Exodus Chapter 7 7:10 snake. The Hebrew word here is different from the one used in 4:3. The Hebrew word here can refer to a sea-monster, dragon, crocodile or snake. The purpose of this event is also different. The sign with Moses’ staff was for the Israelite elders. They saw it and, initially, believed Moses […]
Gedachte van de week Wezens verlangen ernaar zich te bevrijden van ellende,Maar het ongeluk zelf haasten ze zich om te vangen.Ze verlangen naar vreugde, maar in hun onwetendheid,Vernietig het, zoals ze een gehate vijand zouden doen. SHANTIDEVA (685-763)Shantideva, De Weg van de Bodhisattva: Een vertaling van de Bodhicharyavatara Hoofdstuk I, v 28, vertaling door de […]
Thought of the week Beings long to free themselves from misery,But misery itself they race to catch.They long for joy, but in their ignorance,Destroy it, as they would a hated enemy. SHANTIDEVA (685-763)Shantideva,The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyavatara Chapter I, v 28, translation by the Padmakara Translation Group, 1997.
11 And it will be in these days, and Moses will become great, and he will go forth to his brethren, and he will see their burdens: and he will see a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, from his brethren. 12 And he will turn hither and thither, and will see that there is […]
Genesis chapter 47 47:11 11 And Joseph will place his father and his brethren, and will give to them possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, according to what Pharaoh commanded. district of Rameses. At this period Rameses was not a common name and no city […]
In de Bijbellezing van vandaag krijgen we een zeer lange psalm onder ogen, waarbij de smeekbede van de psalmist opvalt. Deze vraagt namelijk dat God Hem zal nabij zijn en hem zal onderrichten met Zijn Woorden en Voorschriften. Dagelijks nemen we voedsel en drank binnen zodat we gezond blijven. Maar we mogen niet vergeten dat […]
Genesis chapter 30 30:14 And Reuben will go in the day of the harvest of wheat, and will find apples of mandrakes in the field, and he will bring them to Leah his mother: and Rachel will say to Leah, Give now to me of thy son’s apples of mandrakes. mandrake plants. The usual identification […]
And Jacob will dwell in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2 These the generations of Jacob: Joseph the son of seventeen years, was feeding the sheep with his brethren, and this youth with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph will bring […]
Circumcision is well-known in the ancient Near East from as early as the fourth millennium BC, though the details of its practice and its significance vary from culture to culture. Circumcision was practiced in the ancient Near East by many peoples. The Egyptians practised circumcision as early as the third millennium BC. West Semitic peoples, […]
Wonderen van de Schepping: Voorbeelden uit de natuurwereld van Gods’ grote wijsheid: De albatros. Van alle vogels die God geschapen heeft, is de albatros wellicht de meest indrukwekkende. Niet alleen heeft hij de grootste vleugelspanwijdte van alle vogels, waardoor hij grote afstanden kan afleggen, maar hij leeft ook lang: tot wel 50 jaar of meer. […]
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