God’s Sense
The
churches of
Christ Greet You (Romans 16:16)
The book of Genesis is the book of “beginnings.” The beginning of many things done by God can be found in the book of Genesis. You might be familiar with the question: “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” The correct answer is NEITHER! Everything began and begins with a seed. The seed is the word of God (Luke 8:11). God SPOKE and things came into existence. Maybe the things were full grown and ready to reproduce, but they all came from the seed of God's Word (voice).
He, the GOD of creation (Genesis 1:1), includes the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. Jesus was the Word in the beginning (John 1:1-3, 14). Jesus, the image of the invisible God, created all things (Colossians 1:15-16). God spoke, “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). Thus, Jesus (the Word) planted His seed and light grew (instantaneously) into a reality. For a period of six days He continued to plant His seed by speaking His creation into existence. Upon completion, He looked and saw that everything He had made (created, planted, formed, grew, etc.) was very good (Genesis 1:31). On the seventh day He rested from all His seed planting work (Genesis 2:2, 3).
The Bible teaches that man (Adam) was created in the image or in the likeness (Genesis 1:26-27) of the triune God (Father, Word [Son], and Holy Spirit). Being made in the image of God, man became a living soul (Genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:45). Man’s living soul is eternal (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:18; cf. Hebrews 9:14). While Adam (man) was created in God's image, he fell from that image through sin (Genesis 3). Sin brought “death” or separation of man from God (Genesis 2:16-17; 3:19, 22-24; cf. Romans 6:23).
Everyone born since Adam has been born after Adam’s image (Genesis 5:3). One must now be "born again” (John 3:7, cf. vs. 5) to conform to the image of God – the Son (Romans 8:29). We are reborn in God's image with a living eternal spirit to replace the "dead" one (Ephesians 2:1). Paul said, “Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:49; cf. 2 Corinthians 4:4). Having put on the new “self,” we are (daily) “being renewed in knowledge after the image of God” (Colossians 3:10). No other part of God’s creation is “born again” by hearing, believing, and obeying the Gospel (Romans 10:17; John 8:24; Hebrews 5:9; Luke 13:3; Matthew 10:32-33; Mark 16:15-16).
The beginning of many things done by man can also be found in the book of Genesis. As we read Genesis, we see man beginning to do the same things God does. This is natural because man, from the beginning, could only learn to live right by watching, communing with, and imitating God, his CREATOR (cf. Ephesians 5:1). On the other side, we also see man beginning to follow Satan (Genesis 3) by doing some things God does not do – i.e., stealing (Genesis 31:19, 32), deceiving (Genesis 34:13), lying (Genesis 37:20), etc.
The world’s wisdom
teaches
that man has only five senses – i.e., hearing, smelling, seeing,
tasting, and
touching. This wisdom comes from those who insist that man evolved from
lower
forms of life. They reason, “Since the fish, birds, beast, cattle, and
creeping
things have the same five senses as man, then man must have evolved
from these
lower forms.”
Genesis, the first
book of
the Bible, instructs mankind in the knowledge that God has at least
seven
senses. Therefore man also has at least seven senses. The additional
two
“senses” revealed in God’s word allow man to personally communicate
with and be
like his Creator. Of equal importance, these two “senses” prove that
man did
not evolve from the beast. Man (Adam) was created in the image of God.
QUESTION: What
are these
senses?
ANSWER:
1. The sense of
thinking
(imagining, meditating, planning, reasoning, remembering, etc.),
2. The sense of
speech
(talking, commanding, etc.)
Like God, man has a
heart
(Genesis 8:1). No other part of God’s creation has this spiritual
heart. The heart
of man is the seat of the mind - the place where he thinks (Proverbs
23:7).
Yes, man IS what he thinks (Proverbs 23:7). The sense of thinking in
the heart
makes man far different from all other parts of God’s creation. This
“sense”
alone is a deathblow to evolution.
Thinking IN OUR HEART naturally leads to speech (cf. Matthew 15:18). God is a God of communication. He has spoken through His Son (Hebrews 1:1-3), and He speaks to us daily through His Creation (Psalms 19:1-4a). His highest creation is also a being of communication. Even the “lower forms” of life communicate with each other and can be taught to communicate with man; however, only man calls on the name of the Lord (Genesis 4:26). Only man communicates on a personal basis with God (someone please show us the monkey, bird, or fish that bows down and prays to God with its understanding – cf. Genesis 20:17). No other part of God’s Creation has the ability to speak verbally (or in thought) with our CREATOR.
