It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called hisContinue reading “Genesis 38: 1-10…..A classified Page!”
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Genesis 37: 25-32….Lying Jackals!
Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come,Continue reading “Genesis 37: 25-32….Lying Jackals!”
Genesis 37: 17-24……He had asked for it!
And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, “Here comes thisContinue reading “Genesis 37: 17-24……He had asked for it!”
Genesis 37: 9-16…..The dreamer dreams on.
Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is thisContinue reading “Genesis 37: 9-16…..The dreamer dreams on.”
Genesis 37: 1-8…..Special, maybe, but not always wise!
Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.These are the generations of Jacob.Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.Continue reading “Genesis 37: 1-8…..Special, maybe, but not always wise!”
Genesis 35: 22b – 36:43…..Detailed Genealogies.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant: Dan and Naphtali. The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born toContinue reading “Genesis 35: 22b – 36:43…..Detailed Genealogies.”
Genesis 35: 16-22…… Why is this in Holy Scripture?
Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for you have another son.” And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she calledContinue reading “Genesis 35: 16-22…… Why is this in Holy Scripture?”
Genesis 35: 9-15…..The covenant reiterated!
God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply.Continue reading “Genesis 35: 9-15…..The covenant reiterated!”
Genesis 35: 1-8…..Background Information.
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselvesContinue reading “Genesis 35: 1-8…..Background Information.”
Acts 26: 21-29…..Paul concludes; Festus accuses; Agrippa equivocates.
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ mustContinue reading “Acts 26: 21-29…..Paul concludes; Festus accuses; Agrippa equivocates.”
As I read it! 