Apr 29, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 25:1-11, Abraham's Death & Descendants
1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. [When did this happen? We do not know.] 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan,...
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 24:62-67, Here Comes the Bride
62 Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb. [Where is Abraham? Has Isaac decided to live apart from...
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 24:50-61, The Bride Price
50 Then Laban and Bethuel [Abraham’s brother who finally appears out of nowhere but after his son, meaning he is less important in this...
Apr 26, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 24:34-49, The Big Reveal
34 So he said, “I am Abraham's servant [the big reveal]. 35 The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great. He has given...
Apr 25, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 24:22-33, Meet Laban
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten...
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 24:10-21, Rebekah and the Camels
10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels [demonstrating his great wealth and possessions as camels were rare at that time] and...
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 24:1-9, Getting a Wife for Isaac
1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. [This description typically sets up the final deeds of a great man. Is Abraham on his...
Apr 20, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 23 Sarah's Death and Burial
1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. [She goes unmentioned since she was 103 and is the only patriarchal...
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 22:9-24, A Substitute Appears
9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound [hands and...
Apr 18, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 24:1-8, Isaac Sacrificed?
A Comparison Between Hagar/Ishmael and Abraham/Isaac God orders Ishmael’s expulsion 21:12-13 ...