When the fourteenth night had come, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land. So they took a sounding and found twenty fathoms. A little farther on they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms. And fearing that we might run on theContinue reading “Acts 27: 27-38….Nearing the end!”
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Acts 27: 17-26….Terrifying even for the accustomed!
After hoisting it up, they used supports to undergird the ship. Then, fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and thus they were driven along. Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo. And on the third day they threw the ship’s tackleContinue reading “Acts 27: 17-26….Terrifying even for the accustomed!”
Acts 27: 1-8….Check the shipping manifesto!
And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius. And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, aContinue reading “Acts 27: 1-8….Check the shipping manifesto!”
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: 32b-36…..The favoured son becomes a soldier’s slave!
“This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s robe or not.” And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.” Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son manyContinue reading “Genesis 37: 32b-36…..The favoured son becomes a soldier’s slave!”
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! 