We get to see the beginnings of Judah’s family. This will be the line that will culminate in Jesus’s birth. And it doesn’t start off smooth. Moses, when writing Genesis through the Holy Spirit, steps away from Joseph for a moment. He turns our attention to Judah. Judah was the line God chose to bring […]
We shift focus from Jacob to Joseph now. Joseph is the dreamer of prophetic dreams and will also be an interpreter of such dreams; one day. Before we jump into Joseph’s story, I want to take a moment and acknowledge that I skipped right over the chapter with Esau’s descendants. This is NOT to say […]
Jacob will experience grief three times. Twice will be connected to the death of a loved one. The third is the death of respect. All will have lasting effects. Jacob will lose his beloved wife, Rachel, his father, Isaac, and the respect he felt for his oldest son, Reuben, while journeying through his story today. […]
Jacob is instructed by God to go on to Bethel. The place where he had his amazing dream while running from Esau. But ‘house cleaning’ came first. When we last left Jacob’s story, Simeon and Levi had ‘avenged’ their sister’s honor. They enticed the men of Shechem to be circumcised and then slaughtering them when […]
We see several disgraceful acts today. Some done against Jacob and his family. And some done by his family. They will forever mark Simeon and Levi in Jacob’s eyes. I’m curious to know why Simeon and Levi were the ones to take up for Dinah. Were her other brothers part of the plot, but only […]