The story of Abraham (5)

Gen 12:11  When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance,

Gen 12:12  and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.

Gen 12:13  Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake."

The story of Abraham (4)

Gen 12:10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

愛與火

真神在火燒荊棘的異象中向摩西顯現，要摩西帶領以色列百姓出埃及(出3:2-4)。摩西大概想不到在這麼平凡的一天，竟然會遇到真神；更想不到的是，真神竟是住在荊棘中(申33:16)。言下之意，在那火燒的荊棘異象中，真神乃是烈火！但為何是火？

The story of Abraham (3)

Gen 12:8  From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD.