Genesis in John

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” Genesis 32:26a NASB Dawn– There are a lot of strange verses in the story of Jacob’s encounter with the “man” at the brook Jabbok.  If you’ve read Crossing,[1]then you know just how odd the story really is.  Recently I read a comment by Michael Wyschogrod that provides…

Altered States

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

So Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed.” And she named him Naphtali. Genesis 30:8 NASB Mighty – What a tangled verse! Avraham Weiss translates Rachel’s statement as “I wrestled with God and prevailed.” But you won’t find that in English. Instead, English translators interpret elohim…