OCTOBER 27, 2020 Genesis 37:18-19 Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!” It’s sad to consider that those who are supposed to be the closest to you can be the ones […]
OCTOBER 26, 2020 Genesis 37:15-16 Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?” So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.” The Bible records that Israel sent Joseph out from […]
OCTOBER 25, 2020 Genesis 37:13-14 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.” Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, […]
OCTOBER 24, 2020 Genesis 37:9-11 Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him […]
OCTOBER 23, 2020 Genesis 37:5-7 Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed […]
OCTOBER 22, 2020 Genesis 37:2-3 Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because […]
OCTOBER 21, 2020 Genesis 37:3-4 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also, he made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably […]
OCTOBER 20, 2020 Genesis 37:1 Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. This is the history of Jacob. After Jacob’s ordeal and a brief mention of Esau’s family, the Bible now takes its attention back to Jacob’s family, and as we will see, primarily upon […]
OCTOBER 19, 2020 Genesis 36:1-3 Now this is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom. Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth If the Bible goes to the […]
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 […]
