Shall we turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter thirty-two? Now in the thirty-first chapter we had the parting of Laban, Jacob's uncle as he kisses his grandchildren goodbye, as he sets up the stone and as he gives a heavy-duty charge to Jacob saying, "you take care of my girls and my grandkids. And ... Read More
We easily perceive different measures of attainment, both in knowledge and grace, in the churches of old. The elevation, for instance, of that at Ephesus was much above that at Corinth. At Corinth the apostle had to occupy himself with the corruption of various errors and abuses, and was thus hinder... Read More
There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
The prophecy of Jacob regarding Levi was remarkably fulfilled : "I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel" (Gen. 49. 7). You have to search for their dwellings in every corner of the land. They were scattered and divided over all Israel; for they got forty-eight cities, taken out of a... Read More
Were circumcised (4059) (peritemno from perí = around + témno = cut off - see study of peritome) means literally to cut something off or away ("to cut off around"), signifying a removal of that which has been cut away. In Col 2:11 Paul is using the well known procedure of circumcision not to describ... Read More
Uncircumcision (203) (akrobustia from ákron = the extreme + búo = cover) means uncircumcised (the foreskin not cut off) or uncircumcision and thus referred to the prepuce or foreskin. Paul is saying that the physical rite of circumcision without any internal transformation equates with a foreskin! A... Read More
Proverbs 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; bind them around your neck… Romans 11:22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God… Too Soft Ahab was too soft, too kind. He let Ben-Hadad, the Aramean king, go, and it cost him – it cost him “his life” by a random Aramean arrow, 1Kg. 22.34. 1... 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. Jacob decides to let the brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin. 1. (1-2) Jacob gives the order to get more food. Now the famine was severe in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a litt... Read More
A. The cryptic blessings. 1. (1-2) What will befall the sons of Jacob in the last days. And Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days: Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father." a. Jacob called hi... Read More
Through the Bible - Genesis 32-36
The Church at Thessalonica
76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures
Palestine for the Young - The Tribe of Levi
Circumcise (verb) (4059) peritemno
Uncircumcision (203) akrobustia
Too Soft, Too Hard?
Genesis 35 - Revival In Jacob's Life
Genesis 43 - Joseph Meets His Brothers a Second Time
Genesis 49 - The Blessing of the Sons of Jacob