MAY 15, 2020 Genesis 13:11-12 “Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other. Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.” There is an old saying: “All that glitters is not […]
MAY 14, 2020 Genesis 13:8-9 So, Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to […]
MAY 13, 2020 Genesis 13:5-7 “Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the […]
MAY 12, 2020 Genesis 13:1-4 “Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South. Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where […]
MAY 11, 2020 Genesis 12:14-17 “So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful. The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. He treated Abram well for her sake. … But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with […]
MAY 10, 2020 Genesis 12:10-13 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. Therefore. it will […]
MAY 9, 2020 Genesis 12:5-7 So, they came to the land of Canaan. Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” With his nephew Lot joining him, Abram embarked upon a […]
MAY 8, 2020 Genesis 12:3 “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Because God placed His favor upon Abraham and his seed, the Adversary has sought to destroy God’s people, most notably those called Israel. Throughout history, […]
MAY 7, 2020 Genesis 12:1-2 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.” This is the […]
MAY 6, 2020 Genesis 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.” At some point in his early life, God had instructed Abram to leave everything behind and go to a place that was undisclosed in the […]
MAY 5, 2020 Genesis 11:27-28 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, Ur of the Chaldeans. Among the descendants of Shem was a man called Terah who fathered Abraham, a man destined to be the “father of many nations.” Before […]
MAY 4, 2020 Genesis 11:8-9 So, the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city. Therefore, its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. The word Babel is said to mean, “confusion” […]