Have you ever wondered what makes man different from the animals? Solomon, the wise king of old, said that God "has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Animals do not have eternity in their hearts like men and women. Animals eat, drink, and play like us, but they do not worship. Worship is something only people do. Worship is a special love and loyalty given to a deity, an idol, or a sacred object. Anthropologists (scientists who study people) say that every group or culture in the world worships in some way or another.
Communication is of
utmost
importance, and man’s imagination encourages him to invent more and
more ways
to communicate. Yet, we neglect the two most important forms of
communication
in our life – Bible study and prayer to God. Satan is well aware of
these
truths. Have you noticed how daily he uses the media [USA TODAY, CNN,
MTV,
RADIO, MOVIES, etc.] to spread fear, greed, hate, lies, lust, and
worry? The
media is being used by the evil one to control this lost world (cf. 1
John
2:15-17; 5:19)! With all the mass communication networks available at
our
fingertips (Telephone, Internet, Satellite, Mail, FAX, etc.), those who
are of
God should be ashamed that we do not better use them to spread the Good
News of
faith, hope, and love (1 Corinthians 13:13).
Below we will use
ONLY the
book of Genesis (KJV) to reveal GOD’S SENSE. In many cases the
revelation of
the Holy Spirit will show us examples of man using the same sense of
God in the
things of God. Our prayer is that this study will bless you with a
deeper
understanding of God as He is shown in the book of Genesis. Our prayer
is that
we each will continue to study the entire Bible and better come to know
our
God, ourselves, and His Plan. Please remember and believe the words of
our
Lord: “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only
true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3). This “eternal life”
is
available only to those who are in Christ (1 John 5:11-12).
ALL Glory to God
through Jesus
His Word!
I. THE SENSE OF HEARING (listening,
hearken,
etc.)
God Heard – 17:20 Abraham concerning Ishmael
Man Heard – 3:8, 10 the voice of God in the garden; 34:5
(Jacob H)
that his daughter (Dinah) had been defiled by Shechem
God Hearkened – 30:17 unto Leah; 30:22 to Rachel
God Smelled – 8:21 a sweet savour
Man Smelled – 27:27 (Isaac S) the smell of Jacob’s raiment
III. THE SENSE OF SEEING (looking, etc.)
God Looked – 6:12 upon the earth; 18:16 toward Sodom
Man Looked – 8:13 (Noah L) and the face of the ground
was dry;
29:2 (Jacob L) and beheld a well in the field
God Saw – 1:4 the light, it was good, 1:10 the earth
and
seas, they were good; 1:12 the grass and herbs, they were good; 1:18
the sun,
moon, and stars, they were good; 1:21 the fish and birds, they were
good; 1:25
the land animals and creeping things, they were good; 1:31 everything
He had
made, it was very good; 6:5 that the wickedness of man was great in the
earth;
29:31 that Leah was hated; 32:25 that He prevailed not against Jacob
Man Saw – 3:6 that the tree (of knowledge of good and
evil) was
good for food; 6:2 (Sons of God S) the daughters of men
IV. THE SENSE OF TASTING (cf. Jesus – Matthew
27:34;
eating, drinking, etc.)
