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!”
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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.”
Genesis 34: 27-31…..The bigger picture.
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they capturedContinue reading “Genesis 34: 27-31…..The bigger picture.”
Genesis 34: 8-17…..A social dowry – proposed.
But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell andContinue reading “Genesis 34: 8-17…..A social dowry – proposed.”
Genesis 34: 1-7….. Jacob’s (Israel’s) Daughter Dinah Defiled.
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. And his soul was drawn to Dinah theContinue reading “Genesis 34: 1-7….. Jacob’s (Israel’s) Daughter Dinah Defiled.”
As I read it! 