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When We Listen – April 17, 2025 – Genesis 32:9-12
Read with Me Genesis 32:9-12 (HCSB) Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,’ I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have...
When We Listen – April 16, 2025 – Genesis 32:1-8
Read with Me Genesis 32:1-8 (HCSB) Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him. When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim. Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom....
When We Listen – April 15, 2025 – Genesis 31:43-55
Read with Me Genesis 31:43-55 (HCSB) Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the sons, my sons; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne? Come...
When We Listen – April 14, 2025 – Genesis 31:36-42
Read with Me Genesis 31:36-42 (HCSB) Then Jacob became incensed and brought charges against Laban. “What is my crime?” he said to Laban. “What is my sin, that you have pursued me? You’ve searched all my possessions! Have you found anything of yours? Put it here...
When We Listen – April 10, 2025 – Genesis 31:30-35
Read with Me Genesis 3130-35 (HCSB) Now you have gone off because you long for your father—but why have you stolen my gods?” Jacob answered, “I was afraid, for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force. If you find your gods with anyone here, he will...
When We Listen – April 2, 2025 – Genesis 31:22-29
Read with Me Genesis 31:22-29 (HCSB) On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled. So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him at Mount Gilead. But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself!” God...
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...