Discovering the Old Testament, Part 8
The stories of the Patriarchs, beginning with Abraham, are stories of survival. How did these progenitors survive, and why were they favored to receive God’s covenant? This was a major question that Genesis seeks to address; why some people survive with God’s favor and other do not boils down to how we treat each other.
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