Author name: Steve Negley

42 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at one another? 2 I have heard,” he said, “that there is […]

41 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that (no one in Egypt could interpret)… 9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my faults today. 10 Once Pharaoh was angry with

Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief

Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down

Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan. This is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. He put the

The time had come for Jacob to head home. While there was excitement about the immanent homecoming, there was also great trepidation about one aspect, coming face to face with

Nature seems to teach us that: large dominates small, many are more powerful than a few, younger serves older. When, however, we read the story of God’s encounters with human

Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of her life. And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in