Biblical Facts

Isaac means “he laughs.” When Abraham and Sarah heard that they were going to have a son in their old age, they both laughed (17:17;… Read More »Isaac

Taking servants as wives. It was common in ancient cultures for a married man to take a servant as a wife (16:2). But this was… Read More »Taking servants as wives

Non-Levite Priests? Melchizedek (14:17–21) and Jesus Christ are the only approved priests in the Bible who were not Levites. The NT book of Hebrews explains… Read More »Non-Levite Priests?

Abram believed the Lord, and that was the basis for God counting him as righteous. Such faith remains the basis for God’s justification of Christians… Read More »Believed the Lord

Altars were tables or platforms used for presenting sacrifices to God. They could be built of stone, mud-brick, or dirt mounds. The first altar mentioned… Read More »Altars

What did the Tower of Babel look like? The Tower of Babel (11:1–9) probably resembled the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia. The most famous of these… Read More »What did the Tower of Babel look like?

Sinful pride and rebellion against God brought negative consequences to the builders of the Tower of Babel, introducing the many languages that now exist around… Read More »Sinful pride and rebellion

Extending an olive branch. The universal symbol for peace—a dove with an olive branch—is based on the Bible story of the flood (8:11).

Why did Noah take seven pairs of each clean animal but only one pair of each unclean animal? After the flood, some clean animals were… Read More »Why did Noah take seven pairs of each clean animal but only one pair of each unclean animal?

Favor in the eyes of the Lord. “Favor” (6:8) is another word for God’s grace. Of all the people living at the time of the… Read More »Favor in the eyes of the Lord

Two men who never died. Enoch and Elijah are the only people in the Bible who did not die a natural death. Instead, they were… Read More »Two men who never died

Cherubim (3:24) are angels who guard holy places. They appear in various places in the Bible. “Cherubim” is the Hebrew plural form of “cherub.”