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†. Gen 30:1a . .When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; Sibling rivalry is bad enough. But when siblings compete for the affections of the same love object, it's all the worse. I don't know what it is about kin, but it's much easier to compete...

†. Gen 29:32 . . Leah conceived and bore a son, and named him Reuben; for she declared: The Lord has seen my affliction. Now my husband will love me. Reuben's name is from Re'uwben (reh-oo-bane') which means: See; a son! Children do have a way of bonding a (normal) man to their mother. It...

†. Gen 29:24 . . Laban had given his maidservant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid. Zilpah didn't say anything either. In fact she very likely assisted Leah to bathe and prepare for her wedding night. Poor Jacob. He was so defeated. It was like the whole world, and even the stars above in...

†. Gen 29:17b-18a . . Rachel was shapely and beautiful. Jacob loved Rachel; Duh. Why does that not surprise us? You know, Jacob was fortunate about something. In those days, a man didn't have to win a woman's heart. He had to win her custodian's heart. So men could pick out a girl like they...

†. Gen 29:9-10 . .While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's flock; for she was a shepherdess. And when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the flock of his uncle Laban, Jacob went up and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well, and watered the...

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Glowing embers, remnants of a world past. Life is dying, its energy expiring fast. The last hope for life to survive is fading out and we’re stuck drowning in a sea of doubt! - Burnt out timber, shadows of what use to be. Lord God! Start a fire inside me! So many are burnout, no … Keep reading →...

†. Gen 29:1 . . Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the Easterners. The geographic region in Turkey where Jacob went wasn't actually east by his reckoning. It was just about dead north. But the people who populated that region had roots in the east. Here's another version. "Then...

†. Gen 28:22a . . And this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, shall be God's abode; Jacob's pillow stone wasn't really meant to be a dwelling or a container as we typically think of human habitat or animal cages. It was meant to be a sort of monitoring device. An 8th century BC Aramaic...

10:40 pm . . . .  should be in bed. Want to write, but my eyes won&#8217;t let me . . . so some poor graphics will have to do Catching fire . . .  Gnite all. Composed from photos by Ilona Burgers, Jean Paul, Totte Jonsson, and Dominic Morel. &#160;<img alt="" border="0"...

†. Gen 28:16-17a . . Jacob awoke from his sleep and said: Surely the Lord is present in this place, and I did not know it! Shaken, he said: How awesome is this place! Actually Jacob was very frightened. I believe that place gave him the creeps. It isn't unusual for an encounter with God to...

I heard a little bird tell me, per say, That someone was coping it the other day, Yet another heartbreak in a cold world, But I wanted to let you know, hold on girl. Everything’s going to be fine, just hold tight. Sometimes the darkness clouds us, till we can’t see That there are still … Keep...

†. Gen 28:12b . . a ladder was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on it. The word for "ladder" is from cullam (sool-lawm') which is actually a staircase. This is the one and only place in the entire Old Testament where that specific word...

“The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives.” –Admiral William Leahy, US Atomic Bomb Project Apparently the nuclear bomb would never explode . . . tell that to the   +100,000 people in Japan who died from just TWO. A list of impossibilities: Apparently, we’ll never, no matter...

†. Gen 28:8 . . Esau realized that the Canaanite women displeased his father Isaac. Now that Esau no longer enjoyed the status of a pampered athlete, he's a little more attuned to the opinions of others around him; most especially to the dad who at one time gave the impression his eldest was...

†. Gen 28:1a . . So Isaac sent for Jacob and blessed him. He instructed him: This is the first time, at least on record, that Isaac has shown any real interest in Jacob's spiritual condition. You just have to wonder if Jacob received any religious instruction at all from his dad. I would not be...

†. Gen 27:46 . . And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of living because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, I might as well die. I think Rebecca was becoming very lonely for the company of daughters-in...

photo by http://www.sxc.hu/profile/mikelawrey We meet on an autumn day, under the trees Fast forward one year and a half, and now we’re here – done, broken, finished. But this is how I would play it today – if I had one chance at a replay . . . . I would have kissed you on that … Keep reading →...

You know, there are these dreary days, When a melancholic mood holds me in its sway, Probably something we get as we age, hey? - In this twilight hours, we forget tomorrow, And look back at the days, weeks, and years of long ago. Look back,  and utter a flat, “Oh.” - Oh, all those … Keep reading...

†. Gen 27:39-40 . . And his father Isaac answered, saying to him: See, your abode shall be [away from] the fat of the earth and [from] the dew of heaven above. Yet by your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restive, you shall break his yoke from your neck...