Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that heContinue reading “Genesis 39: 6b-14…..Liar, liar…..”
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Genesis 39: 1-6….Elevated but still a slave!
Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. HisContinue reading “Genesis 39: 1-6….Elevated but still a slave!”
Genesis 38: 25-30….’Here’, Look, the Evidence!’
As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant.” And she said, “Please identify whose these are, the signet and the cord and the staff.” Then Judah identified them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not giveContinue reading “Genesis 38: 25-30….’Here’, Look, the Evidence!’”
Genesis 38: 11-19……Wait for son number 3.
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he wentContinue reading “Genesis 38: 11-19……Wait for son number 3.”
Genesis 38: 1-10…..A classified Page!
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!”
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.”
As I read it! 