God Allowed Man
to Eat – 1:29 the seed
bearing herbs and trees; 2:9 the
trees; 2:16, 17 of every tree except the tree of knowledge of good and
evil;
3:18 the herb of the field; 3:19 bread; 6:21 all food that is eaten;
9:3, 4
every moving thing that lives (except the blood)
Man Did Eat – 3:6 the fruit of the tree of knowledge of
good and
evil; 25:28; 27:25 (Isaac DE) venison; 31:54 (Jacob DE) bread
Man Drank – 9:21 (Noah D) wine
God Allowed the
Earth
Animals to Eat – 1:30 the
green
herbs; 6:21 all food that is eaten
Animals Did Eat
– 24:32 straw and provender
Animals Drank – 24:19-20, 22 water
God Fed – 48:15 Israel (Jacob) all his life
Man Fed – 30:36 (Jacob F) the flocks of Laban
V. THE SENSE OF TOUCHING (feeling)
God Touched – 32:25, 32 the hollow of Jacob’s thigh
Man Touched – 27:21, 22 (Isaac T) Jacob
VI. THE SENSE OF THINKING (cf. Isaiah 55:8,
9;
Jeremiah 29:11)
God and Man ONLY
God’s Heart – 8:21 speaks in Him
Man’s Heart – 27:41 (Esau’s H) speaks in him
Man’s
Imagination – 6:5 was evil
continually; 8:21 comes from his heart
and is evil from his youth; 11:6 allows him to do anything when united
as one
Man Grieved – 26:35 (Isaac G) in his mind
God Remembered – 8:1 Noah and every living thing; 19:29
Abraham; 30:22
Rachel
Man Remembered – 41:9 (Butler R) his faults; 42:9 (Joseph R)
the
dreams which he dreamed
God Called – 1:5 the light day and the darkness night;
1:8 the
firmament Heaven; 1:10 the dry land Earth and the gathering together of
the
waters Seas; 3:9 unto Adam; 21:17 to Hagar out of heaven; 22:11, 15
unto Abraham
out of heaven; 35:10 Jacob’s name Israel
Man Called – 2:23 his wife Woman; 3:20 his wife’s name
Eve; 4:26;
12:8; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25 (Men C) upon the name of the Lord
God Commanded – 2:16, 17; 3:11, 17 the man; 6:14-22; 7:1-5
Noah; 26:5
Abraham
Man Commanded – 33:17, 19 (Jacob C) his servants; 42:25
(Joseph C)
that his brother’s sacks be filled with corn
God Named – 5:2 the male and female Adam; 16:11 Ishmael;
17:5
Abram Abraham; 17:15 Sarai Sarah; 17:19 Isaac; 32:28; 35:10 Jacob Israel
Man Named – 2:20 all the cattle, birds, and beast of
the field;
3:20 his wife Eve
God Said – 1:3 let there be light; 1:6 let there be a
firmament
in the midst of the waters; 1:9 let the waters under heaven gather
together and
let the dry land appear; 1:11 let the earth bring forth grass after his
kind;
1:14 let there be lights in the firmament (sun, moon, and stars); 1:20
let the
waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life; 1:20
let the
birds fly above the earth; 1:22 be fruitful and multiply, and fill the
seas,
and let the birds multiply in the earth; 1:24 let the earth bring forth
the
living creature after his kind; 1:26 let us (Father, Word [Son] and
Holy
Spirit) make man in our image; 1:26 let man have dominion over all the
earth;
1:28 be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth; 1:29 I have
given man
every herb (plant) bearing seed and every tree with seed in its fruit
for meat
(food); 1:30 I have given every green herb as meat for the earth
animals and
creeping things; 2:16, 17 Adam, you may eat of every tree of the garden
except
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; 2:17 Adam, you shall die
the day
you eat of the forbidden tree; 2:18 it is not good that the man should
be
alone; 3:9 Adam, where art thou?; 3:11 Adam, who told you thou was
naked?; 3:11
Adam, have you eaten of the forbidden tree?; 3:13 Eve, what is this you
have
done?; 3:15 Serpent, the seed of woman shall bruise your head and you
shall
bruise his heel; 3:16 Eve, your husband shall rule over you; 3:17 Adam,
cursed
is the ground for thy sake; you will eat of it in sorrow; 3:22 the man
is
become as one of us; 4:6 Cain, why are you wroth?; 4:7 Cain, you will
be
accepted if you do good; 4:9 Cain, where is your brother Abel?; 4:10
