Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.GENESIS 37:17+The Wisdom of GodIn such danger we see the deepest silence of God and the angels. They allow Joseph to rush headlong into the most...  Read More

[Joseph shared his dreams with his brothers]: "My sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf. . .. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven star...  Read More

Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. . .. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers.GENESIS 37:1-2+Sustained through TroublesT...  Read More

These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).GENESIS 36:1+GenerationsThe genealogy of Esau, then, is fittingly added to the history of the two patriarchs Isaac and Jacob. For in this we see the g...  Read More

Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days.GENESIS 35:29+Pleasant RestThe Holy Spirit does not say: "He disappeared after he ceased living" but "he was g...  Read More

Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).GENESIS 35:19+God Is Present at All TimesThe circumstances of this story increase and emphasize [Jacob's] grief, nor is it ye...  Read More

God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name."GENESIS 35:10+A Name of Great ImportanceThat he might have a sure pledge and testimony o...  Read More

As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.GENESIS 35:5+Terror from GodThe neighbors [of Jacob] were so overwhelmed ...  Read More

"Let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."GENESIS 35:3+The Lord Has Been with ...  Read More

"Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."GENESIS 35:1+Recall the PromisesThe Lord orders the patriarch to build an altar at Bethel, and He reminds him ...  Read More

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there."GENESIS 35:1+From Grief to JoyIn extreme necessity and despair, as it were, God comes to the help of His patriarch, as is stated in Psalm 9:...  Read More

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land."GENESIS 34:30+Do Not Rely on YourselfWhere is faith here and the remembrance of the pr...  Read More