Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his nameContinue reading “Genesis 30: 6-18….What a mess up!”
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Genesis 29: 31 – 30: 5….Some things are hard to bear!
When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because the LORD has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.” She conceived again and bore a son, andContinue reading “Genesis 29: 31 – 30: 5….Some things are hard to bear!”
Genesis 29: 23-30…. Two but not for the price of one!
But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me?Continue reading “Genesis 29: 23-30…. Two but not for the price of one!”
Genesis 29: 13-22…..Waiting, waiting, waiting!
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!”
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.”
As I read it! 