When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said toContinue reading “Genesis 40: 6-15….. The Good News first.”
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Genesis 39: 14-21….The Scream!
……she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and criedContinue reading “Genesis 39: 14-21….The Scream!”
Genesis 39: 6b-14…..Liar, liar…..
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…..”
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: 19-24……Double standards!
Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. And he asked the men of the place, “Where is the cultContinue reading “Genesis 38: 19-24……Double standards!”
Acts 28 :25-31……The end is in sight!
After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. When they had examinedContinue reading “Acts 28 :25-31……The end is in sight!”
Acts 28: 17-24…..A Jew meets the local Jewish community.
After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. When they had examinedContinue reading “Acts 28: 17-24…..A Jew meets the local Jewish community.”
Acts 28: 6-16….Rome at last.
They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.Now in the neighbourhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island,Continue reading “Acts 28: 6-16….Rome at last.”
Acts 27: 39 – 38:5…..Soaked but Safe!
Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore. So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoistingContinue reading “Acts 27: 39 – 38:5…..Soaked but Safe!”
As I read it! 