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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: HOTH Ordered by Verse |
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1 | Praying in Christ's Name | NT general | HOTH | 235297 | ||
When praying, is it necessary to do so in Christ's name? | ||||||
2 | When was Joseph sold into slavery? | Genesis | HOTH | 238418 | ||
Genesis 34 details the events surrounding the rape of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, took revenge by killing all the males in the city of Shechem and Jacob's other sons looted the city. Did these events happen before or after Joseph was sold into slavery as detailed in Genesis 37? |
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3 | In the beginning | Gen 1:1 | HOTH | 221559 | ||
What is the difference between "in the beginning" of verse Gen 1:1 and "one day" of verse 5? A day is an evening and morning. Since days did not exist prior to God allowing the light of verse 3, would "in the beginning" not be the period of time prior to "one day"? Thank you, Hoth |
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4 | When was the beginning? | Gen 1:1 | HOTH | 224780 | ||
What period of time is "in the beginning"? When did it start and when did it end? Did it end when the first day of creation began or after? Thank you, Hoth |
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5 | What nations did Abraham father? | Gen 17:6 | HOTH | 174881 | ||
In Gen 17, verse 4; God tells Abraham “you shall be the father of many nations”; verse 5: “I have made you the father of many nations”; verse 6: “I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.” What nations did Abraham father as referred to in these verses, other than Israel and Judah? Please answer only if you have scripture to support your answer. Thank you, Hoth |
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6 | What nations did Sarah mother? | Gen 17:6 | HOTH | 174895 | ||
Hi eklektos, Thank you for your welcome and your answer. The covenant made in verses 4, 5, and 6 of Gen. 17 appears to me to be a covenant in regards to Sarah and Isaac and not to Hagar and Ishmael or to Keturah. Please correct me if I am in error on this point. Gen 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard and heeded you: behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly; He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. Gen 17:21 But My covenant, My promise and pledge, I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year. Verses 20-21 confirm this covenant is established with Isaac. Also verse 16. Gen 17:16 And I will bless her and give you a son also by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her. So, let me rephrase my question. What nations did Sarah mother as referred to in 17: 4-6, and 16, other than Israel and Judah? Thanks again, Hoth |
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7 | What about Jacob-Israel and Ephraim? | Gen 17:6 | HOTH | 175126 | ||
Hi eklektos, Thanks again for your response. You stated: “Yes, the covenant was between God and Abraham, not God and Sarah. So, the promise also included the tribes of Ishmael plus Isaac.” I think that runs counter to Gen 17:15-21, where God specifically tells Abraham, “But My covenant, My promise and pledge, I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.” Abraham pleaded for Ishmael in verse 18. God heard Abraham and gave Ishmael a separate and distinct blessing. Gen 17:15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai; but Sarah [Princess] her name shall be. Gen 17:16 And I will bless her and give you a son also by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her. Gen 17:18 And [he] said to God, Oh, that Ishmael might live before You! Gen 17:19 But God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall call his name Isaac [laughter]; and I will establish My covenant or solemn pledge with him for an everlasting covenant and with his posterity after him. Gen 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard and heeded you: behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly; He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. Gen 17:21 But My covenant, My promise and pledge, I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year. Further, when God tells Abraham that Sarah “shall be a mother of nations” it confirms this covenant was with Isaac and with his posterity after him. Yet, I do not think that ancient Israel, ancient Judea, and Edom can be looked at as having fulfilled God’s promise to make Abraham a “father of many nations.” Maybe Sarah could considered a “mother of nations”, for these three nations, but I doubt it. The twelve tribes represent only two nations, not twelve. God broke Israel into two nations, no more than that. I ran a key word search of the word “nations” in the book of Genesis. The results are very interesting. Indeed, the promise that Abraham would be a “father of many nations” fell to Isaac’s son Jacob-Israel. In Gen 35:10-11 “Again God said to him, your name is Jacob; you shall not be called Jacob any longer, but Israel shall be your name. So He called him Israel. And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you and kings shall be born of your stock. . . Jacob-Israel, when he blessed Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, the promise of “a multitude of nations” was given to Ephraim. Gen 48:16-19 It seems the promise of the “Seed” went to Judah and the Southern Kingdom of Judea and the promise of many nations went to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, specifically the tribe of Ephraim. We know how the promise of the “Seed” was fulfilled in our Lord Jesus Christ. How was the promise of “a multitude of nations” fulfilled? Thanks again for your help and may God be with you, Hoth |
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8 | How Old was Dinah when she was raped? | Gen 30:21 | HOTH | 238444 | ||
Genesis 34:1-4 details the rape of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, by Shechem. Shechem asked his father, "Get me this young girl for a wife." How old was Dinah at the time? Could she have been as young as 10-11 years old? Thanks, Hoth |
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