Genesis 42:1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, Why do you just keep looking at each other?nbsp; There was no grain in Canaan, due to the famine, so Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to buy some. It had been over twenty years since...
Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard. Joseph could have been sold to someone obscure, but in the providence of God, he was sold to one of Pharaoh’s officials. This...
Genesis 37:2 Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers. The early chapters of Genesis record the creation of the world (Genesis 1-2), our fall into sin (Genesis 3), the story of the flood (Genesis 6-9), the tower of Babel...
Genesis 32:28 Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God. Israel means He struggles with God, and is meant in a positive way. God is not an easy person to follow, understand, or even like sometimes. The...
Genesis 32:1-2 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, This is the camp of God! So he named that place Mahanaim. Jacob and his family needed protection on their way back to the Promised Land, so God...
Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples. That is where his uncle Laban lived, and where Jacob hoped to stay until it was safe to return home (Genesis 27:43-44). Jacob stopped at a well and was delighted...
