Genesis 37:1-36

Good day to you all...Today we read Genesis 37:1-36



Today we are going to be reading about Joseph, Jacob's son...whom was his favorite.



We learned that one day while Joseph was out in the field with his brothers he told them that he had a dream. He told them that in his dream they would bow to him. They knew he was the favorite of the father and did not listen.



10He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"
11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.



We learned that one day Joseph was sent to find his brothers in the fields and when he got to where they were supposed to be they were not there...





15A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
16He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."
17Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan



They saw him coming and mocked him...they then decided to throw him into a pit for the wild animals to eat...Ruban did not want to kill him so they decided to "rescue" him to gain respect from their father. When he came along they stripped him of his coat of many colors and threw him into the pit...they then noticed some Gypsies coming along...



26Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27"Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.
28Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.



The brothers then went back and told their father that surly he had been torn to bits and showed him the coat.



34So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
35Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.


36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.



This is sibling revelry in it's finest...can you imagine...poor Joseph. He tried so hard to talk with his brothers and to keep on after them only to be shunned. Poor guy. Well the Lord has a bigger plan for Joseph and we learn more about that in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 38:1-30

Enjoy your day:o)

genesis 36:1-43

Hello There...I am so glad you're with me today :o) Today we read Genesis 36:1-43.

2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3also Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

6Then Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all his household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his goods which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away from his brother Jacob.
7For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.
8So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

The rest of today's reading gives an outline of the decendants of Easu. If you haven't read it click here.

I am often amazed at how the descendants come down from Noah or Abraham or his children or their children...this is to show us that we are all connected to these Men that lived so long ago...It is our history...and I look at my own history with interest to see where I came from and hopefully my children will look at our history to learn more about where they came from...History = His story.

please join me in reading Genesis 37:1-36

Genesis 35:1-29

Hello and Welcome back...Were gonna mix things up a bit today..is that ok? Today we read Genesis 35:1-29...if you haven't done that yet do it now.



One thing I love about The Lords Word is that he is telling us a story. We are learning about a Man whom the Lord has blessed and his family... just as He had promised he would. We are learning about a man named Jacob, and his wife Rebekah whom he loved. We are seeing the Lord speak to him through dreams and visions and we are seeing him follow what the Lord is telling him...As did his father before him and his father before that. We are seeing the Lords hand at work and we are seeing how mistakes are made and how the Lord still leads them back to where He called them to be. In the process they build altars and give thanks to the Lord for his guidance as their eyes are open to what The Lord has in store for them. Let's continue on with the story....



1Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."
2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;
3and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."



The rest of the story if you haven't read it yet is here.



The story we read today tells of how a man(Jacob) was called back into direction by the Lord and he followed. Do you ever feel the Lord is trying to tell you something? Are you following his voice? As we ponder on the verses read today let us stop and ask the Lord if he would like to tell us something...is it time for a new direction or are we doing what he has called us to do?



please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 36:1-43

Genesis 34:1-31

Hello and Welcome...Today we read Genesis 34:1-31...I thought I would start you off today by this nice and peaceful photo before we begin...Today's reading is a doozy.

Today we learned that Dinah, Jacob's daughter had decided to visit with the women of the land.

2When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

3He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.
4So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young girl for a wife."

Jacob found out about this but his sons were out in the fields working. He decided to wait until they returned to tell them.

6Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
8But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.

12"Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage."

Jacob knew they could not be trusted because they had violated his daughter.

14They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

19The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.

24All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male.

We also learned that Someon and Levi were indeed so upset with the violation of their sister that they looted the city and took all the livestock and looted houses.

30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household."
31But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?"

WOW quite a story today...what a shock...can you imagine the violation! and the anger in these young men...did these brothers love their sister or what? And the violation of Jacob's daughter...this man of God's blessing...And what is going to happen now with Jacob...they could no longer stay there...Halley's Handbook simply states...The bloody act of Simeon and Levi made him odious to his neighbors and soon he moved on to Bethel.

Please continue on with me as we read Genesis 35:1-29

Genesis 33:1-18

Welcome...Today we read Genesis 33:1-18



Today we learned several things although it did not seem like a very long reading.



Today we learned the importance of Jacob's family...he put them in order when Esau was approaching with his 400 people...and Jacob braced himself as he met up with Esau...He bowed seven times as he got closer to him. He was greeted with an embrace.



Jacob and his family bowed to him as he approached.



