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†. Gen 25:32-33 . . And Esau said: I am at the point of death, so of
what use is my birthright to me? But Jacob said: Swear to me first.
So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
It just amazes me how much faith the people of long ago put in oaths.
Nowadays nobody trusts an oath...
†. Gen 25:27c . . who stayed in camp.
Does that mean Jacob never ventured outdoors? No. After all, his family was
pastoral; they lived in tents and spent their whole lives working outdoors.
Staying in camp only means Jacob would rather come on home when the
day was over, take a hot shower, eat...
I fell on my knees to pray, found a demon in my safest haven. Hideous deformation of some craved being from which I’m fleeing. Footsteps behind me, torture my mind, wondering if a remedy I’ll find. Doesn’t matter where I am, this monster still finds me, inside me is he...
I first remember you from way back, when I was just a kid. You stopped your life and reached down to spend time with me. I guess I’m getting rather old now, as I look back and wistfully wish. Wish that things would go back to how they use to be. Cause you ain’t there … <a...
I may be the cream of the crop, I could be the brass at the top. I could rise up, beyond ordinary’s scope, where does it stop? Where does it stop? I could have the biggest house, best car, flashy jewels, a hollywood star. I could be the biggest, richest, best-known near n’ far. But...
†. Gen 25:26c . . Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
Isaac married Rebecca at forty (Gen 25:20). If Becky was 18 at her
wedding, she would have been 38. Imagine waiting twenty years to have
your first child? Quite a few modern marriages end long before then.
†. Gen 25:27a . .When...
†. Gen 25:23b . . One people shall be mightier than the other, and
the older shall serve the younger.
Esau will come out first; hence he's the "older". However, the right of
primogeniture was taken from him and given to Jacob. That was God's
sovereign prerogative as the paterfamilias of Yhvh's...
†. Gen 25:22a . . But the children struggled in her womb,
The word for "struggled" is from ratsats (raw-tsats') which means: to crack
in pieces, literally or figuratively
Haw-Haw-Haw-Haw-Haw. Those little tiny babies were trying to bust each
other's skulls in there! The word ratsats is used...
†. Gen 25:19 . .This is the story of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham
begot Isaac.
The word for "son" is ben (bane) and is used like American's use a middle
name. Isaac's whole name is: Isaac ben Abraham. It's a common idiom in
the Old Testament, and found in the New Testament too.
†. John 6:42...
†. Gen 25:11a . . After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son
Isaac.
With the death of Abraham, the covenant torch is passed on to the next
patriarch. The promises now shift into Isaac's possession and it becomes his
responsibility to take over as the family priest too.
†. Gen 25:11b . ...
†. Gen 25:8c . . and he was gathered to his kin.
"gathered to his kin" isn't recorded only of special people; not when Ishmael,
Isaac, Jacob, Aaron, and Moses are all recorded to have been gathered to
their kin too. An analysis of the contexts in which the phrase is found reveals
that it is to...
†. Gen 25:7 . .This was the total span of Abraham's life: one hundred
and seventy-five years.
Abraham resided in Canaan for 100 years; and outlived Sarah by 48. That's
not the way it usually happens here in modern America. Wives typically
outlive their husbands; and if you don't think that's...
I know this little guy, he stands, oh so, about knee high. He’s got the cutest dimples on his cheery face, Got a smile that lights up the whole place. He’s got the knack for chatter, he invites himself if you won’t : “I’ll have that muesli bar please cause my brother don’t.” Suppose to … Keep...
†. Gen 25:1 . . Abraham took another wife, whose name was
Keturah.
According to 1Chrn 1:32, Ms. Keturah wasn't really a full fledged wife as
Sarah had been, but was a wife of a different color altogether. She was a
piylegesh (pee-leh'-ghesh) which means: a mistress or a paramour; viz: a...
†. Gen 24:64b . . She alighted from the camel
Suspecting that the man up ahead just might be her future husband,
Rebecca took no chances of getting off on the wrong foot with impropriety.
She could always get back up on the camel if it turned out the man wasn't
her Isaac; but just in case . . ...
†. Gen 24:61b . . So the servant took Rebecca and went his way.
The 500 mile trip to Isaac's camp, which must have taken at least two
weeks, was a great opportunity for Rebecca to become familiar with the
manager of her spouse's goods. People bond well under hardship and under
close knit...
†. Gen 24:54-55 . .Then he and the men with him ate and drank, and
they spent the night. When they arose next morning, he said: Give
me leave to go to my master. But her brother and her mother said:
Let the maiden remain with us some ten days; then you may go.
Their request was reasonable...
†. Gen 24:34 . . I am Abraham's servant: he began.
I think it's commendable that this man, so far from home, didn't introduce
himself by his own name but rather by the name of the one whom he
represented.
†. Gen 24:35 . .The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has
become rich: He has...
†. Gen 24:23-25 . . Pray tell me; he said: whose daughter are you? Is
there room in your father's house for us to spend the night? She
replied: I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she
bore to Nahor. And she went on: There is plenty of straw and feed at
home, and also room to...
