Daily Devotional

Rape of Dinahverses 1-5

 And Dinah – the daughter of Leah – whom she bore to Jacob

            went out to see the daughters of the land

And when Shechhem – the son of Hamor the Hivite

prince of the country – saw her – took her

lay with her – defiled her

And his soul clung to Dinah – … Read More

Jacob meets a friendly Esauverses 1-4

    And Jacob lifted up his eyes – and looked – and BEHOLD

            Esau came and with him four hundred men

And he divided the children to Leah – and to Rachel

and to the two handmaids

            and he put the handmaids and their children foremost

            and Leah and her children after

            and Rachel … Read More

Angels of God meet Jacobverses 1-2

And Jacob went on his way – and the angels of God met

him and when Jacob saw them   he said

                  This is God’s host and he called the name of that place Mahanaim

Jacob sends word to Esau of his comingverses 3-5

 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his … Read More

Jacob realizes it is time to leaveverses 1-9

 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons – saying

            Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s

                        and of that which was our father’s has he gotten

all this wealth

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban

            and – behold – it was not toward him as before

   And … Read More

Rachel pleads for childrenverses 1-2

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children

            Rachel envied her sister – and said unto Jacob

                        Give me children or else I die

   And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel – and he said

            Am I in God’s stead

WHO has withheld from you the fruit of the womb? 

Rachel gives … Read More

Jacob meets Rachel for the first timeverses 1-12

 Then Jacob went on his journey

and came into the land of the people of the east

            and he looked – and behold a well in the field

            and lo there were three flocks of sheep lying by it

                        FOR out of that well they watered the flocks

                                    and a great … Read More

Isaac blessed Jacob’s trip to Labanverses 1-5

 And Isaac called Jacob – and blessed him – and charged him

             and said to him

            You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan – arise

go to Padanaram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father

and take you a wife from there of the daughters of Laban… Read More

Rebekah overhears Isaac’s conversation with Esauverses 1-5

    And it came to pass – that when Isaac was old – and his eyes were DIM

            so that he could not see – he called Esau his eldest son

and said to him – My son

                                    and he said to him – BEHOLD here am I

   And he said

            BEHOLD now … Read More

LORD renews Abrahamic covenant with Isaacverses 1-5

 And there was a famine in the land

beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham

And Isaac went to Abimelech – king of the Philistines – to Gerar

and the LORD appeared to him – and said

Go not down into Egypt dwell in the land which

I… Read More

Descendants of Abraham through Keturahverses 1-4

 Then again Abraham took a wife – and her name was Keturah

            and she bore him Zimran – Jokshan – Medan – Midian

Ishbak  – Shuah

And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan – and the sons of Dedan

were Asshurim – Letushim – Leummim

And the sons of Midian

            Ephah – Epher – … Read More