Good Morning. Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!” (Genesis 37:15-16) It’s sad to consider that those who are supposed to be the closest to...

Good Morning. Now a certain man found him, and there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are you seeking?” So he said, “I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.” (Genesis 37:15-16) The Bible records...

Good Morning. And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.” Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring...

Good Morning. Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked...

Good Morning. Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and...

Good Morning. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all...

Good Morning. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak...

Good Morning. Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. This is the history of Jacob. (Genesis 37:1) After Jacob’s ordeal and a brief mention of Esau’s family, the Bible now its attention back to Jacob’s family, and as we will...

Good Morning. Now this is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom. Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of...

Good Morning. And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it. (Genesis 35:22) Tragedy, disappointment and even betrayal seems to be common themes in Jacob’s life story. Most of...

Good Morning. And so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin. (Genesis 35:16) Obviously, Jacob didn’t want his son’s name to be associated with the mourning of his beloved Rachel, and so he...

Good Morning. Then they journeyed from Bethel. And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in childbirth, and she had hard labor. (Genesis 35:16) As it turned out, her labor was so intense that it resulted in her death. As she died, she...