Genesis (38)

Messages and lessons from the Book of Genesis

Mark

December 13, 2024

Passage Read: Genesis 44-48 Meditation Verses: 45:5-8 Joseph had already pieced together that he had been sent ahead of his family to Egypt for their preservation, so he wasn't bitter at all, despite more than twelve years of servitude and imprisonment. Most people today would…

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Mark

December 12, 2024

Passage Read: Genesis 41-44 Meditation Verse: 42:16 How have I never seen this? Joseph remembers his dreams as a youth and realizes how close he is to fulfilling the first dream, only Benjamin is missing. So this whole ruse is to see that first dream…

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Mark

December 11, 2024

Passage Read: Genesis 37-40 Meditation Verse: 40:1 The way the story about Judah, his sons and Tamar is inserted between Joseph's sale into Egypt and his imprisonment suggest that a very long time passed for Joseph in Egypt. Joseph had no idea what God intended…

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Mark

December 10, 2024

Passage Read: Genesis 33-36 Meditation Verses: 33:3-4 The response of these two brothers is interesting. Jacob left twenty years earlier, fleeing because Esau was consoling himself with the thought of killing Jacob after his father died. Turns out, his father lived quite a long time,…

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Mark

December 9, 2024

Passage Read: Genesis 29-32 Meditation Verses: 31:38-42 Jacob agreed to each price that Laban set for him. At first, he offered to work seven years for Laban's daughter Rachel, but Laban cheated him. Jacob endured the deception and accepted Laban's offer of a second seven…

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