I wonder if Moses’ palm was calloused. With the depth of detail of Genesis through Deuteronomy, Moses’ palm must have been very calloused writing all those volumes of detail.As boring as Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers are to me as a reader, at the...
Genesis 27 Why was Isaac in such a hurry to bless Esau? He didn’t die immediately. Isaac died at 180 years old. He was 60 years old when Esau and Jacob were born. Esau got married at 40, so Isaac was around 100 years old at that time. He blessed...
Genesis 27:36–38 This is one of the most heartbreaking parts of Scripture I have read so far. It makes me cringe. Isaac pronounced the blessing on Jacob unintentionally with the words of his mouth. How come he couldn’t take the blessing back with...
Genesis 24 Rebekah made my heart leap as I was studying. She was such a sensitive young woman. From the moment she showed up with her water jar, barely after Abraham’s servant prayed for the Lord to show him a sign of who Isaac’s wife should be, she...
Genesis 11:27–32 Terah was the father of Abram (later Abraham). Besides Abram, he had two other sons, Nahor and Haran. Going by the order in which their names appeared, Haran might have been Terah’s last son, and unfortunately, he died while Terah...
Based on what we see in Genesis 11:1–9, we can say that people build when they are united and speak one language. That was the strength behind the mission of the Tower of Babel. But the moment multiple languages were introduced into their midst...
In the last two weeks, each time I step out of the house, I find myself humming this rhyme I’ve known probably as long as I could say my own name: All things bright and beautifulAll creatures great and smallAll things bright and wonderfulThe Lord...
I read a story about a remarkable campaign run by five sisters in the mid-13th century BCE. This happened at a time when women were almost literally invisible in society.Their message was simple – give us equal rights to inherit land just like...
Going through the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers (soon to reach Deuteronomy) has made me appreciate Moses’ meekness even more with a renewed understanding. Through my study, one trait I’ve come to admire and respect in Moses is his...
When I read in the news last week that the Netherlands would return 113 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, it made me smile – teary. We can’t change history, nor can we rewrite it, but we can learn from it and take decisive actions not to repeat the...
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