lĕk-lekā’ (lekh lekha)

  • The (Not So) Good News

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you;  Genesis 12:1  NASB Go from – Of course, by now you know that lĕk-lekā’ (lekh lekha), does not mean “Go from.”  It is literally, “Go towards yourself,” an idea we have investigated several times.  But perhaps we need to…

  • The Journey Inside

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you;”  Genesis 12:1  NASB Go – Unfortunately, English translations of this crucial command obscure the depth of God’s request.  In Hebrew, the verb is not “Go.”  It is lĕk-lekā’ (lekh lekha), literally,…