Download Audio Tragedy at Shechem Genesis Chapter 34, verses 1 through 4 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and violated her. His heart was drawn […]
Download Audio Jacob’s spiritual crisis Genesis Chapter 32, verses 1 and 2 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim. Commentary Jacob had been enrolled in the Lord’s training school for […]
Download Audio Jacob’s family Genesis Chapter 30, verses 1 through 13 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!” Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who […]
Download Audio God’s Training Program: from Jacob to Israel Genesis Chapter 28, verses 1 through 5 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him and commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from […]
Download Audio Genesis Chapter 27, verses 1 through 4 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” he answered. Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know […]
Download Audio The eighth account: Isaac (Chapter 25, verses 19 through 35: through Chapter 29) Commentary Now that Moses has dealt briefly with the side issue of Ishmael’s line, he can return to the main issue. The eighth account is that of Isaac, and it begins a new chapter in the history of God’s saving […]
Download Audio The seventh account: Ishmael (Chapter 25, verses 12 through 18) Commentary The book of Genesis traces the early history of God’s saving activity, which Moses describes in ten accounts. The first five of these describe God’s saving activity in the original world, from the time of creation to the flood. The second group […]
Download Audio Abraham shows the calm contentment of faith as he buries Sarah Genesis Chapter 23, verses 1 and 2 Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over […]
Download Audio Genesis Chapter 21, verses 1 through 7 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the […]
Download Audio Genesis Chapter 19, verses 1 through 11 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside […]