OCTOBER 22, 2020 Genesis 37:2-3 Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father. Now I…

AUGUST 25, 2020 Genesis 28:12-13 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord…

As a missionary, Tom Doyle has made dozens of trips to the Middle East. But when he first heard the stories of God working in a supernatural way there, he had trouble believing them. Then, in the words of one of his friends, “God showed me that m…

OCTOBER 21, 2020 Genesis 37:3-4  Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also, he made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they…

OCTOBER 20, 2020 Genesis 37:1 Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. This is the history of Jacob. After Jacob’s ordeal and a brief mention of Esau’s family, the Bible now takes its attention back to Jacob’s…

OCTOBER 19, 2020 Genesis 36:1-3 Now this is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom. Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite and Basemath, Is…

OCTOBER 18, 2020 Genesis 35:22  And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it. Tragedy, disappointment and even betrayal seems to be common themes in Jacob’s life…