JUNE 4, 2020 Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.” When God spoke this to Abram, in Hebrew He referred to Himself as El Shaddai, meaning, “The God who is sufficient.” Later Moses was told, “I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and […]
June 3, 2020 Genesis 16:11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her: “Behold, you are with child, and you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your affliction.” Within the name Ishmael is the word for “hearing” and the word for “God” — El. Though she came from a presumably idolatrous background, […]
June 2, 2020 Genesis 16:7-10 Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” The Angel of the Lord said […]
June 1, 2020 Genesis 16:6 So, Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. Before being Abram’s wife, Hagar is regarded as Sarai’s servant, and so, Abram removes himself from the situation somewhat to let Sarai handle […]
MAY 31, 2020 Genesis 16:4-5 So, he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became despised in her eyes. Then Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge […]
MAY 30, 2020 Genesis 16:1-2 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. So, Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. In the culture of that day, to go childless […]
MAY 29, 2020 Genesis 15:15-16 “Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” Even though Abraham had been promised the land and was living there, it was not yet time for […]
MAY 28, 2020 Genesis 15:15-16 “Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” There is something in this passage that is frequently overlooked. That is the incredible blessing of knowing that […]
MAY 27, 2020 Genesis 15:12-14 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. And the nation whom they […]
MAY 26, 2020 Genesis 15:7-9 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.” And he said, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” So, He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, […]
MAY 25, 2020 Genesis 15:5-6 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. Assuring Abram that there would be only one rightful heir and […]
MAY 24, 2020 Genesis 15:2-4 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed, one born in my house is my heir!” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, […]
