In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex Duke chats with Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi about a towering Old Testament figure: Abram of the Chaldeans. What kind of man is he? Is he just a wandering Canaanite? Or is he something more akin to a king? They discuss all this and more in the episode.
SHOW NOTES
1:50 / What do we know about Abram before God starts speaking to him in Genesis 12? Is he just a regular Canaanite guy?
3:05 / Explain to us the promises Genesis 12:1–3. Why are they—land, seed, blessing, kingship—so hugely important?
7:20 / Is God just telling Abraham “go get a realtor and relocate”? What’s the cost to Abraham in God’s command in Genesis 12:1ff?
8:55 / How does the immediate context of Babel inform what’s going on in Genesis 12? How is Genesis 12 a response to the whole of Genesis 1–11?
11:00 / How do these promises to Abram get interpreted throughout the rest of the Bible? Does Moses want us to connect Genesis 12 to Genesis 3?
17:05 / Should Abram have even gone down to Egypt with his wife? How should we understand this sinful and cowardly moment in
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