Genesis 33 So now Jacob and Esau meet up at last. Instead of being angry, Esau is happy to see Jacob. Jacob still gives him all the stuff. Esau wants to travel along with Jacob, but Jacob says he has to go slow, because of the tired flock. Esau head so Seir while Jacob shelters the …
Genesis 24 Now Abraham is getting pretty old, and he wants to be sure his son gets a good wife. So, he has one of his servants swear an oath that he will get a wife for Isaac from Abraham’s own clan, not from among the Canaanites, and that Isaac must not go back. Abraham says …
Genesis 23 This is a cute little story of Abraham wanting to bury Sarah, who died at 127 years old. Loss of your wife is always sad, but she lived a LONG time, so I hope it wasn’t too sad for him. This story just seems to be a little vignette about Abraham wanting to buy the …
Genesis 15 The Lord comes to Abram in a vision and tells him: You will have an heir, despite your barren wife. Abram is worried a servant will get all his stuff. Your descendants will be many Said descendants will have a crappy time of it for a little while (400 years!!!) Abram then kills some …
Genesis 13 Abram, his wife, his livestock, his servants (slaves) and his gold all left Egypt and backtracked to the place where Abram built his altar. His nephew, Lot, had not simply been slouching about this whole time and had gathered up his own flock and servants (slaves) and various hangers-on. Between the two men there seems to have been …