Tag: Genesis

The brothers of Joseph feared that he would hold a grudge after Israel died even though it had been not than a decade since he had settled them in the best land of Egypt and ensure that they had food. This sounds like Jacob fearing that Esau would still be mad after twenty years of…

Jacob was obviously afraid of losing Benjamin. i have the feeling that he prayed for guidance when his other sons presented the conundrum of trying to acquire more food. Perhaps the Lord was testing Jacob but inspired him to risk losing Benjamin for the sake of the family.

There are patterns with the drama that Joseph interpreted. When the baker heard the interpretation of the butler’s dream he took hope, probably because he recognized the symbolism Joseph noted in the butler’s dream. I also now the key that Joseph noted in the dreams of Pharaoh, the fact that the symbolism was repeated in…

I would love to know more about what happened with Esau during the twenty years that Jacob was gone. What caused him to leave behind any anger he felt for his brother?

I wonder again at the uneven affection Jacob had between his wives that led them to compete for his affection. Leah knew that he loved Rachel more but expected him to live her for beating him children. Rachel knew that he loved her more but feared that without providing him children she would lose his…

Could Jacob have saved future trouble by learning to love Leah more equally to Joe he loved Rachel? Did he do all he could to treat them equally? We can never know the answer but in life we must learn how not to play favorites when we should have no favorites (such as among our…

Esau acknowledged that Jacob had received his birthright but listed it as separate from his blessing that Jacob also received. That makes me wonder what the birthright was. Is it possible that the birthright Esau sold to Jacob was priesthood authority? Also, if Jacob and Esau we’re born when Isaac was 60 and Isaac lived…

I think it is interesting that Abraham insisted that Isaac have a wife from his relatives in his homeland but also insisted that Jacob never travel to that land. I remember hearing that Rebekah was batten until Isaac prayed for her but never realized that they were married twenty years before she had children. (That…

I think of Isaac going with his father for the sacrifice and i wonder what Isaac knew and what he believed. Did he feel some assurance they they were about the errand of the Lord? Had he received some assurance that if he was patient in obedience to his father that all would come right?…

I had always pictures Abraham living alone, apart from all other nations, with some servants to keep the household and the livestock cared for. This time as I read I realize that Abraham had gathered quite the following from virtually the beginning of when we read about him. I also realized for the first time…