Read Genesis 1:27 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on creation and human calling and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Genesis 3:15 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on fall and promise and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Genesis 15:6 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on abraham and covenant and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Genesis 50:20 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on joseph and providence and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.