Tag: Genesis 22
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"Stretch forth thine hand" — Part 2 (Old Testament)
This post continues a series I began last Monday on the phrase “stretch out thine hand.” In this post, we’ll look at examples from the Old Testament, and we’ll learn about the underlying Hebrew word shalach. As demonstrated below, that word also appears twice in the creation account. This is only really evident when we…
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Endowment Narratives in the Book of Mormon, Part 5
This post continues the exploration of an endowment pattern found throughout the Book of Mormon in which a new covenant group is formed and called by God to: leave the fallen world behind, enter into the wilderness, learn to be led by the hand of God, and find a promised land. In previous installments of…
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Echoes of Abraham and the creation account in 1 Nephi 17
I\’ve been studying 1 Nephi 17-18 over the past several weeks. I noticed several curious similarities between the account of finding Bountiful and building the ship and the story of Abraham\’s test in Genesis 22 (OT quotations below are from the NIV) and the creation account from Genesis 1. “Provide means” In verse 3, Nephi says: …if…
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Achaz (אָחַז): to grasp, take hold, take possession — part 1
One way I use to discover meanings and make new connections in the scriptures involves studying Hebrew root words and thinking about how their various meanings relate to Book of Mormon passages. I\’ve come to learn that the Book of Mormon makes more sense in many cases when studied through the lens of the ancient…