Joseph
Israel had a soft spot for Joseph and Benjamin since they were the children of Rachel, the only woman he ever really loved. In fact Joseph was Israel’s favorite son Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Abraham
Israel, Benjamin and Rachel’s Tomb
Along the way, God reiterated to Jacob his promise to Abraham and Issac; that his offspring would possess all the land he could see and beyond.1 He also changed Jacob’s Continue Reading →
Dinah
There is one story from this time that deserves mention. Shechem was a town that, like most places in those days, was named after the guy who ran it. Shechem Continue Reading →
Jacob and Esau – part 2
So Jacob headed back to the land of Canaan, which today would be modern day Israel, Jordan and parts of Syria and Lebanon. But he was afraid of his brother, Continue Reading →
Abraham scams Abimelech
After they blew up Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham packed up and took off for Gerar which nowadays would be the southern part of modern day Palestine. Here he ran into Continue Reading →
Sodom and Gomorrah
Much has been made about what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah but just in case you don’t know the story, here it is. Sodom and Gomorrah are often called “The Continue Reading →
Sarah, Hagar and Ishmael
I’m just going to go over this real quick because there’s more to this story a little later on. But we need to touch on this first. First of all, Continue Reading →
Abraham
WHO WAS ABRAHAM AND WHY DOES HE MATTER? Abraham is the linchpin of the entire Bible. Everything we’ve seen so far was a set up for Abraham. He is the Continue Reading →