JACOB AND ESAU RECONCILED
Genesis 33:1
Many things, like this meeting with Esau, are worse in anticipation
than in actuality. The brothers were on the same old terms as before
that filching of Isaac's blessing. The holy transactions of the
previous night had induced this change in the atmosphere. I... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB WITH THE SHECHEMITES
Genesis 33:18; Genesis 34:1
Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or
care of the character of its people, and he lived to bitterly rue his
choice. How many religious parents have made the same mistake! They
first encamp near the world, pitching... [ Continue Reading ]