Cain, what
have you done?; 4:12 Cain, the ground will no longer yield her strength
to you;
4:12 Cain, a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth you shall be; 4:15
Cain,
whoever slays you, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold; 6:3 My
spirit
shall not always strive with man…his days shall be 120 years; 6:13
Noah, the
end of all flesh is come before Me; 6:14 Noah, make thee an ark of
gopher wood;
6:14 Noah, rooms shall you make in the ark, and pitch it within and
without;
6:15 Noah, make the ark 300X50X30 cubits; 6:16 Noah, make a window
above and a
door in the side of the ark; 6:16 Noah, make three floors in the ark;
6:17
Noah, I do bring a flood of waters to destroy all flesh from under
heaven
(wherein is the breath of life); 6:17 Noah, every thing that is in the
earth
shall die; 6:18 Noah, you shall come into the ark with your family;
6:19, 20
Noah, you shall bring two of every living thing of all flesh (male and
female)
into the ark to keep them alive; 6:21 Noah, take with thee all food
that is
eaten as food for you and them; 7:1 Noah, come, you and your house,
into the
ark; 7:1 Noah, I have seen you righteous before me in this generation;
7:2, 3
Noah, take with thee seven (pairs) of the clean beasts and birds, and
two
(pairs) of the unclean beast to keep seed alive upon the earth; 8:16,
17 Noah, go
forth from the ark with every living thing on the ark; 8:17 Noah, be
fruitful,
and multiply upon the earth; 8:21 in His heart; 8:22 seed time and
harvest,
cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease while
the earth
remains; 9:1 Noah, be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth;
9:2 Noah,
all the beast, birds, creeping things and fish shall fear man; 9:3
Noah, every
moving thing that lives shall be meat for man; 9:4 Noah, man shall not
eat
flesh with the life of it (blood); 9:6 Noah, whoever sheds man blood,
by man
shall his blood be shed; 9:7 Noah, be fruitful, and multiply; bring
forth
abundantly and multiply in the earth; 9:9-11 Noah, I establish my
covenant with
you, and your seed, and every living creature coming out of the ark;
9:11 Noah,
all flesh will not be cut off nor will the earth be destroyed again by
a flood;
9:12-14 Noah, my token of the covenant will be the bow in the cloud;
9:17 Noah,
this (bow) is the token of my everlasting covenant with every living
creature of
all flesh upon the earth; 11:6 the people is one and have one language;
11:6
nothing that man imagines to do will be restrained from them; 11:7 let
us
(Father, Word [Son], and Holy Spirit) go down and confound their
language; 15:1
Abram, fear not: I am your shield and exceeding great reward; 15:4
Abram,
Eliezer shall not be your heir, but he that shall come out of your own
bowels
shall be your heir (Isaac); 15:5 Abram, your seed shall be numberless
like the
stars of heaven; 15:7 Abram, I am the Lord; I give you Canaan to
inherit; 15:9
Abram, take Me a heifer, a she goat, a ram, a turtledove, and a pigeon;
15:13
Abram, your seed shall be a stranger in a land (Egypt), and there serve
and be
afflicted 400 years; 15:14 Abram, afterward your seed shall come out
(of Egypt)
with great substance; 15:15 Abram, you shall go to your fathers in
peace and be
buried in a good old age; 15:16 Abram, in the fourth generation your
seed shall
come again to Canaan; 15:16 Abram, the iniquity of the Amorites is not
yet
full; 16:8 Hagar, where did you come from and where are you going?;
16:9 Hagar,
return to Sarah and submit to her; 16:11 Hagar, you are with child and
shall
bear a son (Ishmael); 16:12 Hagar, (Ishmael) shall be a wild man and be
against
every man, and every man shall be against him; 17:1 Abram, I am God
Almighty;
walk before me and be perfect; 17:4 Abram, my covenant is with you, and
you
