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Are there Dinosaurs in the Bible? – Part 2

In Genesis 1:21 we find a reference to the sea monster: “..וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים“ “And God created the great sea-monsters…” The sea monsters are also mentioned in Psalms 74:13 and in Isaiah 51:9-10. Isaiah describes a great war between G-d and sea monsters: Rahab and Tanin. Furthermore, according to the prophecy of Isaiah (27:1), [...]

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How did Abraham discover The Lord?

In genesis 12:1 The Lord is telling to Abraham to go to the land of Canaan. The bible is not sharing with us the information how Abraham knew that there was one God in the universe. We need to remember that monotheism was not a famous idea in those days…. The famous story about Abraham [...]

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Idioms from the book of genesis- biblical and modern meaning

The book of genesis is not just the beginning of the world or the creation of it but also a book that gave to us the first idioms that are eternal. Today we will focus on some of them. Let us start with the commandment to Abraham in genesis 12:1. The days are the days [...]

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