JACOB BLESSED AT BETHEL
Genesis 35:1
Thirty years before Jacob was at Bethel. Life was young then. He had
only his staff. The future was unshaped and unknown. It was on the
occasion of his first night from home; and he made many vows. How much
had happened since then! Marriage, prosperity, children... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB'S SONS; ESAU'S SONS; ISAAC'S DEATH
Genesis 35:16; Genesis 36:1
From Bethel to Bethlehem is not far. The one, the House of God; the
other, the House of Bread. We need them both, if we are to bear up
under the repeated shocks of life, such as the death of the old nurse
Deborah, the death of our... [ Continue Reading ]