Jul 29, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 37:1-4, Joseph's Robe
1 Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. [Another new section...
Jul 28, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 36:31-42, More of Esau's Descendants
31 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in...
Jul 27, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 36:1-30, The Descendants of Esau
1 These are the generations of [standard title for a major section in Genesis] Esau (that is, Edom). [As is customary in Genesis, the...
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 35:22-29, The Death of Isaac
22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it. [Reuben resented that...
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 35:16-20, The Death of Rachel
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17...
Jul 22, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 35:9-15, Your Name is "Israel"
9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer...
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 35:1-8, Make an Altar
1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your...
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 34:25-31, Revenge by the Knife
25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords [as Shechem took...
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 34:13-24, A Convenient Circumcision?
13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 They said to them,...
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 34:1-12, The Rape of Dinah
1 Now Dinah the daughter of [Jacob’s unloved wife] Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land [away from...