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Did Pharaoh sleep with Sarah?
Question: Please advise if Sarah had sex with the king when her husband Abraham had her lie about being his sister the first time. I know this is a strange question, but it came up in our small group.
Continue reading...Burial of Jacob – Genesis 50:1-14
This passage tells us that Jacob was embalmed by the Egyptians. The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary tells us: “Embalming served to preserve the body of the deceased, but in
Continue reading...Jacob Prophesies Over His Sons – Genesis 49
The words spoken by Jacob are characterized in two ways. Jacob says they are “what shall happen” to his sons in the days to come, that is, in the distant future. Moses characterizes them
Continue reading...Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh – Genesis 48
“For the fifth time in the Book of Genesis, we meet a reversal of the birth order. God had chosen Abel, not Cain; Isaac, not Ishmael; Jacob, not Esau; and Joseph, not Reuben; and now He would choose
Continue reading...Jacob Moves to Egypt – Genesis 46:1-47:12
The number of the family members of Jacob who are listed in this passage as going down to Egypt has been a source of discussion and debate. The text lists the number at 70 (46:27). “The number
Continue reading...Esau – Genesis 36
Lists like these are often boring to modern readers. But to the Israelites who are being led by Moses through the wilderness to Canaan, this list is gold. It explains to them the peoples they are going
Continue reading...Deaths of Rachel and Isaac – Genesis 35:16-29
The culture of the middle east in regard to clan succession was that the firstborn son or whoever inherited the firstborn inheritance from his father, took responsibility for the “care and ownership
Continue reading...Laban Confronts Jacob – Genesis 31:22-55
I recently heard of a family who, upon departing each other’s company, would repeat the words of Jacob and Laban in their covenant with each other: “The LORD watch between you and me, when
Continue reading...Jacob’s Children – Genesis 29:31-30:24
“Mandrakes” play a role in this part of Jacob’s life. Walton writes: “The mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) is a stemless, perennial root in the potato family that grows in stony
Continue reading...Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel – Genesis 29:1-30
Walton says, “Marriage customs in the ancient Near East combined legal and festive elements in different ways from current Western practice. The legal aspect did not feature a formal ceremony by
Continue reading...Stairway to Heaven – Genesis 28:10-22
Of the imagery in this dream, Walton writes: His dream presents a ladder or stairway that reaches to heaven. What Jacob is dreaming comes from the cultural world of the ancient Near East. In Mesopotamia
Continue reading...Isaac and Abimelech 2 – Genesis 26:17-36
The Abimelech whom Isaac deals with could be the same Abimelech his father Abraham interacted with, or a successor. The name Abimelech means “my father is king,” and may have become a title
Continue reading...Isaac and Abimelech 1 – Genesis 26:1-16
Isaac is now on his own, raising herds of animals, moving about in the land to find pasture, and carrying on the legacy of the promise God made to Abraham. And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from
Continue reading...Abraham’s Death – Genesis 25:1-18
My son-in-law has been doing research on his and our family through Ancestry.com. Our fascination with our families, our ancestors, stems from the very beginning of time with the promise to Adam and
Continue reading...Bride for Isaac – Genesis 24
Paul’s instructions in 1 Corinthians 7 that a Christian woman only marry another Christian might have, in part, been derived from this part of Scripture. Then Isaac brought her into the tent of
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