Literature types in scripture include narrative, poetry, law, prophecy and history. The book of Genesis falls into the narrative category. This is fairly easy reading for us because it is like reading a story. However there are parts of the Biblical narrative that are challenging for us to read. We encounter one type in Genesis 4 & 5– the first genealogy. When I first encountered a genealogy in scripture I...
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Genesis 1:1 In the Beginning
These are Bible’s first words, so it seems fitting that Genesis is where I started copying the text. The creation account in Genesis is a story that I had read so many times. Unfortunately this familiarity caused me to skim over it and not really read every word. As I copied the text I had to slow down and observed some things that I never noticed before. Context Matters The...
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