This wont be long because I can say so much on here, but I can start with the fact that Abraham’s promise starts to reach adulthood here, based on the reality and truth that God didn’t pwn Isaac because Abraham knew He wouldn’t kill him. I think things like that can happen anywhere, though I don’t think you need to take anything that can be used as a weapon; I don’t believe in killing anyone anyway; this is NOT something a believer in Christ would do. You’d have to be absolutely nuts to do that! But enough of this, for this passage is found in page 12 of my NKJV Bible, page 15 of my NASB Bible, pages 26-27 of my VOICE copy, and page 26 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I’m also pretty intrigued that Abraham’s brother’s son had Rebekah, a woman you’ll see for several more chapters throughout this first book of the Bible — spoiler alert, though I don’t believe you should marry family members (this happened long before there were enough people in the world so that marrying a family member wasn’t necessary, in the 20th century B.C., in fact), Rebekah becomes Isaac’s wife (read Genesis 24). I can go on a tangent about that for a while, but that’s another subject for another time… unless I get to it tonight 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 (it’s after 1 a.m.), yet I have work at 4 p.m., after the sun rises about six hours from now, so I should get to bed pretty soon. I just don’t feel right in my heart if I don’t post anything about this passage and perhaps the whole of the next chapter., for the Holy Spirit may be telling me to write notes on these without delay. But I think it’s pretty cool how Abraham has other nieces/nephews by his brother, Nahor. I wonder why he didn’t visit them… but as far as I know, the only non-immediate family member he visited was Rebekah long after this happened.
Abraham had already gotten his faith confirmed by God after his obedience to Him (don’t worry, it’s not some stupid duty, but don’t be afraid to look foolish for Jesus, yet within His reason so as to not give anyone a reason to insult Him), signaling the climax of his story, so I feel no need to comment any further than to give you the video for NEEDTOBREATHE’s “Let Us Love” to stand firm in a world that’s burning to the ground, as they put it. I’ll write later on that song, so let me know if you have any prayer requests by writing some in my e-mail (if you’ve seen my posts before, you know the drill: ron.outland4727@gmail.com)! Or not… I don’t expect anyone to have read anything on here 😅😅😅 but that’d be much appreciated! I’ll read each request (if I remember to do that), write them down, and tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you on the next one!
(Edit: I didn’t read deep into this enough, so I got some facts wrong, but don’t worry, I fixed them! Sorry, guys, I’ll do better next time.)
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