The Lord told Abram to travel to a land he will show him, telling him that “I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Abram goes to Cancann with his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot. The Lord gave him this land, where he proceeds to build an altar. He travels throughout the land, building more and more alters upon it as a sign of his devotion to God. Soon a famine resided on the land, so Abram traveled to Egypt with Sarai, telling her to pretend to be his sister so that the Egyptians might spare him. The Pharaoh took Sarai as his wife, dealing with Abram for her sake. This made the Lord curse Pharaoh, making him give Sarai back and telling Abram to leave …show more content…
Meanwhile, Kings were fighting and rebelling in the Valley of Siddim. The enemy took Lot and all his goods. After hearing about this, Abram went in pursuit of rescuing Lot with 318 of his trained men. At this point in his life, Abram was childless, telling the Lord that a slave born into his house shall be his heir. The Lord promises Abram that he shall have an heir from his own blood, as long as he does what the Lord requests of him. Sarai still bore no children, so she tried to give Abram a child by having him sleep with her slave Hagar. Hagar eventually gives birth to Abram’s son, Ishmael. Now the Lord goes back to talk to Abram, adding new rules to his covenant, such as circumcising the men of the land when they are eight days old. The Lord then renames Abram to be Abraham and Sarai to be Sarah. Soon after, the Lord appears to Abram in the form of three men, saying that Sarah will have a child soon. The three men go towards Sodom and Gomorrah to destroy the cities because of their wickedness. Abram begs the Lord on the cities’ behalf, asking him not to destroy the cities if a handful of good men could be found
Ishmael’s search for revenge ended when he was taken out of the front lines of the war by
Isaac is near a well in a town, and he prays to God so that he could find a wife, and that whoever gives himself and his camels water from a well that is who he is supposed to marry. So Rebekah comes and draws water from it for Isaac and the camels, as soon as her knows her family background, he gives her loads of dowry and they get betrothed! According to Alter, it’s interesting how this type scene worked, there was a lot of dialogue, and it was pretty detailed overall (Alter 53). Jacob is the only instance in which he himself meets the woman at a well (to be betrothed), to Alter Isaac is the most passive of the “hero’s” (or Patriarchs). Alter uses the example of Jacob who was bound to be a victim, he was saved because of a ram; “later he will prefer the son who can go out to the field and bring him back provender”
After 3 years as a galley slave, Ben-Hur is assigned to a Roman flagship bound for battle with the Macedonians. The ship is sunk, but Ben-Hur saves both the slaves and Arrius, the ship’s Consul. Arrius convinces Emperor Tiberius to free Ben-Hur, and Arrius adopts and assimilates him. After gaining some wealth, Ben-Hur returns to Judea to discover that Messala is competing in a chariot race witnessed by the new Judean governor, Pontius Pilate. Ben-Hur turns down an offer to compete, choosing to seek out his family. He finds Esther in Jerusalem. Esther knows Ben-Hur’s sister and mother have been cast out as lepers but, to spare his feelings, tells Ben-Hur they are dead. Seeking vengeance, he decides to enter the chariot race, where Messala is eventually mortally wounded. While dying, Messala tells Ben-Hur that his family is the valley of the lepers.
When a member of the Egyptian royal family became pharaoh, he became much more than ruler of a mighty empire, he ascended to the rank of god. This position allowed the pharaoh to commission monuments to himself and to his reign, controls his subjects regardless of their rank, and maintain Egypt’s status among her enemies. Just as in any hierarchical governmental system, the pharaoh treated different classes of individuals and groups in different ways from the austere priest to the lowly peasant. The them, Pharaoh was a god and he would allow no one to forget that fact; but to him, the world was below him and he treated each group accordingly. This is illustrated in some of the few surviving works from the Egyptian dynastic periods. Through personal letters, official government correspondence, and fiction, a broad picture can be painted as to how the pharaoh interacted with his people and how they reacted towards him.
The Passage begins with Abraham out by his tent on a hot day when the lord appears to him. One problem with the interpretation of this is the use of the word " lord" does this mean God himself or a divine being. I believe that the words LORD and God were inter-changeable in the Bible text. It is important to remember that these stories were written many years after they original were told this can be away of speech that it might not been allowed to say the name of God unless in prayer and since this is a story they use the word LORD instead so they would not be sinning. One might wonder what is meant by "the terebinth Mamre" is also translated in other Bible texts as " in the plains of Mamre" I believe this is just a change by translation or that the real definition of the word of terebinth is not known whish I believe can be some problem with the Bible translation in general. But in this case it an ways it is just giving the location of Abraham's tent with him and his wife.
Bahauddin ran from the salt caverns all the way to Balabad as soon as he saw his keys were gone despite the fact that he was old and actually very weak, and as soon as the invader handed Zim the baby girl Bahauddin came smashed the doors and started punching all the invaders “DON’T TOUCH MY DAUGHTER YOU HALOGENS!” Bahauddin yelled and Zim looked down at the baby, “Hello Lilac..” Zim smiled evilly “Kill him and his putrid wife for stealing my beloved daughter.” Zim commanded and the invaders rushed into the Queen's bedroom and stabbed Bahauddins wife to death. As Bahauddin was fighting the invaders he heard his wife's screams of terror, she screamed bloody murder. It made Bahauddins heart skip a beat as he saw and heard the woman he loved so dearly being stabbed to death. The invaders ran at Bahauddin and he gained some sort of strength and started fighting back even though he was so weak and frail. Bahauddin fought and fought for what seemed forever till finally Zim was only invader left and Bahauddin panted as wiped the sweat from his forehead. He took a knife from one of the invaders and stabbed Zim in the
...ower of God; however choose the other side in almost every account. Although both of the Kings were killed in battle it can be seen that King Josiah died noble death, one of honor and respect. King Ahab was killed in battle; however his death was not as noble. His repentance was too far lost in the countless times God has given him chances. These two Kings took their power in very different directions, showing how the power of God can guide one through life.
