Job the hero
Job’s losses and his first response: Job 1–3 Job is quite the hero. Right at the start, we are told: …
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Joseph gets the big picture
Joseph and his brothers: Genesis 37–50 Joseph started as the pesky little brother with dreams way beyond his station in …
Esau, Seir and Edom
Esau’s descendents: Genesis 36 and parts of Chronicles These lists of descendents seem to be an interruption to the main …
Jacob’s humility
Jacob meets Esau after 20 years away: Genesis 32–35 After 20 years of working for Laban, and multiple promises from …
Laban’s greed
Jacob’s time with Laban: Genesis 30–31 In the 20 years Jacob worked for Laban, it is clear that Laban valued …
Sibling rivalry: Rachel and Leah
Esau marries again, Jacob goes to Paddan-Haran, works for Laban, marries Rachel and Leah, and has 11 of his sons …
Beersheba and the Light Horse Regiment
Beersheba was also the site of the famous October 1917 charge by the 800 men of the 12th Light Horse …
History repeats: Isaac and Abimelech and a wife
Two stories Esau/Jacob, Abimilech/Isaac: Genesis 25–28 To avoid a famine, Isaac moved back to the domain of King Abimelech. After …
Abraham’s sons and grandsons
A list of Abraham’s sons (and their sons): Genesis 25 and parts of Chronicles Abraham fathered eight sons in total: …
Isaac grows up
Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael away, makes a treaty with Abimelech, almost sacrifices Isaac, finds him a wife after he …
A lot can happen in a year
God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot lives with his daughters, Abraham lies to Abimelech about Sarah, and Isaac is born: …
Abraham’s righteousness
Promises from God to Abraham: Genesis 15–17 Abraham (then known as Abram) was probably around 80 years old when God …
The makings of Abra(ha)m
The Tower of Babel; Abram and his family moves around the Middle East, with Lot eventually settling in Sodom, only to …
Philistines appear
Ham’s descendents: Genesis 10:6-14 The Philistines first appear as one of the descendents of Ham, through his son Mizraim. They …
The Flood
Recovering from a global disaster: Genesis 6–10 It can’t have been easy. After spending up to a century building the …
It only took a (long) generation
From Cain to Noah: Genesis 4-5 It didn’t take long for the evil that Eve chose to take hold. It …
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