Jan 17, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us, and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him.” (Genesis 50:15-17) Even though Joseph had made provision for them and their families and even...
Jan 16, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. (Genesis 49:33) The way the text reads, it sounds as if Jacob passed away from this life almost immediately after...
Jan 15, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.” (Genesis 49:27) Jacob portrays the tribe of Benjamin as a warring tribe in that he “tears his prey” and “divides the spoil.” Indeed, there are...
Jan 14, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. “The blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors, up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.” (Genesis 49:26) It...
Jan 13, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. “The archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him. But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob.” (Genesis 49:23-24) The Hebrew word translated as “archers” is...
Jan 12, 2022 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Good Morning. “Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well; his branches run over the wall.” (Genesis 49:22) The most eloquent blessing was reserved for Joseph who unites the best qualities of Reuben and Judah. He is a dreamer, a visionary some might say,...
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