shall be a father of many nations; 17:5 Abram (see God Named); 17:9
Abraham,
you and your seed shall keep My covenant; 17:10 Abraham, this is my
covenant;
every man child among you shall be circumcised; 17:11 Abraham, you
shall
circumcise the flesh of your foreskin as a token of the covenant;
17:12, 13
Abraham, he that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised;
17:14
Abraham, he that is not circumcised has broken my covenant and shall be
cut off
from his people; 17:15 Abraham (see God Named); 17:19, 21 Abraham,
Sarah shall
bear thee a son (Isaac); 17:20 Abraham, Ishmael shall beget twelve
princes;
18:5 Abraham, do as thou has said; 18:9 Abraham, where is Sarah your
wife?;
18:10, 14 Abraham, Sarah shall have a son (Isaac); 18:13 Abraham, why
did Sarah
laugh?; 18:14 Abraham, is anything too hard for the Lord?; 18:15 Sarah,
you did
laugh; 18:17 Abraham, shall I hide from you what I do?; 18:18 Abraham,
you
shall become a great and mighty nation, and in you shall all the
nations of the
earth be blessed; 18:19 Abraham, I know you will command your children
and
household, and they shall keep My way; 18:20 the cry of Sodom and
Gomorrah is great
and their sin is very grievous; 20:3 Abimelech, you are a dead man;
20:6
Abimelech, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart; 20:7
Abimelech,
restore Sarah to Abraham or die; 20:7 Abimelech, Abraham is a prophet
and he
shall pray for you and you shall live; 21:12 Abraham, don’t be grieved
over
Ishmael and Hagar; 21:12 Abraham, hearken unto Sarah; in Isaac shall
thy seed
be called; 21:17 Hagar, what aileth thee? fear not; 21:18 Hagar, arise,
lift up
Ishmael and hold him; 22:1, 2 Abraham, take Isaac to the land of Moriah
and
offer him for a burnt offering; 22:11,12 Abraham do not hurt Isaac;
22:15-18
Abraham, because you have obeyed My voice, you, your seed, and all
nations will
be blessed; 25:23 Rebekah, two nations are in your womb (Israel and
Edom);
25:23 Rebekah, the elder (Esau) of the two people in your bowels will
serve the
younger (Jacob); 26:2, 3 Isaac, go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the
land I
shall tell you of; 26:24 Isaac, I am the God of Abraham: fear not, for
I am
with thee; 28:13 Jacob, I am the Lord God of Abraham and Isaac; 28:14
Jacob,
your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and in thee and in your
seed shall
all the families of the earth be blessed; 28:15 Jacob, I am with thee;
31:3
Jacob, return to the land of your fathers; 31:12 Jacob, lift up your
eyes and
see; 31:13 Jacob, I am the God of Bethel; 31:13 Jacob, arise, and
return unto
the land of your kindred; 31:24 Laban, take heed that you speak neither
good or
bad to Jacob; 32:9 Jacob, return unto your country, and to your
kindred; 32:26
Jacob, let me go, for the day breaks; 32:27 Jacob, what is your name?;
32:28
Jacob (see God Named); 32:29 Jacob, why are you asking Me My name?;
35:1 Jacob,
arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there: and make there an altar unto
God; 35:10
Jacob (see God Named); 35:11 Jacob, I am God Almighty, be fruitful and
multiply; 35:11 Jacob, a nation and a company of nations shall be of
thee, and
kings shall come out of your loins
Man Said – 2:23 the woman was bone of his bones and
flesh of his
flesh; 4:1 I have gotten a man from the Lord; 27:41 (Esau S) in his
heart
God Spake – 8:15 unto Noah; 9:8; unto Noah and his sons;
16:13
unto Hagar; 24:7 unto Abraham; 31:11 unto Jacob in a dream; 31:29 unto
Laban;
35:15 unto Jacob at Bethel; 46:2 unto Israel (Jacob) in the visions of
the
night
God Talked – 17:3 with Abram; 35:13, 14 with Jacob
Man Talked – 4:8 (Cain T) with his brother Abel
God’s Voice – 26:5 obeyed by Abraham
Man’s Voice – 27:13, 14 obeyed by Jacob
God Breathed – 2:7 into Adam’s nostrils the breath of life
