Author: Norm

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 36 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan… [Genesis 36:2-3] Now that his father is gone, Esau is less concerned about pleasing him. We read earlier that Esau knew his father’s concern about who his sons married, so that the time he tried to please his father by…

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 35 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I…

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 34 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. [Genesis 34:25] Oh my… This story is in the bible, does that make it good? No, this bible…

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 33 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably. [Genesis 33:10] Jacob knows that at one time Esau wanted to kill him…

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 32 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared. [Genesis 32:28] Who is this “man” that Jacob wrestles with? At first Jacob assumed it was just a man. But in the end he concludes that he…

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 31 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: (Read my reflection from 2008) Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.” [Genesis 31:44] So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac. He offered a sacrifice there in the hill country and invited his relatives to…