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  • Genesis 24: Rebekah

    Before Abraham died, he called his oldest, most trusted servant to him. He made him swear to find a wife for Isaac from his surviving brother’s family instead of the neighboring Canaanites.  The servant sets off on his mission across the Negev wilderness for hundreds of miles. When he gets there, he sees the women…

  • Genesis 23: In Deed

    Genesis 23: In Deed

    At age 127, Sarah dies in Hebron. Abraham negotiates with the Hittites for land to bury her body. He starts by acknowledging that he was a sojourner, a temporary resident.  The Hittites answers that Abraham is a Prince of God, so they offer him some land. Abraham mentions that Ephron had a cave east of…

  • Genesis 22: The Test

    Genesis 22: The Test

    God tells Abraham to bring his only beloved son to the land of Moriah and give him as a burnt offering to him.  So, Abraham takes Isaac, a donkey with wood and two servants on a three-day trip. Upon arrival at the mountain, Abraham leaves the servants and donkey. He has Isaac carry the wood,…

  • Genesis 20: Fear & Infertility 

    Abraham and his family travel southwest across the Negev, a desert, past the place that Hagar went when she ran away to a place called Gerar. Abraham tells the local King Abimelech that Sarah is his sister and so takes her keeps her in his palace. It’s the same deal as in Egypt.  God visits…

  • Genesis 17: Covenant 

    When Abram was 99, God spoke to him and repeated his promise to bless Abram with children. Abram fell on his face. God gave him a new name, Abraham, meaning father of multitudes. God says he needs to live blameless in order to receive the blessing. God says kings will come from him and promises…

  • Genesis 16: Seen

    After living in Canaan for ten years, Abram and Sarai still do not have a child. Sarai plans to make her Egyptian servant Hagar sleep with her husband in order to obtain one. Abram agrees and Hagar gets pregnant. It’s almost the perfect solution.  Hagar looks at Sarai with contempt and Sarai complains to Abram.…

  • Genesis 15: Dreams & Visions

    Abram has a vision of God saying, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”  Instead of just accepting this, Abram questions God about his childlessness. He doesn’t understand how the promise of having countless descendants can be fulfilled without even having one kid. What gives? Now that his nephew Lot…

  • Genesis 12: Travelog

    God tells Abram to go from his country, his kindred and his father’s house to a land that “I will show you.” He promises to make Abram a great nation, bless him and make his name great, so he will be a blessing. All those that bless him, God will bless. God will curse all…

  • Genesis 2:21 Woman

    The Lord caused the man to fall asleep and took his rib and made a woman. The man said “at last, bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.” He called her woman meaning taken from man. Adam saw himself in Eve.  The text says, “therefore a man shall leave his parents and join…

  • Salutations 

    Last night, I watched a movie adaptation of Charlotte‘s Web with Ivy. There’s a bunch of children’s shows that I never saw because they came after I was a grown-up, but before I had kids. I have recently purchased a paperback copy of Charlotte‘s Web for Ivy who is a new reader, so of course…