Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Red Deer
18 Selkirk Boulevard, Red Deer, Alberta   403.346.3798
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Sunday Morning Bible Study
WILL RESUME IN THE FALL
Date: TBA
(See church calendar here for full schedule)


The Book of Genesis
A comprehensive look with Pastor Don
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Nearly the entire Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew, and Genesis is no exception. The original Hebrew title of Genesis is bereshit, which means “in beginning” (see 1:1a). This is an appropriate title, for the book of beginnings. But our English Bibles do not follow the Hebrew title; we follow the Greek title.

The Hebrew Old Testament was eventually translated into Greek (about 250 years before the time of Christ). The Greek translators then gave their own title, “Genesis” to the first book of their Old Testament text. The Greek word geneseos means “origin, source, generation, or beginning.” Geneseos is a translation of the Hebrew word toledot (“generations,” 2:4). This title is also quite appropriate because Genesis is indeed a history of origins, births, genealogies, and generations.

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"Dependent on the grace of God,
we enrich and support each other in Christian growth,
and we reach out to make disciples for Christ."
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