As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things, and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.ThenContinue reading “Genesis 29: 13-22…..Waiting, waiting, waiting!”
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Genesis 29: 4-12…..Family contacts.
Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.” He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.” He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is comingContinue reading “Genesis 29: 4-12…..Family contacts.”
Genesis 28: 18 – 29:3…..worship and a wife-hunt.
So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. Then Jacob made a vow,Continue reading “Genesis 28: 18 – 29:3…..worship and a wife-hunt.”
Genesis 28: 10-17…..A life changing dream.
Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladderContinue reading “Genesis 28: 10-17…..A life changing dream.”
Genesis 28: 1-9….Why do we get these details?
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. God Almighty bless you and make youContinue reading “Genesis 28: 1-9….Why do we get these details?”
Acts 19: 1-10…..Paul’s brief stopover in Ephesus.
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And heContinue reading “Acts 19: 1-10…..Paul’s brief stopover in Ephesus.”
Acts 18: 19-28…..Others in outreach mode.
And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail fromContinue reading “Acts 18: 19-28…..Others in outreach mode.”
Acts 18: 9-18…..A legal case fails to have Paul disciplined.
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” And he stayed a year andContinue reading “Acts 18: 9-18…..A legal case fails to have Paul disciplined.”
Acts 18: 1-8…..Paul in Corinth.
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade he stayed withContinue reading “Acts 18: 1-8…..Paul in Corinth.”
Acts 17: 29-34…..We only have a summary.
Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he willContinue reading “Acts 17: 29-34…..We only have a summary.”
As I read it! 