https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/38.htm There are so many times when I think, “Maybe the Bible isn’t meant to tell us how to live, but rather how not to live.” In this chapter, we start with a bit of the genealogy of Judah, and we find that ended up marrying a Canaanite woman, against the wishes of God and Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/37.htm Jacob has now returned to the land of Canaan with his family, living where his father and grandfather had lived. And Jacob, renamed Israel by God, loved his son Joseph more than he loved the others; the Bible said it was because Joseph was the son of Israel’s old age. The only thing I Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/36.htm If you have stumbled across this, just a reminder that the purpose of this blog is for my personal study of the Bible. As a former firefighter, EMT, 911 Director, and trainer, I know that different people learn in different ways; some by reading, some by listening, some by watching, etc. I’ve read the Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/33.htm In this chapter, Jacob sees Esau and, as his servant had told him, 400 men coming. And much to Jacobs surprise, Esau came, hugged him and kissed him and wept. Perhaps we should be forgiving as Esau. Then Esau asked Jacob why he sent all of the gifts he had sent, and Jacob explained, Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/32.htm If you remember back, Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of stew, and as I said, he apparently didn’t value his birthright very much, or God made it trivial to him because God’s plan was to further Jacob. And Jacob and Rebekah had deceived Isaac, dressing Jacob up in hairy animal skins and Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/31.htm Here’s the lesson of the day. Yesterday, I talked about Jacob putting stripped rods of poplar, and almond, and chestnut in front of the sheet and they bore speckled or spotted lambs? And I said that I didn’t understand how this worked? Today I understand. Today’s chapter plainly states that it was the Will Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/30.htm In our last study, we saw that Rachel could bear no children, but that Leah had given Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah to Jacob. And now, we find that Rachel is upset that she can bare no children and she is jealous of her sister Leah. So far, Sarah, Rebekah, and now Rachel have Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/28.htm We continue to get closer to the establishment of Israel. Isaac was getting older, and he wanted to make sure that his on Jacob did not marry a Canaanite woman. Remember, the Canaanites were pagans that worshipped idols, and God was afraid that if the descendants of Abraham would marry them, they would be Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/nkjv/genesis/27.htm In Genesis 25, Esau sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a bowl of stew. The Bible doesn’t say, but I can only assume that breaking a vow, even a verbal one, is like telling a lie. And whether or not Esau had the ability to get rid of his birthright, he Continue reading

https://biblehub.com/genesis/26.htm If anyone is following me, I know this is going extremely slow. Last year, I participated in a year-long study of the Bible in which we read three, four, and sometimes five chapters of the Bible at a time. I found that there was no way to read and comprehend that much, so I’m Continue reading