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Theological journals are a tremendous resource for biblical studies. However, anyone who has searched for copies of theological journals knows that they are difficult to find and impossible to buy. Even if you are fortunate enough to have a library of journals in print form, they take up lots of shelf space. With the print editions, finding a topic or Scripture reference can be difficult. The...

12.10 The story as a whole progresses smoothly. Further, consider how Genesis 1:28 records God’s “blessing” on the human couple, urging them to “be fruitful and multiply.” These themes run throughout Genesis and beyond. In Genesis 9:1, Noah is a kind of new Adam: “And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.’ ” (emphasis added).11 In Genesis 12:2–3, the Lord will bless Abram and make him a channel of blessing for his own descendants, and for the
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