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…

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…

OCTOBER 17, 2020 Genesis 35:18 And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin. Obviously, Jacob didn’t want his son’s name to be associated with the mourning of his beloved …

OCTOBER 16, 2020 Genesis 35:16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. As it turned out, her labor was so intense that it resulted in her death. A…