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24 I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—to Aner, Eshcol and Mamre. Let them have their share. As Abram has been obedient in keeping his commitment to the Lord he follows a very important principle. He speaks for himself andContinue reading “16Apr2009 Genesis 14:24”

22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath 23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the thong of a sandal, so that you will never beContinue reading “15Apr2009 Genesis 14:22-23”

10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, … 11 So Lot choose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: Many times the easyContinue reading “10Apr2009 Genesis 13:10-11”

6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. The real issue was that temporary storage units had not been invented yet! If they could have emptied their garages into storage units, they would have been fine. IContinue reading “8Apr2009 Genesis 13:6”

18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” Sin will rise to theContinue reading “6Apr2009 Genesis 12:18-19”

10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. We in the West have only experienced famine through images on TV of distant lands of unknown people. Even during the dustbowl years people still moved and abandoned theirContinue reading “2Apr2009 Genesis 12:10”

1The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I never realized this, but Abraham was following in the footsteps of his father. His father had been on a journey to Canaan when they arrived in Haran. For some reasonContinue reading “27Mar2009 Genesis 12:1”

28 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. It is unusual for a son to die before his father. And yet, this is exactly what this verse points out. What is strange is that it points it out at all. In theContinue reading “26Mar2009 Genesis 11:28”

7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other. You don’t have to go so far as international diplomacy to see this confusion at work. Ask almost any husband and wife if there can be confusion! Communicating, really communicating, is a very difficult undertaking. We even haveContinue reading “20Mar2009 Genesis 11:7”

1Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. This is a turning point in history. Not only is it the point where languages diverge because of the Lord’s intervention, but also the single story of history seems to fall apart. That is implied in the second phrase, a common speech. I hearContinue reading “17Mar2009 Genesis 11:1”