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Jacob calls the place where messengers of God met him “Mahanaim” meaning “double camp” because he understood that both his
With increasing hostility between Laban and Jacob and the possibility that Laban’s sons might take some action against Jacob and
Genesis 30:25 begins a peculiar story that few seem to understand. But understanding Jacob’s reasoning in his strange deal with
What were the mandrakes that Leah and Rachael bartered for in Genesis 30:14–15? Tradition indicates that a “mandrake or love-apple”
Sometimes it’s easy to miss passages of time in the Bible. Jacob works for Laban as a free laborer for
Jacob is to take a wife from among his people. He goes to live with his in-laws and escapes the
We can give up our inheritance that God has promised us, by “selling ourselves” to the physical things of this
Hittites were descendants of Heth of the line of Ham, through Canaan (Genesis 10:15). This family line of Ham departs
Our blessings and cursings are not always because of what we have personally done. Many of us have received blessings
This is also the first place in the Bible the Hebrew words for statutes (chuqqah) and laws (torah) are used
Does 1 Corinthians 11:26 and Acts 2:46 teach that Christians may take communion whenever they wish, or do these passages
The human brain is amazing! From birth, millions of bits of information are funneling into our brains, yet we are
Far more than a musical refrain, these words from Handel’s Messiah assure us of God’s abiding care and rescue through
Don ’t be afraid of asking questions —it ’s the way you learn to navigate life.
A friend is supposed to be there for you through good times and bad. What can you do to restore
Are you curious about ABC? Read a firsthand report by someone who has been there, done that.
The Scripture tells us that Esau, in connection with the sale of his birthright, was a profane person (Hebrews 12:16)
We are told that Abraham took a wife named Keturah. We don’t know a lot about Keturah. Her name in
Abraham is clear to his servant that Isaac is not to marry a foreign woman, and Isaac isn’t to go
In Chapter 23 of Genesis, Abraham is referred to as a “mighty prince,” using the Hebrew word for the family
As Abraham is asked to sacrifice Isaac, it appears that Abraham was not the only one being tested—Isaac was too
Six of the Psalms bear this Michtam label in their headings. What is special about them? And how do they
A shift of some among the evangelical Christian community away from the traditional view of hell to belief in the
