Mentioned here without explanation, as if their character must be well known to the readers. The O.T. contains two representations of the Cherubim: (1) they are beings who uphold the throne of God, cf. 1 Samuel 4:4, 2 Samuel 6:2, 2 Kings 19:15, Psalm 80:2; Psalm 99:1; possibly, in this aspect, they were originally the personification of the thunder clouds,…

Job 23:12 – I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. Ps 119:103 – How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Isaiah 55:1-3 – “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has…

Genesis 11 Let us go down. We have said that Moses has represented the case to us by the figure hypotyposis (a vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events), that the judgments of God may be the more clearly illustrated. For which reason, he now introduces God as the speaker, who declares that the work…

I. Genesis 29 a. Read Verses 1-20 we meet Jacob’s future wives. Rebekah’s brother Laban had two daughters.  ii. Laban the deceiver. ii. Genesis 30 – Sin Repeat a. Deuteronomy 5:9 – I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of…