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- ● 1Pet 3:15 . . Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. That passage should probably always accompany this next one. ● Rom 8:23-25 . .We ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly...

- Chapter 36 is mostly a genealogy, so I'm only going to do just twelve of its forty-three verses. †. Gen 36:1 . .This is the line of Esau-- that is, Edom. Edom is from the Hebrew word 'Edom (ed-ome') which is the color red; and was the tag hung on him back in Gen 25:30. †. Gen 36:2-7 . ...

- †. Gen 35:22b-26 . . Now the sons of Jacob were twelve in number. The sons of Leah: Reuben-- Jacob's first-born --Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali. And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad...

- †. Gen 35:21 . . Israel journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder. Although Israel is Jacob's spiritual name, it's also the name of his whole household (e.g. Gen 34:7) so that when Genesis says "Israel journeyed" it means everybody associated with Jacob was on the move. An...

- †. Gen 35:16b . . Rachel was in childbirth, and she had hard labor. Rachel was no longer a spring chicken. Rueben, Jacob's firstborn, is now old enough to fool around with grown women. It's probably been in the neighborhood of 40+ years since Rachel's first meeting with Jacob back in chapter...

- †. Gen 35:13-14 . . God parted from him at the spot where He had spoken to him; and Jacob set up a pillar at the site where He had spoken to him, a pillar of stone, and he offered a libation on it and poured oil upon it. The pillar that Jacob erected on this same site back in Gen 28:18...

- †. Gen 35:6-7 . .Thus Jacob came to Luz-- that is, Bethel --in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. There he built an altar and named the site El-bethel, for it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. Bethel is located...

- †. Gen 35:1 . . God said to Jacob: Arise, go up to Bethel and remain there; and build an altar there to the god who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau. That is some very strange language. Why didn't God say "build an altar to Me; who appeared to you when, etc". On...

- †. Gen 34:18-19 . .Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem. And the youth lost no time in doing the thing, for he wanted Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most respected in his father's house. Shechem took the lead and set the example for the rest of the men in his village. He...

- †. Gen 34:7b . .The men were distressed and very angry, because he had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter-- a thing not to be done. This is the first instance of Jewish tribalism in the Bible. Ironically; the boys were far more upset for what Shechem did to the...

- †. Gen 34:1 . . Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. "Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals." (1Cor 15:33) Paul's letter to the Corinthians wasn't written to bad people to encourage them to live like Christians...

- †. Gen 33:20 . . He set up an altar there, and called it El-elohe yisrael. El-elohe-yisrael is actually 'Eel-'Eloheey-Yisraa'eel which is a compound of three separate words. 'Eel is from 'el (ale) and means strength; as an adjective; viz: mighty. 'Eloheey is from 'elohiym (el-o-heem') and...

- †. Gen 33:12 . . And [Esau] said: Let us start on our journey, and I will proceed at your pace. Jacob undoubtedly told Esau his ultimate destination, which was probably Hebron, the place where their dad would later die. Isaac's last known address was Beer-sheba. Why he moved 26 miles north to...

- †. Gen 33:5 . . Looking about, he saw the women and the children. Who, he asked: are these with you? He answered: The children with whom God has favored your servant. Because Jacob's response drew Esau's attention to the lads rather than the women, Jewish folklore proposes that Jacob did...

- †. Gen 33:1-2 . . Looking up, Jacob saw Esau coming, accompanied by four hundred men. He divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maids, putting the maids and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. Whether Rachel was expecting Benjamin at...

- †. Gen 32:26 . .When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he wrenched Jacob's hip at its socket, so that the socket of his hip was strained as he wrestled with him. In spite of the injury, Jacob still hung on and refused to let go. The injury served a purpose. It wasn't to make Jacob...

- †. Gen 32:25b . . And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. There's been some speculation regarding not only the identity of this man but also his species. Some say it was the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ. Some say it was Esau's evil angel. Some say it was one of God's holy angels...

- †. Gen 32:14a . . After spending the night there, No one knows yet just exactly where Mahanaim was located. According to a Jordanian tourism web site, it was north of the river W. Zarqa (N. Yaboq) up in some elevated ground a few miles east of Deir Alla. If your map doesn't show Deir Alla...

- †. Gen 32:4 . . Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, The Hebrew word for "messengers" is the same word often used for angels. Since that word has such wide application, some have proposed that Jacob dispatched the holy angels on ahead to...

- †. Gen 32:1 . . Early in the morning, Laban kissed his sons and daughters and bade them good-by; then Laban left on his journey homeward. Apparently nobody wanted to kiss Laban back, nor bid him a good-bye. The old boy didn't altogether lack at least some affection for his family. But he...