Man Brought – 4:3 (Cain B) of the fruit of the ground an
offering
unto God; 37:28 (Ishmeelites B) Joseph into Egypt
God Closed – 2:21 up Adam’s flesh
God Counted – 15:6 Abram’s faith to him for righteousness
God Created – 1:1 the heaven and
the earth; 1:21 great whales and every living creature that moves;
every winged
bird; 1:27 man in His own image; male and female; 2:3 all His work; 2:4
the
heavens and the earth; 5:1 man; 5:2 male and female; 6:7 man, beast,
the
creeping thing, the birds of the air
God Did – 3:21 make coats of skin for man; 11:7, 9
confound the
language of all the earth at Babel; 11:8, 9 scatter Noah’s descendants
abroad
upon the face of the earth; 21:1 unto Sarah as He had spoken; 22:1
tempt (test)
Abraham; 45:5 send Joseph into Egypt before his brothers to preserve
life
God Divided – 1:4 the light from the darkness; 1:7 the
waters under
the firmament from the waters above the firmament
God Drove – 3:24 man out of the garden of Eden; 4:14 Cain
out from
the face of the earth
Man Drove – 15:11 (Abram D) the birds away from the
carcasses
God Established
– 9:8-17 an everlasting
covenant with Noah and his seed
(us), and with all flesh upon the earth; 41:32 Pharaoh’s dreams
God Formed – 2:7 man from the ground; 2:19 every beast
and bird
from the ground
Man Found – 6:8 (Noah F) grace in the eyes of the Lord;
37:17
(Joseph F) his brothers in Dothan
God Had (hath) – 1:31 made everything; 2:2 made all His work;
2:3
rested on the seventh day; 2:5 not caused it to rain upon the earth;
2:8 formed
man; 2:22 taken the rib from man to make the woman; 3:1 made the beast
of the
field; 4:4 respect unto Abel and his offering; 4:5 not respect for Cain
and his
offering; 5:29 cursed the ground; 6:6 made man on the earth; 7:9, 16
commanded
Noah; 12:1 said unto Abram, leave your country, relatives, and father’s
house
and go to a land I will show you; 12:2, 3 said unto Abram, you shall be
a
blessing…and in thee all families of the earth shall be blessed; 12:4
spoken
unto Abram; 14:20 delivered Abram’s enemies into his hands; 16:2
restrained
Sarai from bearing (children); 16:11 heard Hagar’s affliction; 17:23
said that
Abraham should circumcise the males of his household; 18:19 spoken
concerning
the things He would do for Abraham; 18:33 left communing with Abraham;
19:13
sent two angels to destroy Sodom (and Gomorrah); 20:18 fast closed up
all the
wombs of the house of Abimelech; 21:1 said He would visit Sarah (allow
her to
conceive); 21:1, 2 spoken (unto Abraham); 21:4 commanded Abraham to
circumcise
the males of his household; 21:6 made Sarah to laugh; 21:17 heard the
voice of
the lad (Ishmael); 22:3, 9 told Abraham the place where to sacrifice
Isaac;
24:1 blessed Abraham in all things; 24:27 not left Abraham destitute of
His
mercy and truth; 24:35 blessed Abraham greatly; 24:44 appointed Rebekah
for
Isaac’s wife; 24:48 led Abraham’s servant in the right way; 24:51
spoken that
Rebekah would be Isaac’s wife; 24:56 prospered Abraham’s servant’s way;
26:22
made room for Isaac in the land of Philistine; 27:27 blessed a certain
smelling
field; 28:15 spoken to Jacob; 29:32 looked upon Leah’s affliction;
29:33 heard
that Leah was hated; 30:2 withheld the fruit of the womb from Rachel;
30:6
judged Rachel; 30:6 heard Rachel’s voice; 30:20 endued Leah with a good
dowry;
30:23 taken away Rachel’s reproach; 30:27 blessed Laban for Jacob’s
sake; 30:30
blessed Laban since Jacob came to him; 31:5 been with Jacob; 31:9 taken
away
Laban’s cattle; 31:12 seen all that Laban did unto Jacob; 31:16 taken
away
Laban’s riches; 31:16 said that Jacob should return to the land of
Canaan;
31:42 been with Jacob; 31:42 seen Jacob’s affliction and the labour of
his
hands; 33:11 dealt graciously with Jacob; 41:25 shewed Pharaoh what He
was
about to do; 41:39 shewed Joseph all that should be done; 41:51 made
Joseph
