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Our word for today is one of the most common human responses found all over the world and throughout history. צָחַק laugh, joke. It is used 13 times in the Old Testament, it is used 4 times in our chapter today Genesis chapter 18. Genesis 18:10-15 Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childb...

Our word for today is used the most in Genesis chapter 17 where we have been for a few days now. מוּל cut off, circumcise. This is the infinitive, it is used 30 times in the Old Testament, 8 times in our chapter alone. מָלַל cut off, let oneself be circumcised. This is the verb, it is used 2 times in the Old Testament, once in our chapter. This is also the first time our word shows up in the Bible...

Our word for today is another name just like Adam, Noah, and Abraham that identified their purpose. Genesis 17:15 God also said to Abraham, “As for שָׂרַי Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her שָׂרַי Sarai; her name will be שָׂרָה Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”...

Today we will look at two forms of our word. The first one is the original name that comes from the root word אָב father with the word רָם exalted added to give us אַבְרָם Abram, whose name means exalted father. It is used 61 times in the Old Testament. The second form has an ending attached to the name אַבְרָהָם Abraham. It is used 174 times in the Old Testament. This ending means populous, so th...

As we head into chapter 16 of Genesis everything seems to be going great. Abram believed God would do what he had promised. And not only this but God made a covenant in a miraculous way. God did this to give evidence to Abram so he would know for certain God would deliver. But things don’t always stay good with our faith after we have to wait what we think is too long. This is where we find oursel...

Yesterday we saw the point of righteousness throughout the Bible is that God is righteous, and we are not. So how can a righteous God have a relationship with people like us who are not righteous? Today we will find the answer which God solves using our word for today found in Genesis chapter 15. Because Abram was not righteous because he like us had sinned against God, but he responds to God’s pr...

Yesterday we talked about how Abram was struggling with what God had promised him and his present reality because the two were not adding up. God expands on his promise to make him into a great nation in this way. Genesis 15:4-5 “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if ind...

What I find interesting, as we move into Genesis chapter 15, is that God knew that Abram was starting to struggle with what God had promised him quite a while ago and his present reality. And so, God shows up to encourage him saying, Genesis 15:1 “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” At this Abram no doubt remembers what God told him before he left his family and hi...

Our word for today is last of the five words that we find used for the first time in the Bible all in chapter 14 of Genesis. We’ve looked at king, Melchizedek, priest, and most high. Today we are looking at מַעֲשֵׂר tenth part, tithe, an offering of a tenth part. It is used 32 times in the Old Testament. The first time it is used it describes Abram’s response to Melchizedek blessing him as a pries...

Our word for today is another of the five words that we find used for the first time in the Bible all in chapter 14 of Genesis. We’ve looked at king, Melchizedek, and priest today we are looking at עֶלְיוֹן most high, highest, upper, supreme. It is used 53 times in the Old Testament, and 4 times in our chapter. Our word is used to describe the highest or top story of a building. And an upper pool...

Our word for today is another of the five words that we find used for the first time in the Bible all in chapter 14 of Genesis. We’ve looked at king and Melchizedek today we are looking at כֹּהֵן Priest. It is used 743 times in the Old Testament. So, what exactly does this word mean? The first time it’s used here in Genesis 14:18 it identifies who Melchizedek is. “He was priest of God Most High.”...

Our word for today is another of the five words that we find used for the first time in the Bible all in chapter 14 of Genesis. It is also a person’s name. As we have seen already that names in the Bible have something to do with their story. Like Adam comes from the word dirt and Noah rest. God is working in their lives from the very beginning when they are named guiding them to how he will be wo...

What I find interesting as we move into chapter 14 of Genesis is that there are five words that we find used for the first time in the Bible. Let’s look at the first one for our word for the day מֶ֫לֶךְ king, ruler. It is used 2,521 times in the Old Testament, 28 times in our chapter that’s a lot. What is also interesting is that we don’t just have the word used a lot referring to one or two kings...

