And they also acted with wile, and they went, and disguised as ambassadors, and they took worn sacks for their donkeys, and wine bottles, rotten, split, and tied together. Joshua 9:4 Chabad Disguised as ambassadors – Exactly how did the Gibeonites present themselves? Oh, we know they acted deceptively. That was a matter of survival. But…
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27 NASB Image – Emphasis! Typically Hebraic, a repeated word acts as an exclamation in a language without punctuation. So the verse repeats ṣelem (image) in order to emphasize the special quality of this…
Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; Genesis 1:26a Image – Biblical words about the creator of humanity have occupied theologians for centuries. Most of that time has been spent trying to determine what precisely is meant by the term “human.” Since the Bible uses both ṣelem (translated “image”) and dĕmût…
Then God said, “Let Us make man in in Our image, according to Our likeness;” Genesis 1:26a NASB Make – The striking difference between Christian and Jewish thought begins right here, with the creation of human beings. You might think that the two great religions share a common view of what it means to be human, but…
I will not act in My blazing wrath, I will no more destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I do not desire to root out. Hosea 11:9 Robert Alter Not a man – Christian theology employs texts like this one to support its view…
Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness;” Genesis 1:26a NASB Our likeness – First, let’s look at the Hebrew: וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ Now the transliteration: Va•yo•mer Elohim na•a•se a•dam be•tzal•me•noo kid•moo•te•noo And lastly, the translation: And said God let us make man in representation (copy) ours and…
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; Genesis1:26a NASB Image/likeness – We’ve spent enough time investigating the two Hebrew words used to describe God’s design for human beings. There are at least a dozen Today’s Word editions on this topic. But it is one of those verses that can be…
“Surely every man walks about as a phantom; surely they make an uproar for nothing; he amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.” Psalm 39:6 NASB Phantom– Perhaps we should credit David as the original author of “The Walking Dead.” Certainly he paints that picture. Men are but wisps of wind in the eternal night. Their lives amount…
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; Genesis 1:26a NASB Image/likeness – As we begin another “eternal return”[1] cycle, perhaps we should start with a decidedly different view than the one behind a New Year’s pagan festival. The OT recognizes man’s total dependence with great clarity. Man is a creature…
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 NASB Our image – We just…
