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Overstepping Authority
Moses knew that the Egyptians wouldn't take kindly to him killing one of their own... but I wonder if he was expecting the backlash from the very people he was trying to protect? He literally put his…
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Exodus 2:11 (NASB), Exodus 2:12 (NASB), Exodus 2:13 (NASB), Exodus 2:14 (NASB)
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From "Look at me" to "Look to God."
Joseph is changing. With his brothers, he had been boastful. As a slave, he was somewhat humbled, but still pretty full of himself. (See Gen 39:9a) But something changed while he was in prison, to…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 39:7 (NASB), Genesis 39:8 (NASB), Genesis 39:9 (NASB), Genesis 39:10 (NASB), Genesis 39:11 (NASB), Genesis 41:16 (NASB)
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Keep your dreams to yourself?
Joseph didn't seem to have a lot of wisdom at this point in his life. He probably believed that he was untouchable since he was his father's favorite. He was the spoiled kid, the tattletale of the family...…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 37:5 (NASB), Genesis 37:6 (NASB), Genesis 37:7 (NASB), Genesis 37:8 (NASB), Genesis 37:9 (NASB), Genesis 37:10 (NASB)
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Favorites
You would think that by now Jacob would realize that playing favorites just leads to strife. Jacob's parents had played favorites -- his mother favoring Jacob, his father favoring Esau. That sibling…
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Leah
The story of Jacob and Rebekah is a beautiful love story... but I relate much more to Leah, the ugly, unloved one. When she has her first son, she is still hopeful that Jacob will love her. When she…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 29:30 (NASB), Genesis 29:31 (NASB), Genesis 29:32 (NASB), Genesis 29:33 (NASB), Genesis 29:34 (NASB), Genesis 29:35 (NASB)
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A lot of "IFs"
Jacob isn't seeking God. He's an unrepentant liar, running away from an angry brother. And yet... this is the man God chose from before his birth! Jacob receives a spectacular blessing & promise: not…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 28:11 (NASB), Genesis 28:12 (NASB), Genesis 28:13 (NASB), Genesis 28:14 (NASB), Genesis 28:15 (NASB), Genesis 28:16 (NASB), Genesis 28:17 (NASB), Genesis 28:18 (NASB), Genesis 28:19 (NASB), Genesis 28:20 (NASB), Genesis 28:21 (NASB)
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God did it?
Jacob not only deceives his father, but he attributes it to God. A lot of people like to say "God made it happen" or "God told me to do this" or "God said this to me." As much as I'd like to give them…
Created over 2 years ago
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Blessed after deceiving?
Isaac repeats the same lie that his father had used -- in the same place where his father had last used it! But instead of getting mad at Isaac and throwing him out of their land, Abimelech gives Isaac…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 26:7 (NASB), Genesis 26:8 (NASB), Genesis 26:9 (NASB), Genesis 26:10 (NASB), Genesis 26:11 (NASB), Genesis 26:12 (NASB), Genesis 26:13 (NASB), Genesis 26:14 (NASB)
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Is this God?
I just love it that the servant prays to God, asks for a very very specific sign... Rebekah shows up before he had even finished praying, fulfills the sign perfectly... and the servant is still wondering…
Created over 2 years ago
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Refusing a gift
Abraham was offered the land as a gift... but he refused to take it as a gift. He insisted on paying for it. Was this wisdom and nobility on his part, or simply pride ("Let no one say that they made…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 23:3 (NASB), Genesis 23:4 (NASB), Genesis 23:5 (NASB), Genesis 23:6 (NASB), Genesis 23:7 (NASB), Genesis 23:8 (NASB), Genesis 23:9 (NASB), Genesis 23:10 (NASB), Genesis 23:11 (NASB), Genesis 23:12 (NASB), Genesis 23:13 (NASB), Genesis 23:14 (NASB), Genesis 23:15 (NASB), Genesis 23:16 (NASB), Genesis 23:17 (NASB), Genesis 23:18 (NASB), Genesis 23:19 (NASB), Genesis 23:20 (NASB)
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Reluctant Obedience?
What a contrast... Abraham obeyed even in the midst of disappointment, while angels had to literally drag Lot out of the city to save him. And even then, Lot wasn't content with the grace that he was…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 19:15 (NASB), Genesis 19:16 (NASB), Genesis 19:17 (NASB), Genesis 19:18 (NASB), Genesis 19:19 (NASB), Genesis 19:20 (NASB)
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Still an alien
Lot is not a very sympathetic character... but in this one area I can "feel his pain:" Lot must have been living in Sodom for at least 23 years, and after all that time he was still considered an alien…
Created over 2 years ago
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More on Abraham's Faith
Many years have passed between Gen 15:5 and Gen 17:17. During that time, Sarah gets impatient and decides to do things differently... and Abraham has Ishmael with her maid Hagar. But something else has…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 17:17 (ASV), Genesis 17:18 (ASV), Genesis 17:19 (ASV)
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Faith
I love the contrast between Abraham's responses in Gen 15:6 and Gen 15:8. In Gen 15:6, Abram is responding to God's promise that Abram will have a son. Abram was already old and didn't have a son. Obviously,…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 15:5 (NASB), Genesis 15:6 (NASB), Genesis 15:7 (NASB), Genesis 15:8 (NASB)
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Seems like an over-reaction...
Noah gets drunk and embarrasses himself by laying naked in his tent. One of Noah’s sons, Ham, sees Noah in this compromising position and decides to tell his brothers about it. The brothers carefully…
Created over 2 years ago
Genesis 9:20 (NASB), Genesis 9:21 (NASB), Genesis 9:22 (NASB), Genesis 9:23 (NASB), Genesis 9:24 (NASB), Genesis 9:25 (NASB), Genesis 9:26 (NASB), Genesis 9:27 (NASB)
