Promise – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Did Pharaoh sleep with Sarah?

Question: Please advise if Sarah had sex with the king when her husband Abraham had

This passage tells us that Jacob was embalmed by the Egyptians. The Zondervan Illustrated

The words spoken by Jacob are characterized in two ways. Jacob says they are "what

"For the fifth time in the Book of Genesis, we meet a reversal of the birth order.

The number of the family members of Jacob who are listed in this passage as going

Lists like these are often boring to modern readers. But to the Israelites who

The culture of the middle east in regard to clan succession was that the firstborn

I recently heard of a family who, upon departing each other's company, would repeat

"Mandrakes" play a role in this part of Jacob's life. Walton writes: "The mandrake

Walton says, "Marriage customs in the ancient Near East combined legal and festive

Of the imagery in this dream, Walton writes: His dream presents a ladder or stairway

The Abimelech whom Isaac deals with could be the same Abimelech his father Abraham

Isaac is now on his own, raising herds of animals, moving about in the land to find

My son-in-law has been doing research on his and our family through Ancestry.com.

Paul's instructions in 1 Corinthians 7 that a Christian woman only marry another