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When We Listen – December 19, 2024 – Genesis 25:12-18
Read with Me Genesis 25:12-18 (HCSB) These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham. These are the names of Ishmael’s sons; their names according to the family records are: Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn,...
When We Listen – December 18, 2024 – Genesis 25:1-11
Read with Me Genesis 25:1-11 (HCSB) Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah, and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s sons were the Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. And Midian’s...
When We Listen – December 17, 2024 – Genesis 24:62-67
Read with Me Genesis 24:62-67 (HCSB) Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region. In the early evening Isaac went out to walk in the field, and looking up he saw camels coming. Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got...
When We Listen – December 16, 2024 – Genesis 24:50-61
Read with Me Genesis 24:50-61 (HCSB) Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter. Rebekah is here in front of you. Take her and go, and let her be a wife for your master’s son, just as the LORD has spoken.” When Abraham’s...
Today’s Scripture – December 12, 2024 – Genesis 24:34-49
Read with Me Genesis 24:34-49 (HCSB) “I am Abraham’s servant,” he said. “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys. Sarah, my master’s wife, bore...
When We Listen – December 11, 2024 – Genesis 24:22-33
Read with Me Genesis 24:22-33 (HCSB) After the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing 10 shekels of gold. “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your...
When We Listen – December 5, 2024 – Genesis 24:10-21
Read with Me Genesis 24:10-21 (HCSB) The servant took 10 of his master’s camels and departed with all kinds of his master’s goods in hand. Then he set out for Nahor’s town Aram-naharaim. He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening....
When We Listen – December 4, 2024 – Genesis 24:1-9
Read with Me Genesis 24:1-9 (HCSB) Abraham was now old, getting on in years, and the LORD had blessed him in everything. Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh, and I will have you swear by...
When We Listen – December 3, 2024 – Genesis 23:1-20
Read with Me Genesis 23:1-20 (HCSB) Now Sarah lived 127 years; these were all the years of her life. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Then Abraham got up from beside his dead...
When We Listen – December 2, 2024 – Genesis 22:15-24
Read with Me Genesis 22:15-24 (HCSB) Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the LORD’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, I will indeed bless...