forget all his toil and his father’s house; 41:52 caused Joseph to be
fruitful
in Egypt; 42:28 restored the money to Joseph’s brother’s sacks; 44:16
found out
the iniquity of the sons of Jacob; 45:8 made Joseph a father to
Pharaoh,
and lord of all his house; 45:8, 9 made Joseph a ruler and lord over
Egypt;
48:11 shewed Israel (Jacob) Joseph’s seed
Man Had – 5:3, 4 begotten a son (Seth) after his image;
6:12
corrupted God’s way upon the earth; 8:6 (Noah H) made the ark; 13:4
(Abram H)
made an altar; 28:6 (Isaac H) blessed Jacob; 41:54 (Joseph H) said
there would
be seven years of famine in all the land of Egypt
God Knew – 18:19 Abraham; 20:6 Abimelech was innocent
concerning
Sarah; 22:12 Abraham feared Him
Man Knew – 3:7 they were naked; 8:11 (Noah K) the waters
were
abated from off the earth; 42:8 (Joseph K) his brethren, but they did
not know
him
God Led – 24:27 Abraham’s servant to the house of
Abraham’s
brethren
God Left – 17:22 off talking with Abraham
Man Left – 11:8 (Noah’s Descendants L) off building the
city
(Babel) and tower
God Made – 1:7 the firmament;
1:16 two great lights; 1:16 the stars; 1:25 the beast of the earth; 2:3
all His
work; 2:4 the earth and the heavens; 2:9 the trees; 2:22 a woman with
man’s
rib; 5:1 man in His likeness; 6:7 man, beast, creeping things, and
birds; 7:4
every living substance; 8:1 the wind; 9:6 man in His image; 15:18 a
covenant
with Abraham; 17:5 Abraham a father of many nations; 39:3, 23 all
Joseph did to
prosper; 49:24 Joseph’s hands strong
Man Made – 3:7
aprons for
themselves; 27:37 (Isaac M)
Jacob lord
over Esau; 37:3 (Israel M) Joseph
a
coat of many colors
God Moved – 1:2 upon the face of the waters
God Overthrew – 19:25 Sodom and Gomorrah; 19:29 the cities
where Lot
dwelt
God Placed – 3:24 Cherubims and a flaming sword at the
east of the
garden
Man Placed – 47:11 (Joseph P) his father and his brethren
in the
land of Egypt
God Plagued – 12:17 Pharaoh and his house
God Planted – 2:8 a garden eastward in Eden
Man Planted – 9:20 (Noah P) a vineyard; 21:33 (Abraham P)
a grove
in Beersheba
God Possessed – 14:19, 22 heaven and earth
Man Possessed – 23:17, 18 (Abraham P) the field/cave of
Ephron in
Machpelah for a burying place; 26:14 (Isaac P) flocks, herds, and many
servants
God Put – 2:8, 15 the man in the garden of Eden
Man Put – 8:9 (Noah P) forth his hand and pulled in the
dove;
41:42 (Pharaoh P) his ring on Joseph’s hand
God Rained – 19:24 fire and brimstone from heaven on Sodom
and
Gomorrah
God Rebuked – 31:42 Laban
Man Rebuked – 37:10 (Jacob R) Joseph
God Repented – 6:6, 7 that He had made man, beast, creeping
things
and birds on the earth
God Rested – 2:2 on the seventh day
God Sanctified – 2:3 the seventh day
God Sent – 3:23 the man forth from the garden of Eden;
19:29 Lot
out of Sodom; 45:7 Joseph before his brothers to preserve for them a
posterity
in the earth and to save their lives; 45:8 Joseph to Egypt
God Shewed – 32:10 His mercy and truth to Jacob; 39:21
Joseph
mercy; 41:28 Pharaoh what He was about to do
God Shut – 7:16 Noah in the ark
Man Shut – 19:6 (Lot S) the door after him
God Slew – 38:7 Er, Judah’s firstborn; 38:9, 10 Onan
Man Slew – 4:8, 25 (Cain S) his brother Abel
God Smote – 8:21 every living thing on earth with a
flood
Man Smote – 14:5-7 (Chedorlaomer S) the Rephaims, the
Zuzims, the
Emims, the Horites, all the country of the Amalekites, and the Amorites
God Stood – 28:12, 13 above (Jacob’s) ladder reaching to
heaven
from earth
God Suffered – 20:6 Abimelech not to touch Sarah; 31:7 Laban
not to
hurt Jacob
Man Suffered – 31:28 (Jacob S) Laban not to kiss his children
Man Took – 3:6 of the fruit from the tree of knowledge
of good
and evil; 4:19 (Lamech T) unto him two wives; 6:2 (Sons
of God T)
wives of all which they choose; 22:6, 10 (Abraham T) the knife to slay
his son