One day, Abram had a vision. In the vision God tells Abram to leave his father’s house which is today’s Iraq, and travel to a place that God will show him. God said that if Abram who becomes Abraham obeyed this command, his descendants would become a great nation, and that he will bless thee,...
The book is based on actual events and is expressed through a personal point of view. Ishmael wrote a memoir that tells the story of a young boy who is torn from his peaceful life, and then forced into a frightening world of drugs and slavery. In writing about his experiences, he has made the decision to present his experiences in a particular way by missing out details and recounting others. This along with the language used and the order, in which the events are disclosed, all serve to create a particular interpretation and to guide the reader to respond in a particular way.
The young Pharaoh was the first ruler to commence the removal of Amon-Ra, the sun God of a symbolic falcon that has been worshipped by his previous predecessors since the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. Subsequently, Amenhotep IV hated how the representation of his name stood as “Amon is pleased” and changed his name to Akhenaten, which means “He who is profitable to the Aten”. When Akhenaten proclaimed Aten is the only one true God across Egypt, he began to remove the priests of Amon and dissolved any religious institutions that practiced Polytheism and Amon-Ra. In addition, Akhenaten builds a new capital city called Akhetaten between Memphis and from the original capital of Thebes in Egypt, to honor the new sun’s rays God, Aten. The high taxation of the infrastructure cost of the new capital, and the removal of Amon-Ra and the Polytheism religions had profoundly upset the Egyptian people. Soon after Akhenaten death, the Egyptian people eradicated his identity, the memory of Aten, and the capital of Akhetaten from recorded
Unfortunately, Sarah was unable to bare children for many years. She even assigned blame, asserting, “The Lord has kept me from having children (Genesis 16:1).” God had promised Sarah she would bear children but Sarah grew impatient, as she often did. Now, Sarah turned to her Egyptian servant, Hagar. Sarah rendered Hagar to Abraham so that she could bear his child. Abraham consented to his wife’s wishes and later Ishmael was born. [The Book does not mention whether Hagar consented to this arrangement or not.] Now, both Sarah and Hagar were connected to Abraham. After Hagar conceives a child with Abraham, Sarah holds a certain level of antipathy towards her servant. Sarah feels that her servant holds her to a lower esteem because she cannot conceive, and Sarah starts to feels insignificant. In return, Sarah treats her servant harshly until finally Hagar flees from her. While in exile, an angel proposed that Hagar return to Sarah and Abraham and be subservient; in return, blessings would be bestowed upon
These men were actually two angels and the Lord (Genesis 18:22; 19:1). As their visit ended, they looked toward Sodom and the Lord revealed to Abram His plan. " The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know" (Genesis 18:20-21).
Born is guilty of separating a father and son who were previously conjoined. Since he separated two things that were together, he spends eternity separated himself: “I bear my head cut off from its life source” (329.140). Born is a unique individual in the sense that he is not diluted like many other sinners in the story are. He compares his sin to that of Ahithophel’s counsel to Absalom about David and, unlike many others, he gets his comparison right: “Ahithophel said to Absalom, ‘I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David. I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and all the people with him will flee. I would strike down the only king and bring all of the people back to you” (II Samuel 17.1-3). It is also interesting how closely related Born’s punishment is to Absalom and Ahithophel’s death: “The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his (Absalom) head was caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between heaven and earth.” (II Samuel 18.9). Second Samuel Chapter 17 Verse 23 states that Ahithophel hanged himself. Just like Born’s head was separated from his body, Absalom and Ahithophel died separated between heaven and
Before boarding the ship, Ishmael sees a person on the dock beside the whaling boat. This person's name is Elijah, coincidentally sharing the same name as the prophet. Elijah hints to Ishmael to turn back from this voyage while he still has time. Elijah states that Ahab shall smell land where there be none, Ahab shall go to his grave but will rise within one hour and beckon, and all save one will be destroyed. Ishmael disregards him and continues. When Ishmael is ready to board the ship, Elijah warns him again. This is a sign that something terrible will happen once aboard the ship and everything and everyone will be traumatized. If only Ishmael would know, he will soon be trapped in Ahab's crazy world.
These peaceful and great times in Egypt lasted until about 1400 BCE when Amenhotep IV took to the throne. He is better known as Akhenaten which means “living spirit of Aten”. He only believed in one god which is contrast to many Egyptians’ beliefs. Even with the opposition, he still enforced the Egyptians to become monotheistic. He also moved the Egyptian capital from Thebes to Amarna to help with his monotheistic push. His time on the throne is known as the Amarna period. He was also known for being the first ruler to request a temple to be made for him and his wife.