Reading 1 - Exo 17:12 "When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his...

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 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 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 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,...

Reading 1 - Gen 27 "God's purpose succeeds, in spite of human weaknesses. The characters in this narrative are the four members of the...

Reading 1 - Gen 25:11 "After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi" (Gen 25:11). The Hebrew name...

Reading 1 - Gen 24:63 "He went out to the field one evening to meditate" (Gen 24:63). In the field we have a study richly furnished with...

Reading 1 - Gen 22 "Some time later God tested Abraham" (Gen 22:1). "Tested" is "tempted" in AV, and "try" in RV and Heb 11:8,17. See Jam...

Reading 1 - Gen 21:9,10 "But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking, and she said to Abraham,...