From Noah to Israel: Realization of the Primaeval Blessing After the FloodA&C Black, 01/01/2005 - 168 من الصفحات The primaeval blessing, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,' first announced to humankind in Genesis 1.28 is renewed to Noah and his sons after the flood in Genesis 9.1. There is widespread scholarly consensus that the ensuing dispersion in Genesis 10.1-32 and 11.1-9 is the means by which the creation blessing is fulfilled. Kaminski argues that the primeval blessing is not fulfilled in the Table of Nations and that Yahweh's scattering Noah's descendants in the Babel story does not contribute positively to the creation theme. Rather, the creation blessing is being taken up in the primary line of Shem (Genesis 11.10-26), which leads directly to Abraham. She further suggests that divine grace is not absent after the Babel judgment, as is commonly assumed, but is at work in the Shemite genealogy. She argues that the primeval blessing, which is unfulfilled in the primaeval history, is taken up by Abraham and his descendants by means of a divine promise. While the blessing is in the process of being realised in the patriarchal narratives, it is not fulfilled. The multiplication theme is resumed, however, in Exodus 1.7, which describes Israel's proliferation in Egypt. This is the first indication that the creation blessing is fulfilled. Realisation of the primaeval blessing progresses after the flood, therefore, from Noah to Israel. Yet God's blessing on Israel is not for their sake alone - it is the means through which the divine intention for creation will be restored to the world. JSOTS413 |
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... creation cannot be frustrated by any circumstance , not even by the exile itself . Smith similarly argues that the pri- maeval blessing has an ' overpowering theological emphasis ' and that it is the ' key theological focal point of the ...
... creation cannot be frustrated by any circumstance , not even by the exile itself . Smith similarly argues that the pri- maeval blessing has an ' overpowering theological emphasis ' and that it is the ' key theological focal point of the ...
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... creation's immediate and obedient response to God's previous commands in ch . 1. However , an investigation of their fate in chs . 1–11 reveals a much more complex picture'.36 Turner maintains that since the primaeval blessing of Gen ...
... creation's immediate and obedient response to God's previous commands in ch . 1. However , an investigation of their fate in chs . 1–11 reveals a much more complex picture'.36 Turner maintains that since the primaeval blessing of Gen ...
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... creation account , seems to refer to the entire earth which God makes productive and habitable for humans . While it is not stated explicitly what humans are to fill the earth with , we may infer from the context that they are to fill ...
... creation account , seems to refer to the entire earth which God makes productive and habitable for humans . While it is not stated explicitly what humans are to fill the earth with , we may infer from the context that they are to fill ...
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... creation : as they multiplied , the waters would be filled with them . Thus Leupold writes regarding the living creatures , that they are to ' keep on multiplying until they fill the earth'.10 Similarly , one could argue that humans ...
... creation : as they multiplied , the waters would be filled with them . Thus Leupold writes regarding the living creatures , that they are to ' keep on multiplying until they fill the earth'.10 Similarly , one could argue that humans ...
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... Creation and Blessing , p . 234 ; Turner , Announcements of Plot , pp . 31-32 . Other scholars maintain that the sin of the Babelites is two - fold : ( a ) they are disobeying the command to fill the earth and ( b ) they are prideful ...
... Creation and Blessing , p . 234 ; Turner , Announcements of Plot , pp . 31-32 . Other scholars maintain that the sin of the Babelites is two - fold : ( a ) they are disobeying the command to fill the earth and ( b ) they are prideful ...
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Chapter 3 DOES YHWHs SCATTERING NOAHS DESCENDANTS FULFIL THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING? | 30 |
Chapter 4 IS THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING FULFILLED IN THE TABLE OF NATIONS? | 43 |
Chapter 5 THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING AND THE SHEMITE GENEALOGY | 60 |
Chapter 6 DOES THE PRIMAEVAL HISTORY END ON A NOTE OF JUDGMENT? | 80 |
Chapter 7 DOES THE PROMISE OF INCREASE TO THE PATRIARCHS CONTRIBUTE TO THE REALIZATION OF THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSI... | 92 |
Chapter 8 REALIZATION OF THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING THROUGH ISRAEL | 111 |
Chapter 9 FULFILMENT OF THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING IN EGYPT EXODUS 117 | 124 |
CONCLUSION | 139 |
Bibliography and Further Reading | 147 |
Index of References | 154 |
Index of Authors | 156 |
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Abraham Abraham's progeny according Announcements of Plot argued Arpachshad Babel judgment Babel story Biblical blessing is fulfilled blessing of Gen Book of Exodus Book of Genesis Brueggemann Cassuto Chronicles Clines command to fill Commentary concludes context Deut discussion dispersion divine promise e.g. Gen Egypt erste Buch Mose Exod Ezek fill the earth flood fruitful and multiply genealogy Gen genealogy in Gen given God's intention Harland humankind indicates interpretation Ishmael Israel Jacob Japheth Joktan Kerygma Kikawada Leupold main line Mathews NASB Noah Noah's descendants noted NRSV Old Testament patriarchal narratives Pentateuch positive primaeval blessing primaeval commands primaeval history primogeniture promise of increase realized reversal of primogeniture Sarna scattering motif scattering the Babelites secondary lines Shem Shem's line Similarly spread abroad suggests Table of Nations Targums Onqelos Terah theological Toledot Tower of Babel trans Turner twelve sons underscore verb Waltke Weimar Wenham Westermann YHWH YHWH's scattering