Things in Jacob’s camp move on without Joseph. Judah decides to start a family of his own. His tent is not trouble free either. We start off looking at Judah’s family with his new wife, Shua. She was a Canaanite. Jacob was not about to go back to Paddan-aram to find wives for his sons. […]
Joseph’s brothers loathed him! Their father’s favoritism towards Joseph and his “goody two shoes” attitude stuck in their craw. And they finally had a chance to do something about it. The first thing I want to know is how did Jacob not have a clue about the hostility between Joseph and his brothers? He had […]
Jacob has settled down with his family in the place his family settled twice already; Hebron. His sons have grown strong and are working his flocks. Joseph is his eyes and ears as well as his look to the future. We are introduced to the fact that Joseph is 17 when this portion of Jacob’s […]
We are going to look at Esau’s family tree today. Genealogy is NOT my favorite subject but I have also lamented not having info on “the rest of the family” in several instances. Today’s reading meets that request. Let’s see where it takes us. This passage is THICK and circular in places. My first question […]
We encounter three deaths in Jacob’s family. His favorite wife, his mother’s nurse and his father. But we also welcome one last child into this same family. In yesterday’s reading the death of “Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse” (verse 8a) was mentioned. I’m not sure how she got in this story. Was she traveling with Jacob and […]