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...

Good Morning. Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I...

Good Morning. And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. (Genesis 35:5) How is it that such a small group of people could cause so many others to fear them? It certainly wasn’t...

Good Morning. And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the...

Good Morning. “Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.” (Genesis 34:23) In an effort to secure Dinah as his son’s wife, Hamor and Shechem agreed to terms presented by the...