Monthly Archives: January 2012
Jacob: a wife for the master’s son
Genesis 27:41-28:9. Rebekah did not want her son, Jacob, marrying like Esau did. The Hittite women Esau married had made life bitter for her and Isaac. But the real reason she wanted Jacob to move back to Paddan-Aram to stay … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 27, Genesis 28
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Isaac: blessing the “wrong” son
Genesis 27:1-40. What lesson could the Israelites possibly take from this story? It is about how their ancestors Jacob and Rebekah deceived their ancestor Isaac, causing him to give his blessing to Jacob instead of Esau. But perhaps the lesson … Continue reading
Isaac: Esek and Sitnah
Genesis 26. During a famine, Isaac and his family resettle in Gerar, where Abraham had sojourned before. He re-dug some of the wells that Abraham had dug, because the Philistines had stopped them up. Two of the wells he named … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 26
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Isaac: surprises
Genesis 25:19-34. Isaac waited sixty years to hold the answers to his prayers. He knew that God was going to bless him as he did his father, Abraham. But he didn’t know that he would have to wait like Abraham … Continue reading
Isaac: other sons sent away
Genesis 25:1-18. Here we learn that Abraham had another concubine besides Hagar. Her name was Keturah, and God gave Abraham five sons through her (1). Like Ishmael, these sons of Abraham are significant historically, but they do not figure into … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 25
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Isaac: a wife for the master’s son
Genesis 24. Abraham gave his servant specific instructions that he should travel the long distance back to Paddan-Aram and find a wife for Isaac there. She should not come from the Canaanites. The servant found Rebekah, who demonstrated the qualities … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 24
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Abraham: Machpelah
Genesis 23. Princess Sarah falls asleep in the LORD, and Abraham, whom the Hittites call a “prince of God” negotiates with them a burying place. He wanted the field of Ephron, son of Zohar. He purchased the field and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 23
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Abraham: Moriah
Genesis 22. Abraham had just “lost” his older son, Ishmael, because God had commanded him to send the boy and his mother away. Ishmael could not remain in the household because he represented Adam, God’s first creation, but not his … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 22
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Abraham: Beersheba
Genesis 21:22-34. It would be 1000 years before the Philistines would be major players in the conflict over the Holy Land. But Abraham meets up with king Abimelech and his commanding general and established a covenant with them. Abraham attested … Continue reading
Abraham: casting out the slave and her son
Genesis 21:1-21. Isaac had been born, and laughter filled Abraham’s house. But some of the laughter appears to have been mocking from Ishmael, who is about 16 years old by now. Sarah is indignant, and orders that he and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis 21
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