reflectively, for what happens in a single line may echo off events for centuries to come. For instance, Adam and Eve's sin, because it was the first sin, became an emblem of disobedience against God.
Beginning at chapter 12, Genesis tells a different kind of story - that of a single family. The pace of the story slows to develop the personalities of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. These fathers and sons are full of human faults and oddities. Do you recognize any of their traits in people you know?
Seeing their fully human personalities, try to understand what God's plans were for them as individuals - and through them, for the restoration of a whole world marred by sin. |
