Today’s Word
End of the Line
Then those two – Mahlon and Chilion – also died; so the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband. Ruth 1:5 JPS Without – What Naomi lost completely overshadows what Naomi gained. In her mind, the loss of husband and sons means the loss of everything important to her. In fact,…
What’s the Difference?
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 NASB From the ground – Why does the text use the word ha-adamah (the ground)? Once more we are confronted with the first occurrence of a word. …
Nothing Much
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 NASB Dust – Now we come to the remarkable phrase, “dust of the ground.” The Hebrew is apar min ha’adamah. Apar is the common noun for dust,…
The Human God
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 NASB Formed – The three verbs of creation each have unique features. Bara’ is exclusively a verb of divine action, a verb used of creative acts only…
Slowly and Carefully
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 NASB Formed – You don’t know what you are supposed to do until you know who you are made to be. That’s why the opening passages of…
The First Synagogue
Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. Genesis 1:9 NASB Place – In Hebrew, the word translated “place” is maqom. From a root meaning “to stand,” it is fairly straightforward as far as translations go. It means some…
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