tricks Esau into selling his birthright for a pot of lentil stew. In chapter 27, Isaac is tricked by Rebekah into giving Jacob the superior blessing instead of Esau. In chapter 29, Jacob believes he is marrying Rachel but is tricked into marrying her sister.
The reference to Sodom in verse 13 suggests that Lot made a bad choice. [4] The narrator uses Lot's choice of land near Sodom as a way of foreshadowing Lot's role in the Battle of Siddim, in which Lot is taken captive in battle, and the role of Lot in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. [5] Lot pitches his tents near Sodom according to ...
In his work on Genesis, and in the Vulgate, Jerome gives as the Latin translation salvator mundi "saviour of the world". [12] This Christian interpretation (reinforcing the ancient concept of Joseph as a type of Christ ) is influenced by the Greek form of the name, Ψονθομφανήχ Psonthomphanḗkh and Ψομθομφανήχ ...
[12] Lot and his daughter flee from Sodom, by Paolo Veronese, c. 1585 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Lot lingered in the morning so the angels forced him and his family out of the city, telling them to flee for the hills and not look back. Fearful that the hills would not afford them sufficient protection from the impending destruction, Lot ...
At the School of Rabbi Ishmael, it was taught that Genesis 18:12–13 demonstrated how great is the cause of peace, for Sarah said of Abraham in Genesis 18:12, "My lord [Abraham] being old," but when God reported Sarah's statement to Abraham, God reported Sarah to have said, "And I [Sarah] am old," so as to preserve peace between Abraham and ...
De Genesi ad litteram (Latin: [d̪eː gɛ.nɛ.siː liː.tɛ.ram]; Literal Commentary on Genesis) [1] is an exegetical reading of the Book of Genesis written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo. [2] Likely completed in AD 415, this work was Augustine's second attempt to literally interpret the Genesis narrative .
There are three stories in Genesis where a patriarch identifies his wife as his sister; scholars debate the relationship among these, with some saying that the account of the encounter of Abraham and Sarah with Pharaoh in Genesis 12-13 is the oldest, while the stories of Abraham and Sarah encounter King Abimelech in Genesis 20, and of Isaac and ...