Genesis 17

Genesis 17 After 13 years, God appears to Abram again. This time he has even MORE promises, but an interesting requirement. God says Abram is now to be called Abraham, which apparently means “father of many”. He tells Abram that his descendants will inherit all of Canaan, where he’s living now, and that his descendants will be  many.  That is …

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Genesis 16

Genesis 16 Abram’s wife is a bitch. There, I said it. Apparently, Sarai couldn’t have children. This is a sad thing, and I can feel very sorry for her, except for the fact that she is a raving nutjob and a bitch. Since she couldn’t have kids, she figured she would have her husband father a …

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Genesis 15

Genesis 15 The Lord comes to Abram in a vision and tells him: You will have an heir, despite your barren wife.  Abram is worried a servant will get all his stuff. Your descendants will be many Said descendants will have a crappy time of it for a little while (400 years!!!) Abram then kills some …

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Genesis 14

Genesis 14 So it seems that in the land that Abram and Lot settle wasn’t very peaceful.  Some war of many kings broke out because some kings didn’t like being subject to another king. After a dozen years they’d had enough. This didn’t seem to involve Abram until King Kedorlaomer defeated the rebel kings of Sodom …

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Genesis 13

Genesis 13 Abram, his wife, his livestock, his servants (slaves) and his gold all left Egypt and backtracked to the place where Abram built his altar. His nephew, Lot, had not simply been slouching about this whole time and had gathered up his own flock and servants (slaves) and various hangers-on. Between the two men there seems to have been …

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