AUGUST 9, 2020 Genesis 26:22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So, he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” In reading this account it becomes obvious that Isaac was not […]
AUGUST 8, 2020 Genesis 26:15-16 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.” It’s amazing to see how those things that […]
AUGUST 7, 2020 Genesis 26:12-14 Then Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him. The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. Although it […]
AUGUST 6, 2020 Genesis 26:1-3 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. Dwell in this land, […]
AUGUST 5, 2020 Genesis 25:33-34 Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. One has to wonder if Esau would have despised his birthright if […]
AUGUST 4, 2020 Genesis 25:30-32 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore, his name was called Edom. But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.” And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so, what is this birthright to me?” Consider how Esau viewed the birthright given to him — […]
Aug. 3, 2020 Genesis 25:30-32 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore, his name was called Edom. But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.” And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so, what is this birthright to me?” The Bible records that the great hunter came in from […]
Aug. 2, 2020 Genesis 25:27-28 So, the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Some would say that Esau was a man’s man; he preferred the outdoors, most likely to be found stalking […]
Aug 1, 2020 Genesis 25:26 Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. That Jacob means “hand on a heel” is very important when you consider that he will later be called Israel, understood to mean “prince of God.” When the man with which he struggled asked […]
