July 3 | Genesis 46:2-4 “And God spoke to Israel in night visions and said, “Jacob! Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.” And He said, “I am the God of your fathers. Don’t be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.…
June 29 | Genesis 35:11-12 “And God said to him, “I alone am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings will come from your loins. And the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give…
June 28 | Genesis 32:27-29 “Then he said to him, “What is your name?” And he replied, “Jacob (Deceiver).” So he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men, and have endured.” Then Jacob asked him and said,…
June 27 | Genesis 28:20-21 “Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then…
Many people don’t realize the most extraordinary healing God did for women in the Old Testament. Without God opening the barren wombs of women in the Old Testament, He would never have brought about His plan for Israel and Jesus. In my last post, I described the ways God healed…
Why was Jacob afraid of his brother Esau? As Jacob returned from his mother’s native land where he served his uncle Laban for 21 years, he knew he had a big problem on his hands. He didn’t leave the land of Canaan on good terms with his brother Esau. He…
Could Jacob actually be considered more of the father of the nation of Israel than his grandfather Abraham being that he had 12 sons for the 12 tribes? Jacob is most directly the father of Israel because his sons are the fathers of the twelve tribes of Israel. However, many…
Why did God change people’s names in the Bible? Beginning with Abraham, Sarah, and Jacob, and going into the New Testament when Jesus changes Simon’s name to Peter, God has been changing people’s names throughout Scripture. But to many people this is a strange thing. God changes people’s names for…