God Was – 21:20 with the lad (Ishmael); 25:21
intreated of
Isaac; 26:28 with Isaac; 35:3 with Jacob; 35:5 upon the cities
round
about Jacob’s journeys with terror; 39:2, 3, 21, 23 with Joseph
God Will – 1:26 make man; 2:18 make a helpmeet (woman)
for the
man; 3:15 put enmity between the serpent and the woman; 3:16 greatly
multiply
the woman’s sorrow and her conception; 6:7 destroy man, beast, the
creeping
thing, and the birds from the face of the earth; 6:13 destroy all flesh
with
the earth; 6:18 establish His covenant with Noah; 7:4 cause it to rain
on the
earth 40 days and 40 nights; 7:4 destroy every living substance off the
face of
the earth; 8:21 not again curse the ground for man’s sake; 8:21 not
again smite
every living thing with a flood; 9:5, 6 require blood for blood (life
for
life); 9:15, 16 remember His covenant with Noah and every living
creature of
all flesh; 9:16 look upon the bow in the cloud; 12:1 show Abram a land
(Canaan); 12:2 make a great nation from Abram (Hebrews); 12:2 bless
Abram and
make his name great; 12:3 bless or curse those who bless or curse
Abram; 12:7;
13:14, 15, 17 give the land of Canaan to Abram and his seed forever;
13:16 make
Abram’s seed numberless as the dust of the earth; 15:14 judge Egypt;
16:10
multiply Hagar’s seed exceedingly; 17:2 make His covenant with Abram
and
multiply him exceedingly; 17:6 make Abraham exceeding fruitful and make
nations
and kings from him; 17:7 establish His covenant with Abraham and his
seed; 17:8
give all the land of Canaan to Abraham and his seed; and be their God;
17:16
give Abraham a son from Sarah; 17:16 bless Sarah and make her a mother
of
nations and kings; 17:19 establish His covenant with Isaac and his
seed; 17:20
make Ishmael fruitful and multiply him exceedingly and make him a great
nation;
17:21 establish His covenant with Isaac; 18:10, 14 return unto Abraham
and
Sarah at the time appointed (the time of life); 18:19 bring upon
Abraham that
which He had spoken of him; 18:21go down to see Sodom and Gomorrah;
18:21 know
if Sodom and Gomorrah did according to the cry of it; 18:26 spare Sodom
for the
sake of 50 righteous within the city; 18:28 not destroy Sodom for 45
righteous;
18:29 not (destroy) Sodom for 40 righteous; 18:30 not (destroy) Sodom
for 30
righteous; 18:31 not destroy Sodom for 20 righteous; 18:32 not destroy
Sodom
for 10 righteous; 19:14 destroy Sodom; 21:13 make a nation of Ishmael;
21:18
make Ishmael a great nation; 22:2 tell Abraham on which mountain to
sacrifice
Isaac; 22:8 provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering; 22:17 bless
Abraham
and multiply his seed; 24:7 give the land of Canaan to Abraham’s seed;
24:40
send His angel with Abraham’s servant and prosper his way; 26:3 be with
and
bless Isaac; 26:3, 4 give all the land of the Philistines to Isaac and
his
seed; 26:3 perform the oath He gave to Abraham; 26:4 make Isaac’s seed
multiply
like the stars; 26:4 bless all the nations of the earth by Isaac’s seed
(Jews
to Jesus to Christians); 26:24 bless Isaac and multiply his seed for
Abraham’s
sake; 28:13 give the land (of Canaan) to Jacob and his seed; 28:15 keep
Jacob
in all places where he goes; 28:15 bring Jacob again into Canaan; 28:15
not
leave Jacob; 31:3 be with Jacob; 32:9 deal well with Jacob; 32:12
surely do
Jacob good and make his seed as the sand of the sea; 35:12 give Canaan
to Jacob
and his seed; 41:32 bring to pass Pharaoh’s dreams; 46:3 make a great
nation of
Jacob in Egypt; 46:4 go down to Egypt with Jacob; 46:4 bring Jacob up
(out of
Egypt); 48:4 make Jacob fruitful and multiply him; 48:4 make of Jacob a
multitude of people; 48:4 give Canaan to Jacob’s seed; 50:24, 25 visit
the
Israelites and bring them out of Egypt into Canaan
God Withheld – 20:6 Abimelech from sinning
Man Withheld – 22:12, 16 (Abraham W) not his son from God