Reading 1 - Exo 15 "Such is the song of Moses [Exo 15], admirable for the boldness of its imagery, the sublimity of its sentiments, and...

Reading 1 - Exo 13:18,19 "The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him" (Exo 13:18,19)....

Reading 1 - Exo 12:13 "The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No...

Reading 1 - Exo 9:16 "But I (God) have raised you (Pharaoh) up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name...

Reading 1 - Exo 10:16 "Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, 'I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you' "...

Reading 1 - Exo 4:2-4 "Then the LORD said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' 'A staff,' he replied" (Exo 4:2). God can use even the...

Reading 1 - Gen 50:26 "So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt"...

Reading 1 - Gen 47:8-10 Genesis 47 brings into close proximity two figures, each striking in himself, but extraordinary when viewed...

Reading 1 - Gen 44; 45 "The record of Joseph provides wonderful portrayals of the work of our Master. In Gen 44 and 45 he adopts further...

Reading 1 - Gen 43:11 "Then their father Israel said to them, 'If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in...

Reading 1 - Gen 41 "Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah" (Gen 41:45), which signifies in Egyptian "supporter of life", or...

Reading 1 - Gen 39 Why did Joseph have to suffer? "Meanwhile, the lesson of Joseph's life is unmistakable. It is... that God works when...

Reading 1 - Gen 38 There is an intended, and striking parallel, and contrast, between this chapter and the next. Where the elder brother,...

Reading 1 - Gen 37 "Joseph was innocent and excellent, but Joseph was young and untried, and God had a great purpose with him that...

Reading 1 - Gen 36:1-3 "This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom)" (Gen 36:1). He is called Edom (which signifies "red") here (and...

Reading 1 - Gen 35:18 "As she [Rachel] breathed her last -- for she was dying -- she named her son Ben-Oni. [Ben-Oni means son of my...

Reading 1 - Gen 32:30,31 "So Jacob called the place Peniel [face of God] saying, 'It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life...

Reading 1 - Gen 31 "Jacob found himself being treated with the duplicity that he manifested in the matter of the family blessing granted...

Reading 1 - Gen 30:29,30 "Jacob said to him [Laban]... 'The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the LORD has blessed...

Reading 1 - Gen 28 "He [Jacob] had a dream in which he saw a stairway [or ladder] resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven,...