Tag: identity
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Known Because of Joseph – Genesis 50:10-11
Genesis 50:10-11 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This…
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Marked on Purpose – Genesis 46:33-34
Genesis 46:33-34 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd…
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It Costs More Than You Think – Genesis 38:16-20
Genesis 38:16-20 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send…
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Named Again by God – Genesis 35:9-11
Genesis 35:9-11And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be…
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Blessed Without Another Name – Genesis 32:29
Genesis 32:29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. Jacob still wants one more thing. “Tell me thy name.” It is as if he is saying, “I have told You mine. Now…
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When Jacob Finally Told the Truth – Genesis 32:27-28
Genesis 32:27-28And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. This is one of the holiest moments in Jacob’s life. The Lord asks…
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When Beauty Isn’t Enough – Genesis 30:1-2
Genesis 30:1-2 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister… … and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? For the…
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He Walked Away From a Crown – Hebrews 11:24
Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. The writer slows down here and begins to show us the shape of Moses’ faith. And the first thing we see is not a miracle, not a plague, not a parted sea. We see a…