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We are still in Genesis chapter 25 where we find our word for today also used for he first time in the Bible. בְּכֹרָה position and right of the firstborn, birthright. It is used 10 times in the Old Testament. A good example of this word is when Joseph has his brothers seated at his table before they knew he was Joseph. He arranged the seating this way. Genesis 43:33 The men had been seated before...

We have looked at the word for death and dead. As we know God loves variety and uses several different ways to describe the same basic concept. We are in Genesis chapter 25 today. We find a couple of figures of speech that are used to describe this idea of death. You could also call these euphemisms because it is a kinder way to say something that is very serious. Both of these are used twice in o...

Our word for today is one of my favorite words in the Bible. We are still in Genesis chapter 24 today. חֶ֫סֶד steadfast love, loyalty, joint obligation, faithfulness, loyal love, goodness, unfailing love. It is used 245 times in the Old Testament. This will be hard to keep under a few minutes because it is such a huge concept in God’s word that he doesn’t want us to miss. So we will revisit our wo...

Today we are still in Genesis chapter 24 where our word for today is used for the first time in the Bible. קָרָה meet, encounter, happen to, befall, cause or help to attain success. It is used 22 times in the Old Testament. A good example of how this word is used is when God promises to provide meat for the people and Moses is astonished with this because there are 600,000 men. Numbers 11:23 The L...

We find ourselves in Genesis chapter 24 with our word for today. שָׁבַע swear, make a statement, give a pledge, cause someone to promise solemnly, cause someone to take an oath. It is used 185 times in the Old Testament. Here are some examples of how it is used when people make promises, oaths, agreements, or covenants with others. Genesis 50:5-6 My father made me שָׁבַע swear an oath and said, “I...

Our word is used the most in Genesis chapter 23 which we are still in today. This is the first time our word is used in the Bible. We have both the noun and the verb forms of the root word קֶ֫בֶר bury, place in a grave, grave, burial chamber. The noun is used 66 times and the verb is used 132 times in the Old Testament. We see the word used a lot qualified with family. Judges 8:32 Gideon son of Jo...

Our word for today is often found next to our word from yesterday. בָּכָה weep, weep for, cry freely and profusely, bemoan, make lamentation. It is used 114 times in the Old Testament. It is most often used when someone is experiencing a very intense emotion. Like when a loved one has died, is dying or in life and death situations. Genesis 21:6 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy...

As we find ourselves in chapter 23 of Genesis we find our word for today which is the first time it is used in the Bible.   סְפֹּ֥ד mourn for someone, sing the lament for the dead, bewail.  It is used 30 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used surrounding the deaths of key figures in the Bible like the death of Jacob. Genesis 50:10 When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the J...

Our word for today is also in chapter 22 of Genesis it is אַ֫יִל ram. It is used 159 times in the Old Testament. Most of the time it is used in the book of Leviticus where God is instructing the priests how the sin of the people, including the priest were to be handled. Leviticus 5:15-19 When anyone is unfaithful to the LORD by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, th...

Our word for today is used the first time in the Bible in our chapter 22 of Genesis which we are still in today. יָחִיד only, only one, only child, lonely, deserted, solitary, single. It is used 12 times in the Old Testament. What is interesting is that 7 out of 12 times it is used it refers to an old child, and 6 of these to an only son. The only daughter is in Judges 11:34 When Jephthah returned...

As we move into chapter 22 of Genesis, we find a word that is used for the first time in the Bible which is our word for today. נִסָּ֖ה venture, put someone to the test, give experience, train, prove, conduct a test, make an attempt, try. It is used 36 times in the Old Testament. Here is how it is used in our chapter today. Genesis 22:1-2 Some time later God נִסָּ֖ה tested Abraham...God said, “Tak...

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Our word for today is used to qualify one of God’s characteristics. עוֹלָם eternity, perpetuity, long time, antiquity, for all time, forever, everlasting. It is used 437 times in the Old Testament. A good example of this word is found the first time it is used in the Bible. Genesis 3:22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to...

As we roll into Genesis chapter 21 we find our word for today is a name. And like we have seen already with the names in the Bible God has a hand in guiding the parents to call them what the purpose of their life would be. Our word is יִצְחָק Isaac. It is used 108 times in the Old Testament. Genesis 21:1-3 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had pr...

Like our word from yesterday our word is in Genesis chapter 20 and is also used for the first time in the Bible here in this chapter. פָּלַל to be an arbitrator, intercessor, advocate, pray, pronounce judgment. It is used 84 times in the Old Testament. A good example of our word is found in Numbers 11:1-2 Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard...

Our word for today is interesting because it is a name God uses to call Abraham and is the first time the word is used in the Bible. You might notice something familiar when you start reading the beginning of chapter 20 of Genesis which we are now in today. Didn’t we already do this already? This reminds us of what Abram did when he was in Egypt back in chapter 12. I guess the old saying old habit...

We have another word used to refer to sexual intercourse in our chapter 19 of Genesis. שָׁכַב lie down, lie, lie asleep, to have sexual intercourse. It is used 207 times in the Old Testament. Like our word from yesterday it has more of a general sense, but the context clearly shows that sexual intercourse is what is meant. A good example of this sense of the word is when Joseph was in Egypt and Po...

When Abram let his nephew decide where he wanted to live Lot chose to live in Sodom because of how great it appeared to him on the outside. We know that Lot was righteous in the relative sense compared to those who were wicked around him in Sodom. Our word for today is the word God uses to describe in what way the people of Sodom were wicked. יָדַע know, notice, learn, reveal, be or become known,...

Our word for today is עָמַד go up before, stand in position; stand respectfully before, take a stand. It is used 520 times in the Old Testament. A good example of this word is used during the time when Israel had become so corrupt that God was going to bring judgment on them. Ezekiel 22:30-31 I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and עָמַד stand before me in the gap on behalf...

As we move into chapter 19 of Genesis today our word is the name of a city that was in the valley of Siddim at the south end of the Dead Sea close to the city of Gomorrah. Both cities are referenced as “cities of the plain” in Genesis 19:29. We are talking about סְדֹם Sodom. It is used 39 times in the Old Testament. The city was large enough to have a king that could make Abram rich if we remember...

There have been several very interesting words in chapter 18 of Genesis which is why we have been here for several days. Our word for today will be the last one we will look at in this chapter. שָׁפַט judge, pass judgment; administer justice, govern, rule. It is used 203 times in the Old Testament. It is not surprising that it is used the most in the book of judges where it is used in the sense of...

Our word for today is the contrast to our word from yesterday. It is used for the first time in the Bible to describe the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. רָשָׁע guilty, wicked person, the wicked, criminal. It is used 263 times in the Old Testament. Throughout the Bible God makes it clear that the end of the road for the wicked is destruction. Psalm 1:6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righte...

Our word for today has been a challenge throughout the history of the church because there are three basic dynamics of righteousness: absolute, relative, and credited. So, it can be confusing which of these three God is talking about at any given time. But thankfully we usually have enough context around the word to know which one God is talking about. And we certainly have enough other passages i...

Our word for today is closely connected to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah חַטָּאת sin, sin offering, expiation. It is used 293 times in the Old Testament. The root of this word is חַטָּא miss the mark. It is used 235 times in the Old Testament. A good example of this is Judges 20:16 Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a s...