8 Esau asked, "What do you mean by all these droves I met?" "To find favor in your eyes, my lord," he said.
9 But Esau said, "I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself."
10 "No, please!" said Jacob. "If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably. 11 Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.
12 Then Esau said, "Let us be on our way; I'll accompany you."



Jacob said he would send him on and he would stay at a slower pace due to his flock and his children.



16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir. 17 Jacob, however, went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.
18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city. 19 For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent. 20 There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.



So we learned a lot today about the welcome of Easu. Jacob must have been so fearful not knowing how he would be welcomed by Easu. He was welcomed with an embrace. The brothers parted in peace.



Please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 34:1-31

Genesis 32:1-31

Hello There...Today we read Genesis 32:1-31



Today we learned that Jacob had indeed traveled to the land of his father.

3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 He instructed them: "This is what you are to say to my master Esau: 'Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. 5 I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, menservants and maidservants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.' "
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him."



Jacob was afraid. He divided his group into two. If Easu came to one group the other may escape...he then began to pray for the Lord to protect him.



17 He instructed the one in the lead: "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?' 18 then you are to say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.' "



22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."
27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.

28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."



31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon.



Wow...so he was blessed. but what a strange story. Have you ever done that...struggled with someone and realized that the Lord himself had sent that struggle for you to learn something...even though we get wounded in the process sometimes...(like Jacob's hip) we are blessed in the process of it all.



May the Lord bless you in your struggles today. Please continue reading with me as we read Genesis 33:1-18 Where Jacob meets Easu.

Genesis 31:1-55

Hello and welcome back...Today we read Genesis 31:1-55.

Today we read that Jacob had heard Leban's sons talking...he also noticed that Leban's attitude had changed towards him...

He went and told his wives that he was being treated unfairly and they realized they no longer had claim to their father's money and decided to cling to Jacob's wealth. Jacob had been told in a dream from the lord to leave...so they did.

19 When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods. 20 Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away. 21 So he fled with all he had, and crossing the River, he headed for the hill country of Gilead.

22 On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled. 23 Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. 24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad."

Leban asked Jacob why he had run off and taken his daughters and grandchildren with out even letting him say goodbye. He also asked him why he had stolen his gods.

31 Jacob answered Laban, "I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force. 32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, he shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it." Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods. He then searched their tents.

34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel's saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.

Jacob was angry and asked what his crime was...he also said that all the relatives may be put in front of them and they may choose for themselves whom they would go with.

41 It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times. 42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you."

They took some stones and made a little tower...and made a covenant together.

48 Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me today." That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah, because he said, "May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me."

So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.

54 He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal. After they had eaten, they spent the night there.
55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.

So today we learned that Laban did love his family. We also learned he really did not want Jacob to go because of the blessing of his father Isaac. But in the end they made a covenant together that he would bring no harm to his daughters and they were sent on their way.

I don't know about you but I am excited to see what will happen tomorrow...please join me in reading Genesis 32:1-31

Genesis 30:1-43

Hello again...Today we read Genesis 30:1-43

Oh there was sibling revelry...Today we learned that Rachael was jealous of her sister because she did not have any children for Jacob. She sent her maid to Jacob to have children for him...Leah was also sad that she did not have any more children and sent her maid to have children for her...they had 4 children for Jacob this way. Then Leah had 3 more children...Then the Lord heard Rachael's cries and opened her womb and gave her a son. Joseph.

After Joseph was born Jacob decided it was time to move on...he went to Rachael's father and told him he was ready to leave...but her father did not want to let him go because he knew the Lord was with him and he had prospered because of him. Finally there was a deal struck and he was allowed to take only spotted goats and sheep as payment for all the work he had done.

37And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle.

So Jacob is off on his own now...tomorrow we will learn about any repercussions he might have from the deceit of the lambs and goats. Do you think his daughters were happy with him taking all his fathers strongest livestock...hmmmmm?

please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 31:1-55

Genesis 29:1-35

Hello and a good day to you...I hope your weekend was a good one. Today we read Genesis 29:1-35.

Today we learned that Jacob had met up with his mother's brother's shepherds watering their sheep and met his daughter Rachael. She took him to her father and he stayed there for a month. At the end of that time he asked if he could pay Jacob for all his work he had done for him...He said that he was in Love with his daughter Rachael. He made a deal with her father to work for 7 years and in return he would get to marry Rachael. Her father agreed.

