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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 ...

Genesis 23

Genesis 23

Sarah dies at 127, and Abraham mourns and weeps before arranging an honorable burial. Though a foreigner in the promised land, he insists on paying th...

Genesis 22

Genesis 22

God tests Abraham by commanding him to offer Isaac, the beloved and only covenant son. Abraham obeys quickly, trusting that God can raise the dead, wh...

Genesis 21:22–34

Genesis 21:22–34

Abimelech recognizes God's presence with Abraham and seeks a covenant ensuring honest dealings. Abraham agrees but also pursues justice over a seized ...

Genesis 21:8-21

Genesis 21:8-21

Sarah and Hagar's earlier attempt to obtain God's promise through human works produces painful conflict when Ishmael mocks Isaac and Hagar and her son...

Genesis 21:1–7

Genesis 21:1–7

God keeps his covenant word by visiting Sarah and giving Abraham and Sarah the promised son at the appointed time despite their age and failures. They...