Tag: Genesis

[:en]Jacob told his household and to all who were with him to get rid of the foreign gods and purify themselves before they went up to Bethel, the place where God revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.  He built an altar there and called the place El Bethel.  After Jacob… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 35[:]

[:en]Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah had been defiled by Shechem.  So Shechem and his father Hamor, came to Jacob’s house and asked Dinah to be become his wife.  When the brothers of Dinah heard what had happened, they were filled with grief and fury because Shechem had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 34[:]

[:en]As Jacob looked up, there was Esau coming with his 400 men to meet him.  Jacob went ahead and bowed down to the ground 7 times as he approached Esau.  But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him.  He threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.  And they wept.   When Jacob… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 33[:]

[:en]When Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him.  He sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau to reconcile with him.  He prayed for God’s protection and selected a gift for his brother Esau : 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 ewes and 20 rams, 30 female camels… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 32[:]

[:en]Jacob, together with Rachel and Leah and all his children fled  from Laban.  Rachel stole her father’s household god and brought it along.  Laban pursued Jacob and asked him why did Jacob stole his gods.  Jacob allowed him to search but they did not find it because Rachel put them inside her camel’s saddle and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 31[:]

[:en]When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children, she became jealous of her sister gave Jacob her maid-servant Bilhah to sleep with him so that she can bear children for her.  Jacob slept with her and Bilhah gave birth to the following sons.  Rachel named them as:  Dan – meaning God has vindicated… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 30[:]

[:en]Jacob arrived in Paddan Aram and met Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, who was the brother of his mother Rebekah.  When Rachel knew that he was a relative of her father, she ran and told her father.  Laban embraced and kissed him and brought him to his home.  Jacob worked 7 years for… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 29[:]

[:en]Jacob was forced to flee from home to face an unknown future.  Isaac advised him never to marry a Canaanite woman.  Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.   That night as he was laying down to sleep, he had a dream that he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 28[:]

[:en]When it was time for Isaac to bless his children, Isaac told Esau to hunt some wild game and prepare him a tasty food before he will bless him.  This was overheard by Rebekah.  So when Esau left, Rebekah prepared some tasty food and told Jacob to lie to his father in order to get… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 27[:]

[:en]When there was a famine, Isaac went  to Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar.  He lied that Rebekah was his sister for fear of his life.  When Abimelech knew about it, he gave orders not to molest Isaac or his wife. God blessed Isaac and he became very wealthy.  The Philistines were envious, so… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Genesis 26[:]