Bible Readings for February 5th Genesis 38 | Mark 8 | Job 4 | Romans 8 Because Jacob was renamed Israel after wrestling with God in Genesis 32:28, the sons of Israel then served as the heads of the tribes of Israel. And of all the tribes in Israel, the tribe of Judah...
Bible Readings for February 4th Genesis 37 | Mark 7 | Job 3 | Romans 7 In Genesis 37, we meet Joseph, the final main figure of Genesis. Although Joseph will be misunderstood and hated and rejected by his brothers, he nevertheless plays a key role in bringing the...
Bible Readings for February 3rd Genesis 35–36 | Mark 6 | Job 2 | Romans 6 In everything we have read so far, Jacob has been in perpetual distress. From the beginning of his life, when he deceived his brother, Esau, and tricked his father, Isaac, Jacob has been on the...
Bible Readings for February 2nd Genesis 34 | Mark 5 | Job 1 | Romans 5 The chosen family does not come away from Genesis 34 looking very good. In the wake of a horrific tragedy—the rape of Dinah by Shechem the Hivite—Jacob and his sons respond poorly, but in different...
Bible Readings for February 1st Genesis 33 | Mark 4 | Esther 9–10 | Romans 4 We shouldn’t be surprised to see Jacob falter in his confident faith when he sees Esau coming from far off, even though Jacob had only just finished wrestling with God (Gen. 33:1). Of...
Bible Readings for January 31st Genesis 32 | Mark 3 | Esther 8 | Romans 3 Up to this point, Jacob’s relationship with God has been fairly one-sided. God has made promises to Jacob, protected Jacob, and faithfully begun to lead Jacob back to the land of Canaan. Jacob,...
