... with God contrasts with the fate of his nephew Lot. Abraham is about to realize God’s promise for an heir through Sarah. Conversely, Lot’s dream of becoming a citizen of Sodom is about to be shattered. Having separated from Abraham to pursue wealth ... term in lieu of pronouncing the divine name Yhwh. The singular verb, however, favors the reading ’adoni. Accepting the slight change in the vowels of the MT form, many translate the MT as “my Lord,” i.e., for the angel of Yahweh. But Abraham had not yet ...
... Mark 1:11; 9:7; 12:6, and parallels.) Isaac, of course, was not Abraham’s only son—but he was the only son of Sarah and the only son of the so-called line of promise as the next verse unequivocally points out. He was therefore the unique son. James ( ... bed” and “staff” consist of the same three consonants (mṭh) vocalized differently. The Masoretes of the early Middle Ages chose the vowels for “bed,” and so it has come to us in our Hebrew Bibles. The physical object leaned upon is of little ...
... Each group of wedges and lines represents a combination of either a consonant plus a vowel (an open syllable, such as “ba”) or a consonant plus a vowel plus a consonant (a closed syllable, such as “bat”). Since there are hundreds of such ... dominion over them (Gen. 2:20). God, the divine sovereign, sometimes changed the names of people: Abram to Abraham (Gen. 17:5), Sarai to Sarah (Gen. 17:15), and Jacob to Israel (Gen. 32:28). Also, human kings show their sovereignty in this way. Pharaoh Neco not only ...
