Genesis
Sermon notes from our reading of the whole book of Genesis.
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GENESIS 39: Joseph a Slave in Egypt
Genesis 39: Joseph a Slave in Egypt The story now returns to Egypt, where Joseph was appointed overseer in the house of Potiphar, … captain of the guard in Pharaoh’s palace. The LORD was with him and he became a successful man. Potiphar’s wife tried repeatedly to seduce Joseph, but he steadfastly refused. He would
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GENESIS 38: Judah and Tamar
GENESIS 38: Judah and Tamar Genesis 37 closes with an account of Jacob’s sons selling their brother Joseph to the Midianites, and they in turn selling him into Egypt. This speaks a type of Christ being rejected by Israel and delivered unto the Gentiles. Genesis 38 pulls back from the story of Joseph and directs
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GENESIS 35-37
Genesis 35: Jacob’s Return to Bethel Chapter 35 opens with God’s command to Jacob to fulfill the vow made about thirty years earlier (Genesis 28:20–22). Genesis 28:20-22 New King James Version 20 Then
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GENESIS 33: Jacob and Esau Meet, Genesis 34: The Dinah Incident
Jacob and Esau Meet
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GENESIS 32
GENESIS 32 Genesis 31:54-55 New King James Version 54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on
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Genesis 31: Jacob’s family departs from Laban
GENESIS 31: Jacob’s family departs from Laban It wasn’t that Jacob had taken anything that belonged to Laban. Rather, it was that his wealth was increasing in proportion to Laban’s wealth. The problem wasn’t that Jacob stole anything; it was that Laban’s sons were filled with envy. Is this a problem? The New Testament explicitly
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Genesis 30: The twelve sons of Jacob
Genesis 30:1-2 New King James Version 1 Now, when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!” 2 And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld
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Genesis 29 Do you believe in love at first sight?
GENESIS 29 Jacob was seventy-seven when he left Beersheba for Haran. He would spend twenty years serving his uncle Laban, thirty-three years back in Canaan, and the last seventeen years of his life in Egypt. Now, he’s arriving in Paddan Aram, he was guided to the very field where some shepherds from Haran were tending
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GENESIS 28 Jacob’s Ladder
Let’s go back just a bit to stay in context: Genesis 27:44-46 New King James Version 44 And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away, 45 until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and
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GENESIS 27
Preacher George Johnson Genesis 27 New King James Version 1 Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.” 2 Then he said, “Behold now, I am old.