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Trouble Brewing READ Genesis 25:19-28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Genesis 25:28 Once again, the blunt honesty of the biblical text commands our attention. Isaac and Rebekah had twin sons, Esau and Jacob. While Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob, Rebekah preferred Jacob,…

God Is With You READ Genesis 21:22-34 About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said. Genesis 21:22 Abimelech, king of Gerar, appears for the second time in Genesis. In Chapter 20, he was delivered by God’s intervention…

Sarah Laughed READ Genesis 18:1-12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?” Genesis 18:12 In Genesis 17, when God revealed his plan to Abraham and promised to give him a son through Sarah, Abraham laughed in…

The God Who Initiates READ Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-shaddai—’God Almighty’.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.” Genesis 17:1 In most pagan religions, human beings initiate relationship with the gods, usually by offering sacrifices in the hope that the gods…
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