Jul 15, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 33:12-20, Succoth and Shechem
12 Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” 13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children...
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 33:1-11, Reunion
1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among...
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 32:22-32, Wrestling with God
22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok...
Jul 12, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 32:1-21, Jacob Fears Esau
1 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's camp!” [Jacob is being...
Jul 11, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 31:43-55, Stones of Witness
43 Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and...
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 31:33-42, Playing the God Card
33 So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find them. And he...
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 31:17-32, The Drama Builds
17 So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels. 18 He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the...
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 31:1-16, Time to Pack and Leave
1 Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has...
Jul 5, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 30:25-43, Laban vs. Jacob
25 As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph [at the end of seven additional years of work, meaning Leah just kept popping out children for...
Jul 1, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 30:19-24, God Remembers
19 And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband...