Daily Thoughts From God's Word

The building of the tabernacle commences. And it proceeds with good speed and effectiveness. God is involved in all the work. When the...

God called Moses, Aaron, and the elders up on the mountain. When Moses reported to the people God’s instructions, they responded, “All...

No food for the people to eat; so, what did God do? He gave them bread from heaven. No water for the people to drink; so, what did they...

“The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, ‘This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month...

The plagues continue: the plague on the livestock, boils, thunder and hail, locusts, and darkness. Before the final plague, the Lord...

Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go’” (5:1). Pharaoh’s reply? “Who is the Lord, that...

“These are the names,” i.e., this is the name of the book of Exodus in the Hebrew. Beginning with an accounting of those who came to...

“So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba” (46:1). And God instructed Jacob to continue on his journey, all...

The famine in full force, Jacob instructed his sons, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain...

After the detailed genealogy of chapter 36, we don’t hear a lot more about Esau. With chapter 37 begins “the Joseph stories.” I am...

God not only provided for Jacob in Laban's presence, but he also protected Jacob from Esau. Esau had had a change of heart. Though...

What an odd, even troubling story, about Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Esau. Oh, the family drama and deception! I suspect we all know the...

Ah! A wedding! The marriage of Isaac and Rebekah but, first, a bit more about this man Abraham. When Sarah died, so revered and...

After the episode at Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham journeyed toward the Negev. As with Pharaoh, fearing the king would take Sarah and kill...

“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children” (16:1). And, so, rather than trusting God, Abram and Sarai concocted their own...