Sermons & Devotionals by David Guzik

A. Abraham's commission to his servant. 1. (1-4) Abraham sends out a servant to seek out a bride for his son. Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put yo... Read More

A. Abraham's latter life and death. 1. (1-4) Abraham marries again and has many children by Keturah. Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, ... Read More

A. Isaac repeats Abraham's mistakes. 1. (1-5) God proclaims the covenant to Isaac. There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. Then the Lord appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt... Read More

A. Rebekah and Jacob plot to deceive Isaac. 1. (1-4) Isaac's deathbed request to Esau. Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." And he answered him, "Here I am." Then he said, "Behold now, I a... Read More

A. Isaac's farewell to Jacob. 1. (1-2) Instructions to not take a Canaanite wife. Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take yourse... Read More

A. Jacob meets Rachel. 1. (1-3) Jacob comes to a covered well. So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East. And he looked, and saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large ston... Read More

A. The temptation from the serpent. 1. (1) The serpent begins his temptation. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" a. The serpent: The text here does... Read More

A. Two sons born to Bilhah. 1. (1-4) Rachel, out of frustration, gives her maid Bilhah to Jacob in a "surrogate mother" arrangement. Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die!" And Jacob's anger was aroused agai... Read More

A. Jacob's disputes with Laban and his sons. 1. (1-2) Contention with Laban's sons causes Laban to look differently at Jacob. Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has acquired all this wealth." And Jacob... Read More

A. Jacob hears of Esau's approach. 1. (1-2) Jacob meets the angels of God at Mahanaim. He realizes God is with him and he has angelic protection. So Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's camp." And he called the name of that place Mahanaim... Read More

A. Esau's warm welcome. 1. (1-2) Jacob's careful preparations. Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah ... Read More

A. The rape of Dinah. 1. (1-4) A local prince violates Dinah and then wants to marry her. Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her... Read More

A. Jacob returns to Bethel. 1. (1) God speaks to Jacob, calling him back to Bethel. Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." a. Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there: The w... Read More

A. Esau's separation from Jacob. 1. (1-5) The wives, sons, and daughters of Esau. 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,... Read More

A. Joseph's dreams. 1. (1-4) Jacob favors Joseph. Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. This is the history of Jacob. 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 Zilp... Read More

A. Tamar's widowhood and Judah's unfairness. 1. (1-5) Judah and his three sons. It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and... Read More

A. Joseph in Potiphar's house. 1. (1) Potiphar, an Egyptian official, buys Joseph. Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. a. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captai... Read More

A. Cain's murder of Abel. 1. (1) The birth of Cain. Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, "I have acquired a man from the Lord." a. Now Adam knew Eve his wife: This is the first specific mention of sex in the Bible. The term "knew" or "to know" is a polite way of say... Read More

A. Joseph meets the butler and the baker in prison. 1. (1-4) The Egyptian royal butler and baker are put into prison. It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief b... Read More

A. Pharaoh's dreams and his dilemma. 1. (1-7) Pharaoh's disturbing dreams. Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river. Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow. Then behol... Read More