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And the story moves from Abraham to Isaac…| selections from Genesis 26
Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to King Abimelech of the Philistines. –Genesis 26:1 This reads like a...
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Responding to the Covenant | Genesis 17:10
This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. –Genesis 17:10 This is the Covenant: that his people will be...
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The Echoes of History & Abraham| Genesis 24.22-23
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose-ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, and said, “Tell me whose daughter you are. Is...
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God’s Camp is Our Camp | Genesis 32:1
Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him; and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim. –Genesis 32:1 Jacob experiences God here, says that this is...
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Wrestling with God: History & Theology | Genesis 32.24-32
Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he...
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Responding to the Covenant | Genesis 35.9-13
God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and he blessed him. God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall you be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he was...
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Hagar: Tears, Empowerment, & the Faithfulness of God
Today we continue our Lent series, “The Weeping Word“, looking at different moments of crying, lament, and tears in the Scriptures. In the early chapters of the Bible, there is perhaps no greater...
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When morning came, it was Leah | Genesis 33.10
When morning came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?” –Genesis 29.25 I can’t remember who told...
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How Christians can read Old Testament horror | Genesis 34.25-31
On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city unawares, and killed all the males. They killed...
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History, Theology, & Wrestling with God | Genesis 32.24-32
Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he...
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