Download Audio “The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents “Job.” Original text produced by the Prison Ministry Committee of the Commission on Special Ministries of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Text adapted by Multi-Language Publications of the Board for World Missions of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Copyright © 2016.” Getting Started This book […]
Download Audio Conclusion By tracing God’s saving activity in the original world (the first five accounts) and then among the three great patriarchs (the last five accounts), the book of Genesis has laid the foundation upon which the rest of Scripture is built. Through all that has been recorded in these 50 chapters, we can […]
Download Audio Genesis Chapter 49, verses 1 and 2 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come. “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel. Commentary Moses gives us Jacob’s words in the form of Hebrew […]
Download Audio Spared from famine Genesis Chapter 47, verses 1-5 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father and brothers, with their flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.” He chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh. Pharaoh asked the brothers, […]
Download Audio Startling Revelation and Reconciliation Genesis Chapter 45, verses 1-3 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard […]
Download Audio Joseph’s brothers visit Egypt a second time This chapter records the second visit Jacob’s sons made to Egypt to buy food. The casual reader of Genesis may see no more than the inevitable consequence of prolonged famine. The perceptive reader will, however, see the hand of God again at work. There was some […]
Download Audio Joseph’s reunion with his brothers Genesis Chapter 42, verses 1-5 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so […]
Download Audio Joseph falsely accused and imprisoned Genesis Chapter 39, verses 1-6 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. The LORD was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived […]
Download Audio The Tenth Account: of Jacob (37:1–50:26) Commentary The last and longest of Moses’ ten accounts presents the subsequent history of Jacob and his family. Although the preceding chapters have provided much information about Jacob, most of it has dealt with personal family matters. In this last of the ten minihistories, the emphasis shifts […]
Download Audio The ninth account: Esau (36:1-43) Commentary A quick look at chapter 36 is enough to make some Bible readers skip to chapter 37. At first glance it seems to be no more than a list of Esau’s descendants and might seem to make about as interesting reading as a telephone directory. To […]