[Jacob said,] "The God of my father has been with me."GENESIS 31:5+The Fight against DoubtHow am I to know for certain that I belong to the people of God? Before the incarnation of Christ the fathers ...  Read More

"I will be with you."GENESIS 31:3+God Cares for UsMen should be individually certain about this, that they are the people of God, or members of the Church. Above all things this faith is necessary whi...  Read More

Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."GENESIS 31:3+For Those in NeedIt is manifest what great troubles and annoyances Jacob endu...  Read More

God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her.GENESIS 30:22+Ask, Seek, Knock without CeasingThis is how we, too, should learn to ask and hope for help whenever there is misfortune and faith totters. ...  Read More

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.GENESIS 30:22+Below the Surface[God] does not give what His saints seek on the surface of their hearts and with that foam of wor...  Read More

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.GENESIS 30:22+God Searches the HeartMoses has employed a significant word: "The Lord remembered." It is as though he were saying...  Read More

And [Leah] conceived again and bore a son, and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she called his name Judah.GENESIS 29:35+Praise the LordLyra [a 13th-century Bible commentator] . . . ...  Read More

When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.GENESIS 29:31+The Sight of God[God] is the Creator and Governor of everything. But who would believe that God cares for...  Read More

Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother....GENESIS 29:10+Love at First SightWhen in his exile [Jacob] found Rachel, his blood relation, he took courage and gained gr...  Read More

"This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."GENESIS 28:17+The Gate of HeavenGod governs us in such a way that wherever He speaks with us here on earth, the approach to t...  Read More

"How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."GENESIS 28:17+Where God DwellsThis is a very wonderful speech. All Holy Scripture has nothing like...  Read More

"For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promise you." Then Jacob awoke from his sleep.GENESIS 28:15-16+Promise and CommandIt is clear and manifest enough that there is a difference bet...  Read More