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Genesis 50 — The end of the beginning
Chapter 50 of Genesis marks the end of the beginning in two ways. First, it's the end of the first book of the Bible (which at times I thought I'd never get to!). Secondly, it marks a good time to do two things which I h… -
Genesis 44-45 — Full House
Joseph tries to mentally torture his brothers some more in these chapters, but breaks down and finally tells them who he is and acts nicely towards them. With God apparently away on vacation and having nothing to do with… -
Genesis 43 — They're ba-ack
God turns up the famine a notch, and Joseph's brothers come back with Benjamin. It took some convincing of Jacob/Israel. He's smarter than has kids, asking them why on Earth they would have told the Egyptian leader tha… -
Genesis 42 — I wish I weren't tied and bound
Here we have some more family values and brotherly love. When Joseph's famine-plagued brothers come searching for food, Joseph throws them in prison, and keeps one as a hostage! Jacob (aka the patriarch-intermittently-k… -
Genesis 41 — God loves famine, this I know...
As I've been reading the Bible, I just keep thinking to myself, "How do I know this Yahweh is really great, the best god of all? I need more convincing! If only God could do something, like correctly predict and cause a … -
Genesis 26 — Like Father, Like Son
The land is in famine (the Bible has to specify that this is a different famine than the one mentioned previously, since God apparently sends so many). In this chapter, we have Isaac trying to pull the same old "she ain'… -
Genesis 12 — Plagued Like an Egyptian
In this chapter, we see the Egyptian Pharaoh and the people in his palace punished because Abram and Sarai lie to them. Not very fair, but we've already seen (and I'm sure will see many other times) that God is anything …
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