At the end of the 7 years of labor he returned for her. There was a wedding feast and he laid with her but when he awoke it wasn't her it was her older sister Leah...when he asked why he had done this to him he answered that the older sister must not be married after the younger. He asked then to stay with Leah for a week and then he could marry Rachael and work for another 7 years as payment.. He did. and He loved Rachael much more than Leah.

31 When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now."

33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Because the LORD heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.

she conceived one more time and bore him another son and named him Judah and she praised the Lord. She then stopped having children.

Ohhhh poor Leah. Can you imagine being the one that he did not Love? She truly praised the Lord for having children when her sister could not. Oh what sibling revelry that must have been.

Please join me tomorrow as we read Genesis 30:1-43

Genesis 28:1-22

Hello...Welcome back. Today we read Genesis 28:1-22

Today we learned that Isaac's son Jacob was blessed and sent away to Bethuel to the house of Rebekah's father.

6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,"
7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
8So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;
9and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.

10Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
11He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place.

We learned that he had a dream...his dream was about a ladder reaching up to the heavens and angels ascending and descending from it...and he also heard the Lord's voice saying that this land was blessed because of Abraham and he would be blessed also.

16Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it."
17He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."
18So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top.

He then took a vow that the Lord would be with him and would feed him and clothe him and he would return to his parents in safety.

21and I return to my father's house in safety, then the LORD will be my God.
22"This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."

Oh to be so consumed with the Awesomeness of God...I wonder if he felt bad about taking the blessing and birthright or if he was just so consumed with moving on from here...And our Easu was now so bitter...I wonder what will happen to him now...he is purposely doing hurtful things to himself...We learned in earlier verses about sin just waiting for an opportunity to come..."sin crouching at the door" have you ever let it in? That is what it seams like Easu is doing...opening the door and letting it in.

Please continue on with me tomorrow when I read Genesis 29:1-35

Genesis 27:1-46

Hello and welcome back :o) I sure hope you are having a great day so far...Today we read Genesis 27:1-46.

Ahh birthright and blessing...We know that Jacob already took the birthright of Esau and now he had taken the blessing also...

We learned that Isaac had called for Esau to hunt and cook and bring it to him to receive the blessing before his passing...Rebekah had heard this and sent in Jacob to receive the blessing instead...He did and Isaac was fooled into giving Esau's blessing to him.

When Esau found out about this he was angry..he was now to be a servant to his brother Jacob. He decided that after the death of his father he would just kill his brother for what he had done...

42Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, "Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.
43"Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!
44"Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury subsides,
45until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
She later was talking with Isaac...

"I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"

And there the story ends...I think I would be tired too...Look at all the scheming she had done and yet she blames it on the daughters of Heth...I am excited to see what tomorrow's reading will be...

Please join me in reading Genesis 28:1-22



Until then...have a great day :o)

genesis 26:1-35

Welcome back...The Lord has blessed us with yet another wonderful day. Today we read Genesis 26:1-35.

1 There was very little food in the land. The same thing had been true earlier, in Abraham's time. Isaac went to Abimelech in Gerar. Abimelech was the king of the Philistines.


The Lord appeared to Isaac and told him not to go to Egypt. Told him that he would take care of him and his generations because of his father who obeyed his commands. Isaac stayed in Gerar.


7 The men of that place asked him about his wife. He said, "She's my sister." He was afraid to say, "She's my wife." He thought, "The men of this place might kill me because of Rebekah. She's a beautiful woman."
8 Isaac had been there a long time. One day Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, looked down from a window. He saw Isaac hugging and kissing his wife Rebekah.
9 So Abimelech sent for Isaac. He said, "She's really your wife, isn't she? Why did you say, 'She's my sister'?"

Isaac answered him, "I thought I might lose my life because of her."

Abimelech told all the people that if any one harms him or his wife they would be put to death.

13 Isaac became rich. His wealth continued to grow until he became very rich. 14 He had many flocks and herds and servants.


Isaac had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him. and blocked up his wells... So he was told to move away from there and he did.


Isaac opened up all the wells that had been Abraham's and he dug more...there was much arguing so he dug more and more wells until there was no arguing...


He then built an alter and worshiped the Lord. in thanks for all the room they now had.


26 During that time, Abimelech had come to him from Gerar. Ahuzzath had come with him. So had Phicol, Abimelech's army commander. Ahuzzath was Abimelech's personal adviser.
27 Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me? You were angry with me and sent me away."


