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- 1-Day and Night, 2-Heaven, 3-Grass, Seed-Yielding Herbs, Fruit Trees, 3-Land and Seas, Bible Academy, Creation, Kingdom of God, Walking in the Ways of the Creator
I’m Back!
After several years of silence on here, I’ve decided to re-enter the blogosphere to share what I’ve come to learn to date. So many times I’ve thought to come back on here to share my studies with you, but I found it to be very daunting. Where do I even begin? I have so much to say, but the teacher & editor in me wanted to lay it out in an orderly fashion, line upon line, precept upon precept, and then present a polished product for you, as I have tried to do in the past. But I just don’t have the time to do that anymore. Study the Bible…
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GENESIS 101-7 Seed-bearing Herbs & Fruit Trees Reproducing After Like Kind
And God said, Let the earth [land] bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth [land]: and it was so. And the earth [land] brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were [And there was evening and there was morning] – the third day. (Genesis 1:11-13 KJV [revisions mine]) From Session 7 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook Hebrew Vocabulary Words* DASHA’ (H1876) – verb. to sprout…
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GENESIS 101-6 The Dry Land & Gathering of Water Called Earth and Seas
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth [Land]; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:9-10 KJV [revision mine]) From Session 6 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook Hebrew Vocabulary Words* QAVAH (H6960) – verb. 1) to wait, look for, hope, expect; 2) to collect, bind together L’E/EL (H413) – preposition. to, toward, unto (of motion) MAQOM/MEQOMAH (H4725) – noun. standing place, place YABBASAH (H3004) – noun. dry land, dry ground MIQVEH (H4723) – noun. 1)…
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GENESIS 101-5 The Firmament Called Heaven
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were [And there was evening and there was morning] – the second day. (Genesis 1:6-8 KJV [revision mine]) From Session 5 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook Hebrew Vocabulary Words* RAQIYA’ (H7549) – noun. extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament TAVEK (H8432) – noun. midst, middle ‘ASAH (H6213) – verb. 1) to…
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GENESIS 101-4 The Light and the Darkness Called Day and Night
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were [And there was evening and there was morning] – the first day. (Genesis 1:3-5 KJV [revision mine]) From Session 4 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook Hebrew Vocabulary Words* AMAR (H559) – verb. to say, speak, utter OR (H216) – noun. light RA’AH (H7200) – verb. to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider KIY (H3588) – conjunction. that, for, because, when, as though, as, because…
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GENESIS 101-3 Earth, Without Form and Void & the Spirit of God
And the earth [land] was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2 KJV [revision mine]) From Session 3 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook Hebrew Vocabulary Words* HAYAH (H1961) – verb. to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out TOHU (H8414) – noun. formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness BOHU (H922) – noun. emptiness, void, waste CHOSHEK (H2822) – noun. darkness, obscurity AL (H5921) – 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to,…
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GENESIS 101-2 God, Creator of the Heaven and the Earth
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth [land]. (Genesis 1:1 KJV [revision mine]) From Session 2 of the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook. Hebrew Vocabulary Words* RE’SHIYTH (H7225) – noun. first, beginning, best, chief ELOHIYM (H430) – noun. 1) (plural) rulers, judges, divine ones, angels, gods; 2) (plural intensive – singular meaning) god, goddess, godlike one, works or special possessions of God, the (true) God, God EL (H410) – noun. god, god-like one, mighty one BARA (H1254) – verb. 1) to create, shape, form; 2) to be fat SHAMAYIM (H8064) – noun. heaven, heavens, sky ERETS (H776) – noun. land, earth *Definitions are from Brown-Driver-Briggs’ Hebrew-English Lexicon. Suggested…
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GENESIS 101 Bible Study Exercises
The following outlines the exercises used in the GENESIS 101 Bible Study workbook giving their purpose for each: Text Analysis [TA] Hebrew-English Comparison [HEC] – To identify discrepancies between the source text and the English KJV translation. Translation Comparison [TC] – To consider alternate perspectives of the same passage derived from two different source texts. (Masoretic Text [MT] & Septuagint [LXX]) Define the Terms [DT] Hebrew Vocabulary Table [HVT] – To see how each word in the source text is defined and to better understand its meaning through consideration of related words. Personal Literal Translation [PLT] – To consider an alternate literal translation. Hebrew Word Usage [HWU] Individual Word Studies [IWS]…
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Seven Bible Study Tips
In developing the GENESIS 101 Bible Study Workbook, I shared seven study tips I’ve found over the years that have aided in my personal Biblical studies. Here they are: TIP #1: Suspend your beliefs so as to examine the text objectively. TIP #2: Assume you know nothing about the matter being studied in order to maximize your learning potential. TIP #3: Understand the difference between translated words and defined words. TIP #4: There is no capitalization or punctuation in the Hebrew and Greek texts. TIP #5: Both translations and Bible definitions can be biased, so be wary of this. Remain flexible in your understandings. TIP #6: Words can change their meanings over…