OCTOBER 18, 2020 Genesis 35:22 And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it. Tragedy, disappointment and even betrayal seems to be common themes in Jacob’s life story. Most of the time the injury is inflicted by someone closely related […]
OCTOBER 17, 2020 Genesis 35:18 And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin. Obviously, Jacob didn’t want his son’s name to be associated with the mourning of his beloved Rachel, and so he called him Ben Yamin (Benjamin). Literally […]
OCTOBER 16, 2020 Genesis 35:16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. As it turned out, her labor was so intense that it resulted in her death. As she died, she called her child, Ben-oni, or […]
OCTOBER 15, 2020 Genesis 35:11-12 Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I […]
OCTOBER 14, 2020 Genesis 35:5 And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. How is it that such a small group of people could cause so many others to fear them? It certainly wasn’t because they were […]
OCTOBER 13, 2020 Messiah told us that the greatest command in all the Torah (Law) is that we love the Lord with all of our heart, soul and strength, and then He said this: “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and […]
OCTOBER 12, 2020 Today is referred to as Hoshanah Rabbah, which is, literally, the “Great Save Us.” It was on this day that the priests performed the water libation ceremony, thus the reference to living waters by the Messiah in the gospel of John. “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and […]
October 11, 2020 Today is traditionally the day that the patriarch, Jacob, died. It is recorded in Genesis 49:29 & 33: “Then he charged them and said to them: ‘I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,’ … And […]
OCTOBER 10, 2020 Genesis 35:2-3 And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in […]
OCTOBER 9, 2020 Genesis 34:23 “Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.” In an effort to secure Dinah as his son’s wife, Hamor and Shechem agreed to terms presented by the sons of Jacob and convinced the […]
OCTOBER 8, 2020 Genesis 34:8-10 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves. So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall […]
OCTOBER 7, 2020 Genesis 34:1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Just after overcoming the crisis with Laban and then with Esau, Jacob encountered another trying situation. His young daughter was violated by a very prominent Amorite man. Jewish commentary says […]
