Today we begin Genesis Chapter 13. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Bible, click here. “And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.  And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.“-Genesis […]

“But there was a famine in the land, so Avram went down into Egypt to stay there, because the famine in the land was severe.”-Genesis 12:10 In the closing paragraph of Chapter 12, we are shown that even Abraham, the father of our faith, is capable of succumbing to worry and temptation when external circumstances […]

In his book “THE GIFTS OF THE JEWS: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels”, Thomas Cahill made the following profound observations. “The Jews started it all-and by “it” I mean so many of the things we care about, the underlying values that make all of us, Jew and […]

There are two important points about the call of Abraham. First, when God called Abraham, he made it clear to him that his family was NOT welcome. God was calling him to a complete separation from his past and everything he held dear. To Abraham, this must have been a terrifying prospect. He had to […]

When examining the history of ancient covenants in the Bible era, it is clear that blood played a central role in the covenant making process. In the early stages of covenant history, the participants would cut their arms with a knife and then hold their cuts together to seal the covenant. During this process, the […]