Following on the heels of yesterday’s post, Jacob has fled Mesopotamia due to the growing hostility between him and his Uncle Laban. While secretly preparing to leave, Rachel has some devious plans of her own and decides to steal her father’s household gods and hide them with her on their journey. Understand this was a […]

We’ve now arrived at the third Biblical patriarch: Jacob. Recall Jacob had to flee from his family’s house because of his treachery toward his brother Esau. After a long journey, Jacob arrives at a well in Haran and there instantly falls head over heels for one of the young girls drawing water. The girl’s name […]

We now fast forward to Isaac’s last days. Currently 135 years old and blind, Isaac realizes the time has come to hand down the traditional family blessing to his firstborn son Esau. This blessing consisted of the majority of the family’s wealth as well as the authority to rule the family. Isaac was not aware […]

The next main Bible character we come to is Isaac or Yitz’chak in Hebrew. Unfortunately, the Scriptures don’t give us much information about this number two Biblical Patriarch. We know Isaac was quite wealthy because he took over his father’s wealth. We also know he was a shepherd like his father and wandered around constantly […]

Yesterday we talked about how over time the Jews slowly but surely adopted traditions that led to a complete prohibition of verbalizing God’s formal name out loud in any situation. However, the early gentile Church fathers didn’t side with the Jews on this point and they also wanted to separate themselves from Judaism. This decision […]