Time Travel in Genesis
http://studywithme.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/time-travel-in-genesis/
omewhat keyed off of Cam’s observations with Joe in Chronicles, I thought I’d throw in something I noticed in Genesis.
The text is Genesis 14:14. The context is the beginning of the Abrahamic covenant (Gen. 12:1-9), Abraham’s apparent disobedient journey into Egypt (Gen. 12:10-20, note God’s silence, and Ishmael’s Egyptian mother Hagar), his seperation from Lot (Gen 13), Lot’s capture, Abraham’s intervention and the defeat of his enemies, including the incident with Melchizedek (Gen 14).
In the middle of this last event, the author and/or compiler of the Torah throws in a reference that is totally out of place. As Abraham is beginning his pursuit of Lot and his captors, Genesis 14:14 says this...
omewhat keyed off of Cam’s observations with Joe in Chronicles, I thought I’d throw in something I noticed in Genesis.
The text is Genesis 14:14. The context is the beginning of the Abrahamic covenant (Gen. 12:1-9), Abraham’s apparent disobedient journey into Egypt (Gen. 12:10-20, note God’s silence, and Ishmael’s Egyptian mother Hagar), his seperation from Lot (Gen 13), Lot’s capture, Abraham’s intervention and the defeat of his enemies, including the incident with Melchizedek (Gen 14).
In the middle of this last event, the author and/or compiler of the Torah throws in a reference that is totally out of place. As Abraham is beginning his pursuit of Lot and his captors, Genesis 14:14 says this...