They noticed that the Lord was with Isaac and wanted to make a peace treaty that neither one would harm the other. He agreed and they left in peace.


34 When Esau was 40 years old, he got married to Judith. She was the daughter of Beeri the Hittite. He also married Basemath. She was the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 Isaac and Rebekah became very upset because Esau had married Hittite women.


You may ask why I repeat all that we have read each day...I just sum it up to remind you of all we had read and because I believe that when something is repeated it is remembered better...So today we learned that the blessing of Abraham was indeed on his son Isaac. We also learned that his son Esau was disobedient in the marriage of the Hittite women...(again shows his character) Please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 27:1-46

Enjoy your day :o)

Genesis 25:1-24

Hello again...I am so glad you are with me again today...May the Lord bless you in your faithfulness to meet with him daily through his word. Today we read Genesis 25:1-24

Today we read that Abraham took another wife who gave him more children...We learned that he lived to be 175 and then died. We learned that he gave all he had to Isaac after he died but gave gifts to the children of the new wife (Keturah. ) while he was living.

8Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people.

Isaac buried him next to Sarah in the cave next to the field which he had purchased.

11It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.

12Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham;
17These are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

Isaac...
Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.
23The LORD said to her,
"Two nations are in your womb;
And two peoples will be separated from your body;
And one people shall be stronger than the other;
And the older shall serve the younger."
24When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Esau came first (covered in hair) Jacob was second grasping the heal of Esau. When they grew up Esau was a hunter, but Jacob was a peace full man... Rebekah loved Jacob. One day after a hard labor Esau came in from the field and was famished...he wanted some of Jacob's stew...Jacob said only if you give me your birthright...he did

34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Ahh Birthright...It is not as important to us today as it was back then...Birthright was everything. We need to understand what this exchange meant to them...For one to give up his birthright was not heard of... And for a brother to demand it shows his character...

Please join me in tomorrow's reading as we continue the story on Isaac, Esau and Jacob. Genesis 26:1-35

Genesis 24:1-67

Hello and Good Day to you :o) I'm so glad your still with me...Today we read Genesis 24:1-67.

Today we learned about Rebekah...

Abraham was getting well stricken in age and the Lord had blessed him in all things. He called for his man servant

3And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

He wanted him to find a wife among his family line for they are the ones who are blessed.

So the servant went out to find Isaac a wife...as he went he prayed that the Lord would show him the right woman by having her water not only himself but his camels.

15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. he asked her for a drink.

18And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

He then asked her who's daughter was she...24And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

He asked her for a place to stay tonight and she agreed...he gave her bracelets and a nose ring and she went to tell her family he was coming.

They fed him and he said he could not eat with out giving them his word...He told them the story of the well and the camels and that the Lord had blessed Abraham and his son Isaac and he wanted to take Rebekah to him as his wife...They agreed but they wanted to wait 10 days and the servant did not want to wait to return...The family decided to ask Rebekah if she wanted to go now...she did.

The servant bowed and worshiped the Lord.

On their way back they came across Isaac meditating in the field...she asked who this man was..and was told it was Isaac..she covered her face.

66And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

This was a long reading today but it was interesting wasn't it...oh to meet a husband that way...Can you imagine your man servant picking out your wife or picking out you because of a act of kindness...He was following the Lord's direction so we know it could not have gone wrong...We do not do that today...We pick out our own spouse...I know that my husband was sent to me by God...and the Lord has such a sense of humor. But I could not have chosen a better man...I often pray for those who are unequally yoked...for life is hard enough when you have the same beliefs as your husband...So if you are in this boat...I pray for you often. The Lord can turn all things together for good for those who are called according to his purpose...

Please join me in tomorrow's reading...Genesis 25:1-34

Genesis 23:1-20

Today we read Genesis 23:1-20...

We learned that Abraham's wife Sarah dies and he mourns for her...when he is finished mourning...he stands up and asked if he could buy some land to bury her in and they say to him...

6Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead

We learn that he persists and wants to buy land.
13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

The say that he owes them nothing but Abraham persists and pays 400 shekels of silver for the land.

19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.

I often wonder how Sarah dies...the morbid side of me I'm sure...with all the csi shows etc...did she just die in her sleep? She was very old...But the Lord knows this about me and this part of the story does not matter...I often wondered though because he was soooo persistent about purchasing the land...I think I would feel better if I owned the land too and who knows maybe he wanted to make sure he had a place to be buried also? I am glad though that it does tell us that Abraham did mourn her...can you imagine being married for 100+ years and then being without your partner? Sad really...But she got to go and be with the Lord Almighty.

