tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12379286.post5068850753783329258..comments2023-12-29T10:55:36.569-05:00Comments on epistoli: Jacob Meets Rachel and Kisses Her -- Genesis 29:9-12Epistoli by Ken Godevenoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01007714849847693479noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12379286.post-88516856302826827552021-09-11T11:22:09.118-04:002021-09-11T11:22:09.118-04:00Thank you Thalia for your encouraging post. It is ...Thank you Thalia for your encouraging post. It is a joy to me to see that things I wrote twelve years ago are still being found and are being helpful to others. Let me know if I can help you with any other questions or thoughts you may have. Also, you may wish to check out my YouTube Bible Studies --- short (approx 10 minute) studies regularly -- currently working on the end of Judges. You can subscribe here and try some out: <br />https://www.youtube.com/user/accordconsulting/videos<br />Blessings. Ken.Epistoli by Ken Godevenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01007714849847693479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12379286.post-50641482132168154822021-09-11T07:25:08.984-04:002021-09-11T07:25:08.984-04:00Hello I’m currently reading Gen 29 and I’m in this...Hello I’m currently reading Gen 29 and I’m in this verse 12 and I was quite confused with the kids but this helped me understand more thank you so much!Thalia Casanovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419121851371116773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12379286.post-2333089341297797722011-03-07T20:42:14.869-05:002011-03-07T20:42:14.869-05:00Dear 2nd Anonymous (7/3/11): Thank you for your p...Dear 2nd Anonymous (7/3/11): Thank you for your perspective on the above post. I do wonder, however, as to why you would write anonymously? Anyway, you can respond to that as you wish.<br /><br />You are entitled to your "opinions" as you have shared them but when one disagrees with what another has written, it is best that he not simply say so, but identify him/herself and also provide some rationale or logic that is easy to understand. (By the way, your second sentence above is unclear and grammatically unsound -- it is an incomplete sentence as best and I fail to see its meaning.)<br /><br />I also find it hard to understand why it is "dangerous" to suggest what may have been causes for something just because certain things remain a "mystery" to other people. At this point in Genesis we do not have a lot of other "historical contextual background". In addition, my approach to studying the Scriptures is to basically take them as they are presented to us, to the extent possible. I believe the Spirit of God was indeed helping to open this passage of Scripture for me and I simply shared what I believe may be the case.<br /><br />You seem to criticize from a very "educated ivory tower" position which I find neither helpful, nor necessarily the truth. In my writing, I often say "we have no way of knowing certain things". Neither was I trying to give my understanding of the passage from a "historical contextual background and meaning". Blessings. Ken.Epistoli by Ken Godevenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01007714849847693479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12379286.post-60211933768566618362011-03-07T20:29:13.360-05:002011-03-07T20:29:13.360-05:00I'm not sure if the "exegetical-attempt&q...I'm not sure if the "exegetical-attempt" here bears ANY contextual truth, other than the seven steps in what took place in the Jacob and Rachel account. Now, given the seven step outline above in what actually happened in the Jacob Rachel account is true. But to eliminate the historical causes (background) for what happened in this account (the "reason" why he kissed her, the "reason" why he moved the large stone away from the well (showing off his strength to the other shepherds), or knowing whether or not his greeting to Rachel was a "premeditated" act)is absolutely dangerous for it remains a mystery UNTIL the historical contextual backgound has been clearly established. From this historical background which serves as a "floor" upon which the "contextual-meaning" is laid, can we then "interpret the "meaning" of the Scripture by the help of the Spirit of God and thereby apply the "revelation" of what is shown into our lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12379286.post-45928367354656379402009-10-05T11:43:56.785-04:002009-10-05T11:43:56.785-04:00...we come upon the fact that Jacob kissed Rachel.......we come upon the fact that Jacob kissed Rachel...and don't we know it (!)...we go roaring off with our thoughts...truly, none of us can say what all this meant...none of us were there hiding in some bushes, "spying" on them...albeit, some one who has done what this "Gentleman Jacob" has done...there is room for thought, has he automatically turned into a "choir boy"?...hmmmm! I do say I firmly believe God is always in control...NOTHING escapes Him...He will allow what He will allow...and what's it to us anyway(?)...my interest is how God allows this drama to unfoldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12379286.post-33296385949563462582009-10-05T11:10:09.995-04:002009-10-05T11:10:09.995-04:00wow!wow!Keisha Gentlesnoreply@blogger.com