I’m on vacation from work right now, but I wanted to make some Bible notes this week while I’m off (and am paid handsomely for the vacation time); indeed, I believe God wanted me to give this note a shot! This passage is found in pages 6-7 of my NKJV Bible, page 8 of my NASB Bible, pages 13-14 of my VOICE copy, and pages 14-15 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
Anyway, a famine came upon the land of Canaan, so it was only right that Abram and his wife and family member(s) who traveled with them went to Egypt, and it was good that the Egyptian Pharaoh accepted them. Funny how Abram told the Egyptians there that his wife, Sarai, was his half-sister (revealed eight chapters later; see Genesis 20:12), though. He was simply afraid she would be raped, I think. And who can blame him? I know I’d really hate for anyone in my life to be raped, especially my niece, or if it’s happened to anyone before. It has happened to three of my friends, unfortunately, and I’ve wanted to get kinda ridiculous in methods on how to eliminate sexual abuse crimes like this forever, but unfortunately, I don’t think I can do it now without losing my mind. I got the conviction that these are reprobate sins (the sexual abuse incidents) from Genesis 34. We’ll get there a while later, though. But the retribution from God happened because the people there were getting too hands-y with Sarai, and we later see that Abraham (Abram’s later name) is a prophet in Genesis 20:7. (Sidenote: I kinda think that chapter is quite underrated, but it’ll be a while before we get there, too.) Still, I think God’s wrath was pacified when the pharaoh sent Abram and his family on their way… but why? Wasn’t the famine still going strong during that time? What happened? This reminds me I shouldn’t be mistrusting with other people, although I can’t blame anyone for being afraid of abuse. I have no wish to do that, actually 😌 it says in the Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) translation that the Pharaoh was scourged in verse 17, but I think I need to look up the Hebrew and Greek and see if I find any parallels to the discipline thing in Hebrews 12…
(Minutes later…)
Hmmm… this is rather interesting. I found that the Hebrew for this word I just spoke of has its origin of a prim or a root, for what I don’t know. Still, though I found one other piece of information in the Greek (go to studylight.org and search Genesis 12:17), I decided not to put the link here because it has John Calvin’s commentary, and in case you missed it (go here for the original post), Calvinism is an abomination — that’s what I believe. I also know he is the founder of Calvinism while “rebuking” another divisive theology with a rival theologian — like many people in the U.S. politics thing, they can find common ground and sometimes even work together in eliminating the good in the land. This can happen in any country, actually. But thank God it doesn’t have to be enforced in a lot of places… though I kinda think that good beliefs are often discouraged in most of the world, despite the U.S. inventing freedom of religion in the 1700s. It’s kinda ridiculous, I think. Very much ridiculous, actually. You can go here for where I got the Hebrew meaning for the word “scourge” (AMPC) from.
Oh, I should’ve mentioned that the whole Sarah-is-Abraham’s-half-sister thing is found in footnote x in this book (page 15 of the Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy I have). I still think it’s not necessary, at least, not anymore, but I think there were too few people in those days to seek out someone not related to you for a wife or husband (depending on which of the two genders you are). There were some things spoken of in Leviticus 18 or 20 concerning this implicitly, but I don’t wish to get into that now because, for the most part, it doesn’t seem possible to contrast that with Christ’s forgiveness (though the translation I spoke of earlier covers forgiveness of such lewdness in 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 — I do know that it’s pretty un-Christian, however). I’d rather marry a woman who isn’t related to me at all, actually. I might even try to live in a different nation and marry one there. But I have a bit of a messy history of whom I’ve pursued before, even after my conversion in 2009. But more of that later. For now, though, let me just say I’ve spoken briefly with a small group in Awaken about this chapter in 2015, but I haven’t seen two of the people (Josh and Abby Thomas) in many moons, yet I’m very happy my friend, Sarah ran into them 😊 she’s now going to Awaken as frequently as she can, now! Thank God we’re like brother and sister 💝💖💓💘💌 I have to tell them after sunrise about this blog post — as a matter of fact, I think I can text Josh this and have him read it. But I still wish that the five of us — me, Josh, Abby, Sarah, and her friend we’ve talked about before (I’ll respect her privacy and not mention anything) would live close by, especially in Heaven 🤗💏👯♀️
Anyway, it’s like, almost 5 a.m., so I need to go back to bed so I don’t miss out on swimming outside with Jonathan, for I really enjoy Jesus in this way.
See you in about 18 hours with chapter 13! I’ll also slip in something I only recently mentioned in a previous post and announce you with some awesome news, too!
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