Please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 24:1-67 Now this is a long one so make sure you have your coffee or tea in hand before you begin and set aside some real time to before you dive in...meet you back here tomorrow....and thank you so much for joining me...

Genesis 22:1-24

Today we read Genesis 22:1-24

We learned that the Lord was to test Abraham...he sent him off to the mountains with wood and his son for a burnt offering...

7Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

8Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

9Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.

10Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
12He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."

13Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

Abraham took this example with him..."it will be provided"

My Husband and I were talking about this just the other day...I added the picture of our son at the top of the page because we don't know if we could sacrifice him...if asked to...but the more we talked the more we realized that the sacrifice that Abraham had such a hard time doing... he feared the Lord and would have done it...but did not have to. God did sacrifice his only son...for our sake...he did follow through!

Please join with me as we continue on...Genesis 23:1-20

Have a wonderful weekend...see you back here on monday.

Genesis 21:1-34

Hello and welcome back...today we read Genesis 21:1-34

Today we learned that Sarah indeed had a son and named him Isaac. They circumcised him on the eighth day just as the Lord had commanded and they felt blessed.(Abraham was 100 years old) Isaac grew and was weaned.

We also learned that Sarah felt that the first son born by the maidservant was no longer needed...so she wanted Abraham to drive them out.

Abraham was distressed by this and the Lord came to him and said to do what ever Sarah had asked and that the son would also have a nation because he was a descendant of Abraham. So he gave Hagar two water skins and sent them out.

Now Hagar wandered the wilderness and when the water was used up she put the boy under some bushes...she could not bear to see him die...and he began to wail...The Lord heard his cry and opened the eyes of Hagar and she saw a well...and gave him a drink.

He grew into an archer and took a wife and lived in Egypt.

Abraham made a covenant with Abimelech...

23now therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall show to me and to the land in which you have sojourned."
24Abraham said, "I swear it."
25But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

Abimelech said he knew of no such thing...Abraham let seven ewe lambs go and made a covenant saying

"You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well."

They called this place Beersheba

32So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines.
33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
34And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many day.


So today we got an understanding of the Lords promise to Abraham...first with his sons...and secondly with his blessings where ever he travled...even Abimelech knew of the blessing that was on him. And through it all Abraham called on the name of the Lord.

Please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 22:1-24...ohhhh Tomorrow's reading is a good and thought provoking one...The offering of Isaac...until then...blessings on you day :o)

Genesis 20:1-18

Good morning...today we read Genesis 20:1-18.

Sound familiar? This story was started earlier...for Sarah had been taken by the king into his house hold as his wife when Abraham said she was his sister...Didn't he do this once before...or is this a repeat story?

The king did not lie with Sarah...and the Lord appeared to him in a dream...and told him that Sarah was Abraham's wife...

We learned that when he went to Abraham and asked him about it Abraham's response was simply...I did this because I thought there were no more fear of God left in this place...

15Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please."
16To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared."
17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.
18For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

So the Lord's promises were true...Goodness had gone with Abraham into the nations...he has brought with him healing. I have looked at this and looked at this verse today because when the Lord repeats something there is something to learn. This story was repeated...Today I can see that the Lord goes ahead of Abraham...he does allow things to happen...but for a purpose.

Please join with me in tomorrow's reading Genesis 21:1-34

Genesis 19:1-38

Hello...so what did you think about this last reading??? We read Genesis 19:1-38 and it was a doozy...

We learned that the "men"were angels and were indeed sent to destroy the city...but first came to Lot to warn him to get his family out of the city. While standing in the doorway some wicked men came and wanted to have relations with the "men" sent by God. Lot would not let them and protected them...he was even going to give them his virgin daughters when the "men" pulled him inside and struck the attackers blind so they could not find the door...

Lot was instructed to get his wife and daughters and flee and not to look back...His wife did and was turned into a pillar of salt.

Later when they were in the mountains and hid in a cave...the daughters were so frightened that they would not bare children they got their father drunk and had relations with him.(he did not know) they both had sons.

This is so crazy...and it is a perfect example of how wickedness could take over...I mean even the daughters didn't realize how wicked they had become and were thinking only of themselves...

please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 20:1-18

Genesis 18:1-33

Hello and welcome...Today we read Genesis 18:1-33.

