Genesis 25:19-32:32
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: SING, O BARREN! 2 months ago · View
Sing, o barren! “He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!” (Ps 113:9) Abraham’s wife Sarai was barren . (Gen 11:30) But Abraham believed God. Then in God’s timing, Isaac, the child of promise was born in their old age. Isaac’s wife Rebekah was barren. (Gen 25:21) But Isaac pleaded with the Lord and she [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: What’s In A Name? 1 year, 4 months ago · View
My precious granddaughter’s name is “Hephzibah”. It’s a beautiful name but it isn’t simple and it isn’t convenient. When people first hear it, they want it re-pronounced, spelt, and explained. But the meaning is lovely: “my delight is in her”. Would every child know that their parents delight in them! God placed this name in [...]
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Hannah Venable commented on the blog post Our Little Motives 3 years, 6 months ago · View
I think it was actually Simeon who was held in prison. See Genesis 42:24. And he is the second oldest. Judah was fourth, I believe. See Genesis 29. But I am sure you are right that Simeon may have questioned that. You do wonder if Joseph never went down to visit him during that whole [...]
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johncatmur wrote a new blog post: I never liked Esau anyway 3 years, 6 months ago · View
I suppose I’ve got a instinct for supporting the underdog, and Jacob was certainly the weaker of the two brothers. But the title of my post doesn’t just reflect my own thoughts – in the NT we Paul using Malachi 1:3 to suggest that God’s hand was at work in this whole sorry tale: ‘Jacob [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: Noah’s Ark 3 years, 7 months ago · View
I was reading Genesis 6-8 the other day – the story of Noah’s ark – and I thought, wow, Noah was one faithful man. How much did he have to trust God? A whole lot. He had to trust that God was going to actually send the rain . Think about it, they are in a desert. [...]