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Genesis 35:23–29

Genesis 35:23–29

The list of Jacob's twelve sons confirms that God is keeping his covenant promise to form a nation from him. Isaac then dies at a full age and is buri...

Genesis 35:16–22

Genesis 35:16–22

Just as Israel's life seems to turn a corner, Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin and Reuben defiles his father's bed with Bilhah. The passage refuse...

Genesis 35:1–15

Genesis 35:1–15

God calls Jacob back to Bethel, so Jacob removes the household idols, purifies his family, and builds an altar where God met him in distress. God agai...

Genesis 33:18-34:31

Genesis 33:18–34:31

After Jacob settles near Shechem, Dinah is violated. Simeon and Levi rightly recognize the evil but deceitfully misuse circumcision, massacre the city...

Genesis 33:1–17

Genesis 33:1–17

Jacob approaches the brother he wronged with fear, humility, and costly gifts, but Esau runs to embrace and weep with him. Jacob seeks to make matters...

Genesis 32:22–32

Genesis 32:22–32

Alone before meeting Esau, Jacob wrestles through the night with a mysterious man whom he understands to be God. God disables Jacob's hip with a touch...

Genesis 32:1–21

Genesis 32:1–21

Jacob learns that Esau is approaching with four hundred men, fears for his family, divides the camp, and sends gifts ahead. At the center is his praye...

Genesis 31:43–55

Genesis 31:43–55

Jacob and Laban make a covenant that establishes a boundary between them and calls on God as witness. They agree to go their separate ways and not cro...

Genesis 31:22–42

Genesis 31:22–42

Laban pursues Jacob, Rachel conceals the stolen idols, and the family conflict is saturated with deception. Only God's warning restrains Laban and pre...

Genesis 31:1–21

Genesis 31:1–21

God commands Jacob to leave Laban and return home, promising to be with him. Jacob recounts Laban's repeated changes to his wages and God's protection...

Genesis 30:25-43

Genesis 30:25-43

Jacob asks to leave Laban, but Laban wants him to remain because God has prospered him through Jacob. They agree that Jacob's wages will be the unusua...

Genesis 29:31-30:24

Genesis 29:31–30:24

God sees unloved Leah and barren Rachel while jealousy, rivalry, anger, surrogacy, and bargaining fracture Jacob's household. He mercifully gives chil...

Genesis 29:15–30

Genesis 29:15–30

Jacob serves seven years to marry Rachel, but Laban deceives him into marrying Leah first and then binds him to another seven years for Rachel. The sc...

Genesis 29:1–14

Genesis 29:1–14

God faithfully guides Jacob through a dangerous journey to exactly the well where he meets Rachel and learns that Laban is well. Laban welcomes him as...

Genesis 28:10–22

Genesis 28:10–22

As Jacob flees toward Haran, the Lord appears in a dream of a ladder joining earth and heaven. God personally gives Jacob the covenant promises of lan...

Genesis 28:6–9

Genesis 28:6–9

Esau sees that his Canaanite wives displease his parents and that Jacob has received the covenant blessing, so he adds a daughter of Ishmael as anothe...

Genesis 27:41-28:5

Genesis 27:41–28:5

Esau plans to murder Jacob, so Rebekah and Isaac send Jacob to their relatives to find a covenant wife. As Jacob leaves, Isaac sets aside his former f...

Genesis 27

Genesis 27

Genesis 26

Genesis 26

Genesis 25:29–34

Genesis 25:29–34

Esau, weary and focused on an immediate meal, despises his covenant birthright and sells it to Jacob. Jacob acts shrewdly and exploits the moment, yet...

Genesis 25:12-28

Genesis 25:12-28

God fulfills his promise to make Ishmael a father of princes, then continues the covenant line through Isaac. He answers Isaac's prayer for barren Reb...

Genesis 25:7-11

Genesis 25:7-11

Abraham dies at 175 and is buried by Isaac and Ishmael in the field he bought. His death closes an era but not God's covenant: the Lord continues the ...

Genesis 25:1-6

Genesis 25:1-6

Abraham has other children through Keturah and gives them gifts, but he gives his inheritance to Isaac and sends the others east. Despite the passage'...

Genesis 24:1-67

Genesis 24

Abraham sends his servant to find Isaac a wife from his family. God providentially leads the servant to Rebekah, whose actions answer his prayer; her ...