Now today we learned that Abraham was sitting in the heat of the day and the Lord appeared to him..but when he looked up there were three men there. Abraham said "if only I had the best food the best water the best this and that ...then I would..." the Lord called him on this and said well what are you waiting for...so Abraham got the best calf , the best flour to make cakes etc...and when they were eating the men told him that Sarah would have a baby in one year...Sarah overheard this and laughed.

When they asked him why she laughed he said she was past her child bearing age...and they said is anything to difficult for the Lord?

The men then went down the road and Abraham sent them off and the Lord said..."should I hide what I am about to do?

20And the LORD said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
21"I will go down now, and see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know."
22Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the LORD.
23Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

We learned that Abraham spoke on their behalf..."surely there would be some that were righteous...would you sweep them all away even if there were 50?

The Lord said no I would spare them if there were 50 I would spare it on their account.

We then learn that Abraham barters with the Lord all the way down to 10 men...would you spare it for 10 men?

32Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."

Then the Lord departed and Abraham returned to his place...

So what did we learn today...The baby was promised to Sarah even though she was so old and Abraham barters for the lives of the righteous.
This is interesting because when I pray sometimes I find myself bartering with the Lord over things...Is that all in the process of learning?

Please join me tomorrow when we read Genesis 19:1-38

Genesis 17:1-27

Hello and welcome back again...Today we read through Genesis 17:1-27

1Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old,
)the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him,
"I am God Almighty;
Walk before Me, and be blameless.
2"I will establish My covenant between Me and you,
And I will multiply you exceedingly."

3Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
4"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.
5"No longer shall your name be called Abram,
But your name shall be Abraham;
For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6"I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you.
7"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

We learned that the Lord had set a covenant that all men bought or born for now and generations to come would be circumcised...10"This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. (and any uncircumcised man should be cut off from his people.

We also learned that Sarai's name was changed to Sarah and she was told that she would have a child. Abraham laughed because she was 90 years old.

The Lord told them that he would take care of Ishmael and would bless him. And they would have a son and name him Isaac and he will be great among the nations.

After the Lord left Abraham he went and circumcised all the males in his household...he was 99 when he was circumcised.

Wow...so that all just makes me wonder if that was the punishment for sleeping with another?? hmmmmm..now I know the Lord had something bigger in mind for this but I just wonder...there had to be some kind of punishment didn't there????.I bet that was a crazy day...all the men were circumcised all on the same day...oh I can just hear the nashing of teeth from here.

Please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 18:1-33 We will be learning about the Birth of Isaac.

Genesis 16:1-16

Hello again...Today we read Genesis 16:1-16.

Today we learned about Hagar, Abram and Sarai's maidservant. Sarai was so bothered by.not being able to give Abram children that she gave him her maidservant to bear his children for him since she could not...Hagar did concieve a child...and when Sarai saw this she despised the maidservant Hagar.

Sarai treated her harshly and Hagar fled from the presence. The Angel of the Lord found her in the wilderness and asked her where she had been and where she was going. She told the Angel she was fleeing from her mistress and the Angel told her to return and submit to her authourity.

10Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her,
"I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."
11The angel of the LORD said to her further,
"Behold, you are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall call his name Ishmael,
Because

the LORD has given heed to your affliction.
12"He will be a wild donkey of a man,
His hand will be against everyone,
And every one's hand will be against him;
And he will live to the east of all his brothers."

So Hagar bore a son to Abram and they called him Ishmael.

I still wonder how the whole multiple wife thing worked out in the days the Bible was written...but this was a case of not being a wife, it said that Hagar was given "Like a wife". She did give him children, and that, the Lord said would happen...

Please join me in reading Genesis 17:1-27 where we learn about circumcision.

enjoy your day :o)

Genesis 15:1-21

Today we read Genesis 15:1-21... We learned that Abram had a vision in the form of a dream when the Lord spoke to him.. "
Do not fear, Abram,
I am a shield to you;
Your reward shall be very great."

2Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir."
4Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir."

We then learn that the Lord led Abram outside and had him look into the night sky...count the stars if you are able...that is how many your descendants will be. We also learned that Abram questioned the Lord and the Lord explained to him that there will be his descendants that are strangers to a land that is not theirs and they will be enslaved for 100 years...The Lord also said "But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.

