JULY 10, 2020 Genesis 22:16-17 “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of […]
JULY 9, 2020 Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of the place, “The-Lord-Will-Provide”; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” Were you to read this verse in Hebrew, it would say that Abraham called the place, “Yahweh Yireh” which has also been translated as […]
JULY 8, 2020 Genesis 22:13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So, Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. I trust that most of you have seen a shofar, a ram’s […]
JULY 7, 2020 Genesis 22:10-12 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So, he said, “Here I am.” And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know […]
JULY 6, 2020 Genesis 22:9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. Isaac had carried the wood across his back to the top of […]
JULY 5, 2020 Genesis 22: 6-8 So, Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here […]
JULY 4, 2020 Genesis 22:4-5 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.” On the third day of what we would presume was […]
JULY 3, 2020 Genesis 22:2-3 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So, Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his […]
JULY 2, 2020 Genesis 22:1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” On the day Abram was called out of Babylon (Gen. 12), God intended to bring him to this point to face the greatest trial he would ever have […]
July 1, 2020 Genesis 21:25-26 Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized. And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.” Because Abraham had agreed to enter into a covenant with […]
JUNE 30, 2020 Genesis 21:22-23 And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do. Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the […]
JUNE 29, 2020 Genesis 21:14 So, Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. The Bible doesn’t clarify whether Abraham was grieved over Ishmael’s actions toward Isaac or because he would have to send him away, […]
