Genesis Themes

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Themes are often fundamentally universal ideas that are explored in many literary works. This is even true of the most sacred and honored book of our world “The Holy Bible”. The Old Testament both cultivates and endeavors to answer the one question that seems to pester all Christians. How can God be good and almighty, yet allow such evil to happen in the universe in our world as we know it. Upon studying the Book of Genesis it becomes clear that there are many themes scattered throughout the first story in the Bible. Moses set pen to paper and began the story of God and his people. From Creation to the possibility of redemption Genesis is full of sibling rivalry, infertility, covenants, lies and deceit.
Since Adam and Eve’s first defiant …show more content…

He created the sky, and the ocean with everything in between. Then he proceeded to do it again 2: 4-25. We are not even to chapter 3 in the Book of Genesis and God has already created the world twice. Combined with Genesis chapter nine and Noah with the flood one could say that God has now created the world three times. Why were humans, so bad that God has now created the earth three times? K. Shabi in his/her analysis of Genesis talks about Creation and it being full of holes. As well as repetitions found in the book of Genesis. Even going so far as the similarities between the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Leading us into yet another theme in the Book of …show more content…

The fact that our three ladies here are having trouble conceiving is not a good thing in the scheme of hierarchy. This causes trouble within the communities. Leaving Sarah to push Abraham into the arms of her servant Hagar. Now Abraham should have kept his faith and waited because God steps in, and Sarah conceives ten or eleven years after the birth of Ishmael. This causes much frustration between the two women, leading to all sorts of problems. Unfortunately, infertility reoccurs with Abraham’s son Isaac and his wife Rachel as well as Jacob and Rebekah. Leaving us to wonder at God’s plan. If he wants to populate the earth, why are our three ladies having such trouble? It could simply be that God has foresaw the sibling rivalry that was to come. Who are we kidding God knew exactly what was to come, but as we already know God is big on the free

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