Genesis For People On The Go

. ● 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. NOTE: The thing about human beauty is that it's...

. ● Gen 26:5 . . inasmuch as Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge: My commandments, My laws, and My teachings. Some construe God's statement to indicate that Abraham was included in the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. But the...

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

. ● 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 25:29 . . Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the open, famished. I guess Esau never heard of the Boy Scouts' motto: Be prepared. Well . . next time, maybe he'll be a little more careful to fill his ALICE pack with some LRRP rations before going out in the boonies...

. ● 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; therefore, chronologically, he's the eldest son. However, the right of primogeniture was taken from him and given to Jacob. That was God's sovereign prerogative as...

. ● Gen 25:23a . . and the Lord answered her: Two nations are in your womb, two separate peoples shall issue from your body; The Hebrew word for "nations" is from gowy (go'-ee); or the short version goy (go'-ee) which means: (in the sense of massing) a foreign nation; hence, Gentiles; also...

. ● Gen 25:21b . . and the Lord responded to his plea, and his wife Rebecca conceived. The twins Jacob and Esau were born when Isaac was 60 years old. So Isaac and Rebecca had been trying to have children for about 19 years. There is no record that Abraham ever prayed concerning Sarah's...

. ● 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. "They said...

. ● 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. Burials always follow the phrase "gathered to his kin". So the gathering happens as soon as the person dies; and prior to their funeral. The difference between gathering and burial was quite distinct in Jacob's case; he was interred no less than...

. ● 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...

. ● 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 24:65a . . and said to the servant: Who is that man walking in the field toward us? And the servant said: That is my master. Well; the man approaching was much too young to be Abraham, and there was only one other person on the whole planet that Abraham's servant would ever call his...

. ● 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 24:36a . . And Sarah, my master's wife, bore my master a son in her old age Curiously, he doesn't mention Sarah's passing. But then, the Scriptures don't record every word that people ever spoke-- just excerpts really. Back in verse 30, Becky's entire experience at the spring is...

. ● Gen 24:32 . . So the man entered the house, and the camels were unloaded. The camels were given straw and feed, and water was brought to bathe his feet and the feet of the men with him. In those days, when somebody "entered the house" they actually entered a gateway into a courtyard...