Blog entries by Webers_Home

†. 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...

†. 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...

†. 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...

†. Gen 27:30-33a . . No sooner had Jacob left the presence of his father Isaac-- after Isaac had finished blessing Jacob --than his brother Esau came back from his hunt. He too prepared a dish and brought it to his father. And he said to his father: Let my father sit up and eat of his son's...

†. Gen 27:28 . . May God give you of the dew of heaven and the fat of the earth, abundance of new grain and wine. The benediction, first of all, regards things in nature necessary for prosperity in an agrarian economy-- rain, fertile soil, and abundant yields. Rain is an especially precious...

†. Gen 27:14-15 . . He got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared a dish such as his father liked. Rebecca then took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were there in the house, and had her younger son Jacob put them on; The word for "house" is from bayith...

†. Gen 27:5a . . Rebecca had been listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. Note : I don't know if it means anything or not; but why didn't the author refer to Esau as "their" son? There is no way Isaac and Esau caught this woman by surprise. Uh-uh. I believe Rebecca had a contingency plan all...

†. Gen 27:1a . .When Isaac was old Just precisely how old Isaac was at this time, is difficult to tell. But I think we can come close enough for government work. Jacob spent 20 years with Laban. (Gen 31:41a) Joseph was born during that time. (Gen 30:22-24) At just about the time Joseph was...

†. Gen 26:31-32 . . Early in the morning, they exchanged oaths. Isaac then bade them farewell, and they departed from him in peace. That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, and said to him: We have found water! Ah, yes. It is always so pleasant to cap a...

†. Gen 26:26 . . And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his councilor and Phicol chief of his troops. Well, well, well; look what the cat dragged in. There were a whole lot more than just those three men; you can bet on that. Phicol is the Army chief of staff. There is no way he...

†. Gen 26:21 . . And when they dug another well, they disputed over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. The Hebrew word for "Sitnah" is from sitnan (sit-naw') which is the very same as sitnah (sit-naw') which means: opposition (by letter). Apparently the herdsmen were filing formal...

†. Gen 26:14b . . so that the Philistines envied him. Some feel that the Philistines' envy was rooted in anti-Semitism. Well . . . there are always those seeking to enhance their own image as a victim; and this chapter would certainly seem a good source of propaganda for that purpose. Envy is...

†. Gen 26:6 . . So Isaac stayed in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said "She is my sister" for he was afraid to say "my wife" thinking: The men of the place might kill me on account of Rebecca, for she is beautiful. The Hebrew word for "sister" is 'achowth...

†. Gen 26:1a . .There was a famine in the land-- aside from the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham That particular famine occurred in chapter 12 before Isaac was born; even before Ishmael was born. Many good, prosperous years have gone by since the last famine. This may in...

†. 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...

†. 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...