Today we move into Genesis chapter 13 where we find our word רִיב dispute, brawl, quarrel, strife. It is used 61 times in the Old Testament. Throughout the Old Testament we see our word as something that is destructive to relationships and needs to be either avoided or settled as soon as possible. Proverbs 17:1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with רִיב strife...

Our word for today is used twice in Genesis chapter 12 in reference to Abram who is later called the father of our faith. He did start out with a huge act of faith when he trusted God without having all the details and left his home and people to go to a place God would later tell him. We find this right at the beginning of the chapter. This is remarkable. But Abram, like all of us, is not consist...

Today we see Abram doing something new. God made contact with Abram two times. First, he told him to leave his country, people, and family to the land he would show them. Abram obeys God. Then God appears to him in the land he was led to. There God promises to give him and his descendants the land he was standing on. After, at least two recorded initiatives by God to connect with Abram, we have th...

Our word today is בָּרַךְ bless, praise, kneel, kneel down, filled with strength, adored. It is used 326 times in the Old Testament. We first see our word used by God right after he creates. Genesis 1:22, 28. And God בָּרַךְ blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” … And God בָּרַךְ blessed them. And God said to them, “B...

Our word for today is בָּלַל mix up, mingle, confuse, confound. It is used 44 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in chapter eleven of Genesis which we are in today. A good picture of this word is in Exodus 29:2 And from the finest wheat flour make round loaves without yeast, thick loaves without yeast and with olive oil בָּלַל mixed in. Most of the uses of this word are used to describe God’s ins...

Our word for today stands out because it is part of a side comment within a long list of names. Whenever we see this God is drawing attention to it. The word is גִּבּוֹר mighty, vigorous, hero, champion. It is used 159 times in the Old Testament. Yesterday we looked at how Genesis chapter ten is a shift from all the action that happened before it and what would happen after it. God is summarizing...

Our word for today is תּוֹלֵדוֹת generations, descendants, successors. It is used 39 times in the Old Testament. As we land in chapter ten, we see our word used in the first verse as an introduction to what the chapter is about and in the last verse as part of the summary of all the names of families, clans and nations. Genesis 10:1 These are the תּוֹלֵדוֹת generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, H...

Our word for today is first used in the Bible as we get to Genesis chapter nine. בְּרִית agreement, covenant, contract. It is used 284 times in the Old Testament, 7 times in Genesis chapter nine. Genesis 9:8-17 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, I establish my בְּרִית covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, t...

We have two words for today that share the same root word. One of them is a name. Just like Adam’s name was from the root word for ground or dirt that fits where he came from. We find Noah’s name also has an interesting meaning that fits his story. And it is the word used the most in chapter eight. נֹחַ Noah the proper noun. It is used 45 times in the Old Testament, 7 times in Genesis chapter eigh...

We are now in Genesis chapter eight and our word for today is זכר remember, make known, mention, name. It is used 222 times in the Old Testament. Our word is connected to the idea of covenant which we see the first one in the Bible in the last part of chapter 8 where God makes a promise, agreement, a covenant with all living creatures from that time onward. Genesis 8:20-21 I will never again curse...

As we arrive in Genesis chapter seven there is one word that is used more than any of the other words. This is our word for today מַ֫יִם water, waters. It is used 571 times in the Old Testament, 9 times in Genesis chapter seven alone. Verse 11 has the root of our word inside of it שָׁמַ֫יִם heavens or sky is simply water with a prefix attached to it. The reason is that the sky is also made up of w...

We will look at one last word from Genesis chapter 6 as our word for today. לֵב heart, inner self. It is used 591 times in the Old Testament. A good example of what this word means is in Genesis 31:20 And Jacob tricked Laban … by not telling him that he לֵב intended to flee. The version doesn’t even translate the word heart because the word intended is synonymous with what the heart means. We tend...