Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.GENESIS 25:27+The House That Is a Church[The Hebrew word translated as "quiet" here] denotes one who is simple, upright, blameless, and sincere in regard to hi...  Read More

Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field.GENESIS 25:27+An Indifferent Life[Esau] is completely smug and chooses a kind of life that is not irksome or difficult but pleasant and showy. . .. Such ...  Read More

She went to inquire of the LORD.GENESIS 25:22+God Has Promised to HearThis is written for our instruction and comfort, in order that we may learn to pray with full confidence and not to despair or hav...  Read More

Rebekah his wife conceived. The children struggled together within her. . .. So she went to inquire of the LORD. And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within yo...  Read More

Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren.GENESIS 25:21+Call upon God with PersistenceLet us seek and let us cast all our care, misfortune, and affliction on God (1 Peter 5:7) and ...  Read More

These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.GENESIS 25:16+Twelve PrincesIshmael, who is the brother bo...  Read More

After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. . .. These are the generations of Ishmael GENESIS 25:11-12+Delayed Blessing[Moses] says that God blessed Isaac after the death of his father. But...  Read More

Abraham breathed his last . . . and was gathered to his people.GENESIS 25:8+Gathered with the SaintsThese words of the Holy Spirit are by no means useless. Nor are they spoken to beasts, which do not ...  Read More

Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.GENESIS 25:8+A Precious DeathIn all Holy Scripture this is the first passage which de...  Read More

[Laban and Bethuel said], "The thing has come from the LORD; we cannot speak to you bad or good. Behold, Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LO...  Read More

When [Rebekah] had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also."GENESIS 24:19+Kindness to AllIt is not hospitable enough to have given him a drink; she also gives a ...  Read More

When [Rebekah] had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw water for your camels also."GENESIS 24:19+Kindness to AllIt is not hospitable enough to have given him a drink; she also gives a ...  Read More