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When We Listen – March 26, 2025 – Genesis 31:1-18
Read with Me Genesis 31:1-18 (HCSB) Now Jacob heard what Laban’s sons were saying: “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s and has built this wealth from what belonged to our father.” And Jacob saw from Laban’s face that his attitude toward him was not the same....
When We Listen – March 25, 2025 – Genesis 30:37-43
Read with Me Genesis 30:37-43 (HCSB) Jacob then took branches of fresh poplar, almond, and plane wood, and peeled the bark, exposing white stripes on the branches. He set the peeled branches in the troughs in front of the sheep—in the water channels where the sheep...
When We Listen – March 18, 2025 – Genesis 30:25-36
Read with Me Genesis 30:25-36 (HCSB) After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so that I can return to my homeland. Give me my wives and my children that I have worked for, and let me go. You know how hard I have worked for you.” But...
When We Listen – March 17, 2025 – Genesis 30:22-24
Read with Me Genesis 30:22-24 (HCSB) Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my shame.” She named him Joseph: “May the LORD add another son to me.” Listen with Me After many years...
When We Listen – March 13, 2025 – Genesis 30:9-21
Read with Me Genesis 30:9-21 (HCSB) When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Then Leah said, “What good fortune!” and she named him Gad. When Leah’s slave...
Today’s Scripture – March 11, 2025 – Genesis 30:1-8
Read with Me Genesis 30:1-8 (HCSB) When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld children from...
When We Listen – March 6, 2025 – Genesis 29:31-35
Read with Me Genesis 29:31-35 (HCSB) When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive. Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love...
When We Listen – March 3, 2025 – Genesis 29:21-30
Read with Me Genesis 29:21-30 (HCSB) Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is completed. I want to sleep with her.” So Laban invited all the men of the place to a feast. That evening, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept...
When We Listen – February 24, 2025 – Genesis 29:14b-20
Read with Me Genesis 23:14b-20 (HCSB) After Jacob had stayed with him a month, Laban said to him, “Just because you’re my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.” Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the...
When We Listen – February 19, 2025 – Genesis 29:9-14a
Read with Me Genesis 29:9-14a (HCSB) While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. As soon as Jacob saw his uncle Laban’s daughter Rachel with his sheep, he went up and rolled the stone from the opening and...