What is the summary of Genesis chapter 16?
The major theme of this story is God working to change our hearts, and to accept the ‘otherness’ in the world, as He does with Hagar, and blessing her and her unborn son Ishmael by saying, “Now you have conceived and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael, for the Lord has given heed to your affliction.
Who is the author of Genesis 15?
Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and most of Deuteronomy, but modern scholars, especially from the 19th century onward, see them as being written hundreds of years after Moses is supposed to have lived, in the 6th and 5th centuries BC.
What can we learn from Genesis 16?
Genesis 16 contains an important contrast between man’s proclivity to choose his own, sinful way and God’s steadfastness. To be fair to Abram and Sarai, there have been decades filled with drama between God’s great promise and their present circumstances.
What is the summary of Genesis chapter 17?
In Genesis 17 we learn about further promises and responsibilities the Lord revealed pertaining to the Abrahamic covenant. In connection with this covenant, the Lord changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai’s name to Sarah. Circumcision became a sign or token (a reminder) of the covenant between God and Abraham.
How old was Abraham when God made a covenant with him in Genesis 15?
God promised to give it to him and his seed (multitudinous in number) for ever (a hidden time, olahm). Gen 15:1-18. God made and confirmed a covenant with Abram by promise and by oath on His Name to give the land to him and a seed to come from his own body. Abram was in his 80’s by now, probably 85 years old.
What is the meaning of blood covenant in relationship?
A blood covenant establishes a close bond between two persons not linked by kinship but who, nevertheless, desire social relations supported by stronger sanctions (physiological and/or magical) than those afforded by mere communal, tribal, or trading connexions.