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When We Listen – Genesis 35:21-29 – June 23, 2025
Read with Me Genesis 35:21-29 (HCSB) Israel set out again and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons: Leah’s sons...
When We Listen – June 11, 2025 – Genesis 35:16-20
Read with Me Genesis 35:16-20 (HCSB) They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”...
When We Listen – June 9, 2025 – Genesis 35:9-15
Read with Me Genesis 35:9-15 (HCSB) God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him. God said to him: Your name is Jacob; you will no longer be named Jacob, but your name will be Israel. So He named him Israel. God also said to him:...
When We Listen – May 20, 2025 – Genesis 35:1-8
Read with Me Genesis 35:1-8 (HCSB) God said to Jacob, “Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign...
When We Listen – March 14, 2025 – Genesis 34:25-31
Read with Me Genesis 34:25-31 (HCSB) On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male. They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their...
When We Listen – May 13, 2025 – Genesis 34:18-24
Read with Me Genesis 34:18-24 (HCSB) Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father’s house. So Hamor and his son Shechem...
When We Listen – May 12, 2025 – Genesis 34:13-17
Read with Me Genesis 34:13-17 (HCSB) But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah. “We cannot do this thing,” they said to them. “Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us. We will...
When We Listen – May 8, 2025 – Genesis 34:1-12
Read with Me Genesis 34:1-12 (HCSB) Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the region, saw her, he took her and raped her. He became infatuated with Dinah,...
When We Listen – May 7, 2025 – Genesis 33:8-20
Read with Me Genesis 33:8-20 (HCSB) So Esau said, “What do you mean by this whole procession I met?” “To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered. “I have enough, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what you have.” But Jacob said, “No, please! If I have found favor...
When We Listen – April 29, 2025 – Genesis 33:1-7
Read with Me Genesis 33:1-7 (HCSB) Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female slaves. He put the female slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and...