Tag: choices
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Choosing for the Next Generation – Genesis 38:4-6
Genesis 38:4-6 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. Now Judah’s family…
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When Judah Went Down – Genesis 38:1-3
Genesis 38:1-3 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. And she conceived, and bare…
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A Grief of Mind – Genesis 26:34-35
Genesis 26:34-35And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. What a sad way to end the chapter. While Isaac is digging wells, building altars, and learning…
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A Bowl for a Birthright – Genesis 25:29-30
Genesis 25:29, 30And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. Now the scene shifts from the womb… to a pot. Jacob is cooking. Nothing…