Bible Reading Made Different

Genesis 32:29 - Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.” And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there.  (NKJV) Get blessed by the best - God! Please feel free to post the 29th Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 2 in  the Comments Section.

Deuteronomy 32:28 - "For they are a nation void of counsel, Nor is there any understanding in them. (NKJV) Is that us ( U nited S tates) today? Let's pray for our entire nation! Exodus 2 2:28 - "You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people. (NKJV) Please feel free to post the 28th Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 2 in  the Comments Section. 

  Job 22:27 - You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, And you will pay your vows.   (NKJV) Be truthful with God! 2 Samuel 2 2:27  - With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.  (NKJV) Please feel free to post the 27th Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 2 in the Comments Section.

  Genesis 31:31-55  In response to Laban's questions regarding Jacob sneaking away, he answered and said that he was afraid that Laban would take his daughters from him by force. Then, not knowing that Rachel took the idols, Jacob told Laban that he could kill whomever he found with the idols. So Laban started his search. He went into Jacob's tent, then Leah's tent and the tents of the two maids and did not find them. Laban enters Rachel's tent.  Apparently everyone had their own tent. In the post where Rachel pimped Jacob to Leah for mandrakes (Genesis 30:15), I thought that Jacob and Rachel were in the same tent.  Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camel's saddle and sat on them. Of course, Laban's search of Rachel's tent did not result in finding the idols. Rachel said that the manner of women was with her and that's why she couldn't come down off the camel to greet him.  Basically, she said that she was on her period.  No ma...

Exodus 32:26 - then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side - come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.  (NKJV) Are you on the Lord’s side? Genesis 3 2:26  - And He said, "Let Me go, for the day breaks." But he said, "I will not let You go unless You bless me!"  (NKJV) How determined are you to hold on until you get your blessing? Please feel free to post the 26th Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 2 in  the Comments Section.

Exodus  2:25  - And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.   (NKJV) Has God acknowledged you? Genesis  2:25  - And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.  (NKJV) Please feel free to post the 25th Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 2 in  the Comments Section.

  Genesis 31:1-30 Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying that he took everything that belonged to their father and that was how he acquired his wealth. Jacob perceived that Laban's countenance towards him was no longer favorable. The Lord told Jacob to return to the land of his fathers and to his family. God promised to be with him. Jacob called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field and told them that he sees Laban's countenance towards him has changed for the worse, but the God of his father has been with him. He reflected on how he served Laban with all of his might, yet Laban deceived him and changed his wages ten times.    Jacob told them that despite all that Laban did to him, God didn't allow Laban to hurt him. Jacob said that if Laban said that the speckled would be his wages, then all the flocks bore speckled offspring. The same thing happened if Laban said that the streaked would be his wages. Jacob stated that God t...

Exodus  2:24  - So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.  (NKJV) God does hear us when we cry out to Him! Genesis  2:24  - Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.  (NKJV) Please feel free to post the 24th Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 2 in the Comments Section.       

Exodus  2:23  - Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.   (NKJV) When is the last time you cried out to God for help? Genesis  2:23  - And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man."  (NKJV) Please feel free to post the 23rd Verse of a Bible Chapter ending with the Number 2 in  the Comments Section.

Genesis 30:22-43 - More Deception In The Work(s) God remembered Rachel and answered her prayers for a child.   I am glad the Bible says that God remembered Rachel because otherwise some may think she conceived because of the mandrakes mentioned earlier in the chapter.  Rachel had a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach." She named her son Joseph saying "The Lord shall add to me another son."   So, I googled and Joseph means "God will add". So was this a prophetic moment for Rachel? Further along in our Biblical journey we will see that she does have another son. After Joseph was born, Jacob was ready to leave Laban and go out on his own with his family. He was ready to go back to his own country. He told Laban to give him his wives and children for whom he had served Laban and let him go because Laban was aware of Jacob's service for him. Laban pleaded with Jacob to stay because he realized that the Lord had blessed him for Jacob's sake.  H...

  Genesis 30:1-21 When Rachel saw that she wasn't having any babies, she envied Leah. Rachel even told Jacob to give her children or else she would die. Jacob got angry with Rachel and said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"  This goes to show that even the "most in love" couples can experience some marital discord.  Rachel gives her maid, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife so that she can have children by her.  This is similar to Sarai (Sarah) giving Hagar to Abram   (Abraham) in Genesis 16. We know that situation didn't end well.  Bilhah conceived and had a son. Rachel said, "God has judged my case and He has also heard my voice and given me a son." Rachel named him Dan  (Jacob and Bilhah's son) . Bilhah conceived a second time and had another son. This time Rachel said, With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and indeed I have prevailed." She named him Naphtali  (Jacob and Bilhah's sec...

  Jacob goes on his journey and comes to the land of the people of the East. He saw a well in the field with three flocks of sheep lying near it. This well was used to water the flocks. However, a large stone covered the well’s mouth. The flocks would be gathered there and they  (the shepherds)  would roll away the stone and water the sheep, then put the stone back over the well’s mouth. Jacob asked the shepherds where were they from and they replied, “We are from Haran.” He asked them if they knew Laban and of course they knew him. Jacob asked if Laban was well and they answered that he is well. As they were talking, Rachel was coming towards them with her sheep and they informed Jacob that Rachel is Laban’s daughter. Jacob told the shepherds that it was early in the day and too early for all the sheep to be gathered together. So, he told them to water the sheep and then go feed them.   Wow! Who died and made Jacob b...

Isaac called Jacob and blessed him  (again).   He also told him not to take a wife from among the Canaanite women. He told Jacob to go to Padan Aram to Bethuel’s (Rebekah’s father) house and get a wife from among Laban’s (Rebekah’s brother) daughters. Isaac blessed Jacob by saying, “May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may be an assembly of peoples; and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land in which you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”  Isaac refers to the blessing of Abraham which indicates to me that his earthly father, Abraham, told him of the promises of God, his heavenly father. What promises of God have you shared with your children?  Isaac sent Jacob away and he went to Padan Aram to Laban, Bethuel’s son and Rebekah’s brother.  Since Isaac sent Jacob away, I’m thinking that Rebekah must have had a talk with her husband about Es...