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Of Pillows of Stone and Wilderness Rest

In the days when the children of Israel journeyed through the wilderness, their path was fraught with trials and their nights oft spent under the vast expanse of heaven. The land was dry, the roads wearying, and yet the Lord was their refuge and strength, a shelter in the time of trouble (Psalm 46:1). It is written that Jacob, the patriarch, lay do...

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Theme of the Book of Genesis

The theme of the Book of Genesis is The Founding of the Hebrew Nation...

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Type of Jesus within the Book of Genesis

Types and Shadows - In Genesis Jesus is the seed of the woman...

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Greek Name for the Book of Genesis

Greek Name - Genesis "origination"...

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Author of the Book of Genesis

The Author of the Book of Genesis was Moses...

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Date of the Book of Genesis

The Date of the Book of Genesis was the period from 4004 to 1635 BC Approximately...

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Hebrew Name and Meaning for the Book of Genesis

Hebrew Name - Bereshith "in the beginning"...

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Genesis Types: 5. Melchizedek, A Type of Christ as King and Priest

(Genesis 14:18-20) Who was Melchizedek? When Abraham returned from his victorious battle with the five kings, having rescued Lot, we find Melchizedek going out to meet him. "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God...

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Genesis Types: 6. Events in the Life of Isaac That Point to Christ

(Genesis 21, 22, 24). His birth was supernatural and so is a type of Christ’s birth. "And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him" (Genesis 21:1, 2). Sarah was ninety, and Abraham about one hund...

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Genesis Types: 7. Jacob’s Ladder, A Type of Christ as the Way to Heaven

(Genesis 28:10-22) Jesus claimed to be Jacob’s ladder. "And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it" (Genesis 28:12). Jesus made His claim in relation to this incident in John 1:51: "And he saith unto him [i.e., Nathanael], Verily, veri...

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