1. Chapters 36 and 37 are two accounts of the brothers Esau and Jacob, respectively. Their stories began back in Genesis 25:19, when they were conceived in their mother’s womb as twins. Esau was the f(...)
Read1. The word, “God,” did not appear even once in chapter 34, but it appears eleven times in chapter 35—plus, words related to God also appear nine times, such as Bethel (“house of God”). Jacob and his(...)
Read1. od had blessed Jacob abundantly while he lived with his uncle Laban in Paddan Aram with much wealth and many children—eleven sons and one daughter. Benjamin, the youngest, would be born later (35:1(...)
Read1. After all Jacob had done, to be welcomed by his brother Esau with a warm embrace and kiss was like seeing the face of God. Jacob was far from being the perfect brother or human being. He made many(...)
Read1. Jacob’s tense meeting with Laban was but a prelude to his showdown with his brother Esau. Jacob’s past came back to haunt him as he remembered how he had deceived his father to receive the blessing(...)
Read1. Prompted by God, Jacob had left Laban and headed back to his father with all his family and possessions that he had accumulated over 20 years. Laban’s relationship with Jacob had not been the best(...)
Read1. After being released, Peter and John went back to all the believers and reported what happened. The believers knew that this was not merely earthly opposition but a spiritual battle. They raised th(...)
Read1. The religious leaders recognized that their authority over the people was in great jeopardy. The priests, captain of the temple guard, and Sadducees came to Peter and John, while they were speaking(...)
Read1. After the crippled man was healed, people came running to the scene, astonished. But Peter challenged them, asking why they were surprised. It was not by man’s own power or godliness that the man w(...)
Read1. As Peter and John were walking to the temple, they passed a man who had been crippled from birth. The man was carried to the temple gate called Beautiful everyday so he could ask those passing by f(...)
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