Tag: consequences
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What the Flesh Produces – Genesis 36:4-5
Genesis 36:4-5“And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah… these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.” You start reading these names, and it can feel like a list. But it is more than that. There is…
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Trying to Help God Out – Genesis 30:3-6
Genesis 30:3-6 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees that I may also have children by her. And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. And Rachel said, God…
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The Deceiver Deceived – Genesis 29:21-26
Genesis 29:21-26 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to…
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A Sin That Reaches Further Than You Think – Genesis 26:10-11
Genesis 26:10, 11And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. Why would…
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What Sin Leaves Behind – Genesis 19:37-38
Genesis 19:37-38And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. And now you see the long…
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The Father Who Corrects – Hebrews 12:5–9
Hebrews 12:5–6 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. After speaking about running a race, the writer now…