15"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. He then told him that the 4th generation would return and they will recieve the land.

So the Lord basically showed Abram how his life and the lives of his descendants would pan out...I wonder what Abram thought of all this?..was he worried for his descendants? was he relieved they would be given the land? (hmmmmm)

please join me in tomorrow's reading of Genesis 16:1-16 When we will learn about Sarai and Hagar.
Until then...blessings to you.

Genesis 14:1-24

What a beautiful fall day it is today...Welcome back. Today we read through Genesis 14:1-24.

Now today we learned about the "war of the kings" which is exactally as it sounds...there were many kings (we read about all of them) and they were at war with each other...they took each other's land and possessions as they passed through the various areas...

10Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them But those who survived fled to the hill country.
11Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed.
12They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.

We learned that a fugitive came and told Abram that Lot was taken and he sent out his trained men to go and retrieve him. They did this at night and won. They not only brought back Lot but all his possessions and his women and his people.

After this the king of Sadom came to meet with Abram. Abram was praised(just as the Lord had promised him)

19He blessed him and said,
"Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
He gave him a tenth of all.

The king said to Abram...leave the people with me and take the goods for yourself...he told him no, he did not want him to say he is the one who gave him his riches. He took nothing but what he and his man had eaten.

Through today's reading we are begining to see that the Lord is bringing to pass what he said he would. We are also begining to see that Abram's trust in the Lord is keeping him safe. As Abram continues to trust in the Lord his riches are multiplying...

Tomorrow we read Genesis 15:1-21...See you then, have a great day.

Genesis 13:1-18

Hello again. I am so glad you are still with me. If you are new here just jump in. Today we read Genesis 13:1-18

Today we learned that Abram, his wife and Lot went up from Egypt to Negev. We learned that Abram was rich in livestock and silver and gold. He went back to where his tent was in the beginning...a place between Bethel and Ai. He returned to a place where he had built an alter to the Lord.

Now Lot had flocks and herds and tents. But their possessions were great and they were no longer able to stay together. So Abram, not wanting to disagree any longer asked Lot to separate from him. He did.

So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other.

The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever.

Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD.

So Lot and Abram separated and Lot ended up where evil was but Abram waited on the Lord for direction and he gave it to him...(hmmmm) is he trying to show us something? Do we wait on the Lord for answers or do we just go our own way?

please join me in tomorrow's reading... Genesis 14:1-24 (God's promise to Abram)

Genesis 12:1-20

Good morning and welcome back...Today we read Genesis 12:1-20.

Today we learned about Abram. We learned the Lord sent him away from his family and told him that he would show him a great nation and he would make his name great. He also told him he would bless him and would bless all those who blessed him and in him all the families of the earth would be blessed. So Abram did as the Lord asked.

He took with him Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew. They all set out for Cannan and passed through it. The Lord appeared to him and said his descendants would get this land so he built an altar to the Lord there.

Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. There was famine there so they continued on to Egypt...We learned that Abram was afraid so he asked his beautiful wife to say she was his sister so their lives would be spared. She did. 15Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake.

But the Lord struck Pharaoh's house with many plagues for Sarai's Sake and the Pharaoh said to him... "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
19"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go."
20Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him.

Ohhhh My~ this one leaves us at an interesting place doesn't it...Why did Abram fear Pharaoh when he go to Egypt...The Lord had sent him there...and yet he took it upon himself to make a scheme...to save his own skin...and what did his poor wife put up with in the process?

We will learn more about Abram in tomorrow's reading. Please join me in reading Genesis 13:1-18

Genesis 11:1-32

Hello again and welcome back...I do not do my own bible reading on Sunday so I may focus on what the my Pastor would have me study. So Today we read Genesis 11:1-32

Today we learned that the Earth was of one language. We learned that they decided to make a tower that "reached the heavens" and they burned brick to make stone and used tar for morter.

We learned that the Lord came down to see the city and tower and said
"Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do."

So he confused their speech so they could not understand each other and scattered them all over the earth. 9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

We also learned about the generations of Shem. From Shem down to 29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

Can you imagine how strange it must have been to all of a sudden not been able to understand the person your standing next to...This is a perfect example of how the Lord works...He is Lord...We will not override him at any turn...He made it so they could not bind together and do what they wanted...He made it so they could not do just "anything" they wanted...He does have a plan for us all...Why do we fight the process?

Please join me in tomorrow's reading Genesis 12:1-20