by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 19, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 46:34 (NKJV) “…for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” The Egyptians scorned shepherds. They held shepherds in derision and saw them as an abomination. They were considered lowlife and second class humans. And yet they ate the meal from their...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 18, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 46:30 (NKJV) “And Israel said to Joseph, ‘Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.’” What is your benchmark in life, after which you want to leave this temporary dwelling place? What are your references in your present...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 46:4 (NKJV) “I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again, and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.” Egypt is known as a place of bondage; a house of darkness, and a place of sin. Egypt is a place every believer should avoid....
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 46:2 (NKJV) “Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’” There’s nothing like God coming to you personally and directly and calling you by your name. One personal experience of God and with...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 15, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 45:22 (NKJV) “He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.” Depending on how you do it, preferential treatment is not necessarily wrong, because affections and...
