genesis-31:13,-genesis-31:45-52-asv

"Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem,the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you. Shake yourself from the dust, arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem; Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck. O captive daughter of... Read More

God came to Jacob in a dream and said, "Go back to Bethel, the place where I first met you. Build an altar there, as you promised you would" (see Genesis 28:10-22 and 31:13). Jacob had heard a clear word from God, and he acted in full obedience to that word. He knew that God would keep him, be with ... Read More

Arise (450) (anistemi from ana = up, again + histemi = stand, to cause to stand) means literally to get up, to stand up, to stand again, to cause to rise (thus "to raise"), to stand or be erect (Acts 9:41). To rise from a lying or reclined position. To stand straight up from a prostrate position (Ac... 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. 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

48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his a two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (a) Joseph valued his children being received into Jacob's family, which was the Church of God, more than enjoying all the treasures of Egypt.... Read More

1 John 2:20 - But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 1 John 2:27 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath... Read More

Genesis 31 / Isaiah 50 11 paragraphs 5 vs. 1 Let us remove our sins, take discipline, and bravely obey the Lord, for God is our helper. Psalm 31 / Revelation 12:1 The woman in labor trusts God firmly. She honors His way and is blessed. Key Verses Genesis 31:12-13 / Isaiah 50:4 Genesis 31 / Isaiah 50... Read More

The Eternal Being reveals Himself in His triune existence even more richly and vitally than in His attributes. It is in this holy trinity that each attribute of His Being comes into its own, so to speak, gets its fullest content, and takes on its profoundest meaning. It is only when we contemplate t... Read More