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WORD STUDY – A FRUITFUL SON
Genesis 49:22: “Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a spring. His branches run over a wall.” This is presented as a poetic expression. It is the final blessing given by Jacob just before he died. However, this is more than just a blessing but a...
WORD STUDY – WORSHIP ON THE TOP OF THE STAFF
Genesis 47:31: “And he said swear unto me and he swore unto him, And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.” Hebrews 11:21: “By faith Jacob when he was dying blessed both the sons of Joseph and worshipped upon the top of his staff. This is one passage...
WORD STUDY – RAM IN THE THICKET
Genesis 22:13: “And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.” I never really considered the significance of the ram being caught in the thicket. My initial thought was, well God had to have the ram...
WORD STUDY – AFRAID (BEYOND THE DALETH)
Deuteronomy 7:17-18: If thou shalt say in thine heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?” Thou shalt not be afraid of them but shall remember what the Lord did unto Pharaoh and all of Egypt. When twelve spies confronted giants in the...
WORD STUDY – JEHOVAH IS MY LIGHT
Psalms 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Light has many different meanings for different people and religions. The New Age movement has latched onto the word...
WORD STUDY – NOT TOO HARD FOR GOD
Genesis18:14: “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” When Sarah overheard God telling Abraham that she was going to have a child at the age of ninety, she laughed. The word used in the Hebrew here for laugh is tsachak. Lexicographers have debated the nature of...
WORD STUDY – A SOUND FROM HEAVEN
Genesis 18:10: “And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind him.” I was reading in an ancient rabbinical work which noted that there was no preposition in the original text before the word door. Rabbi Shimon in this ancient text translated this as...
WORD STUDY – SHADDAI
Genesis 17:1 “The Lord appeared unto Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God, walk before me and be thou perfect.” The Lord appeared unto Abram. The word appeared is ra’ah which has the idea of seeing through spiritual eyes. It is also used for a...
WORD STUDY – BIRDS CHIRPING AND DANCING
Genesis 15:9-10: “And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid one against another; but the birds...
WORD STUDY – FAMINE
Genesis 12:10 “There was famine in the land.” Habakkuk 2:4: “The just shall live by his faith.” “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The Zohar (80a) gives an interesting insight...
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