Today read Genesis 42 - 43. Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, "Why do ye look one upon another?" And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, …
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A Change of Name
The Bible reading for today, January 13, 2026, is Genesis 34 - 36. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, "Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and He called …
Two Sons and Their Mother
Today's scheduled Bible reading is Genesis 27 - 29... And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob." And these words of Esau her elder son were told …
The Word For Today; Wednesday, September 25, 2024
For Violence Against Your Brother For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon …
Continue reading The Word For Today; Wednesday, September 25, 2024
…Carry me out of Egypt…
Our reading for today is Genesis 46 through 48. We find Jacob in Egypt and near to death, and does not desire to be buried in that land, but back in Canaan. ...And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. …
Sent to Buy Corn In Egypt
Reading chapters 42 through 43 of Genesis today we read of 10 of Joseph's brothers being sent, by their father Jacob, to Egypt to get grain. Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, "Why do ye look one upon another?" And he said, "Behold, I have heard …
He Answered Me In the Day of My Distress
The word of God hides nothing concerning the people He calls. In chapters 34 through 36 of Genesis we read of frailties, and the sins of the people of God; yet we also see the love, mercy, and grace of God. O that we as the redeemed of God would walk in His word and …
Greatly Afraid and Distressed
All who are honest with ourselves, and others, experience times of fear and distress. In our reading of Genesis 32 through today we find Jacob returning to the land of his father, and meeting again with Esau. Jacob is afraid and distressed, and he does what we need to do when we are afraid. And …
God… Has been with me
Although Jacob was a schemer and deceiver God was with him. It is a comfort to know that God is always with us; even when we do not feel like He is. From our reading for today of Genesis 30 through 31. And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob hath taken away …
God Almighty Bless You
God Almighty always desires to bless His people. It is a sad thing when those who hear God and His word choose to go their own way, refusing the blessings of God. In today's reading of Genesis 27 through 29 we read of Jacob's being blessed by Isaac and his being sent to his uncles …
A Blessing
From today's scheduled reading - Genesis 46 - 48. And he blessed Joseph, and said, "God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, …
He Knew Them
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, "Lest peradventure mischief befall him." And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. And Joseph was the …
The Journey from Bethel
From today's Bible reading of Genesis 34 - 36: And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, "Fear not; thou shalt have …
GOD Blesses His Own
From today's scheduled Scripture reading. And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory." And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the LORD …
Blessing From God Almighty
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, "Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. And God Almighty …
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