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Gen 31: Chapter 18
Book of Genesis #31 In between the promise made of the coming child and his birth a dramatic event is inserted: the visitation of the Lord to Abraham by the Oak of Ma...
Gen 32: Chapter 19
Book of Genesis #32 As the JPS commentary on Scripture states "Events now move rapidly toward a horrifying but retributive climax. The drama unfolds through quickly-...
Gen 33: Chapter 20
Book of Genesis #33 As we have said in the previous talk, anyone who opposes the Covenant of God faces his wrath. Case in point: Abimelech. How ironic that this man...
Gen 34: Chapter 21
Book of Genesis #34 The birth of Isaac is the cause of the first disunity in Abraham's family. Because Isaac is born, Abraham sends away, that is, he separates himse...
Gen 35: Chapter 22
Book of Genesis #35 In this talk, we go over the most dramatic events in the life of Abraham: the sacrifice of Isaac and the Great Covenant. We might be tempted to d...
Gen 36: Chapter 23
Book of Genesis #36 We all live we all die. But should we have to barter so that we could bury our dead? That is what Abraham had to do. He was an alien in the Land...
Gen 37: Chapter 24
Book of Genesis #37 With the exception of the wedding of St. Joseph to Our Lady, the wedding of Isaac and Rebekah is perhaps the most beautiful wedding ever recorded ...
Gen 38: Chapter 25
Book of Genesis #38 Abraham lived another 35 years and saw his great-grandchildren down to the fifth generation. Following Isaac's marriage, nothing is reported about...
Gen 39: Chapter 26
Book of Genesis #39 Very little is said about Isaac just as very little is said about St. Joseph, the greatest of all saints after Our Lady. Isaac is the only one wh...
Gen 40: Chapter 27
Book of Genesis #40 If we follow the Covenantal trail from Adam down to Jacob we are struck by the fact that seldom does the firstborn receive the blessing intended t...
Gen 41: Chapter 28
Book of Genesis #41 Jacob must now deal with the wrath of his brother. He flees but not before receiving his father's blessing for the journey. Unlike Abraham who se...
Gen 42: Chapter 29
Book of Genesis #42 Jacob is given Leah in marriage when his eyes were for Rachel. Jacob loved Rachel but nowhere does Scripture says that she was meant for him acco...
Gen 43: Chapter 30
Book of Genesis #43 What were Leah and Rachel competing for? Why did they give their handmaids to Jacob? Simple: attention. Jacob had married Leah and he was unhap...
Gen 44: Chapter 31
Book of Genesis #44 Jacob came to Laban as a fugitive, now he flees from Laban as a fugitive. He had only himself to worry about when he arrived. Now he has four wi...
Gen 45: Chapter 32
Book of Genesis #45 Riddle me this: Jacob had married four wives instead of one. The wife he loved best brought with her statues of foreign gods in violation of the ...
Gen 46: Chapter 33
Book of Genesis #46 When he met his brother, Jacob acted prudently. He treated him like a King and stayed away from him. "May God bless the Czar and keep him far awa...
Gen 47: Chapter 34
Book of Genesis #47 No sooner had Jacob settled in the Land that tragedy strikes. His daughter Dinah goes out to town on her own without asking permission or her fat...
Gen 48: Chapter 35
Book of Genesis #48 The next tableau in the life of Jacob involves two deaths, one birth and a change of name. Deborah, Rachel's nurse died. Jacob's name was change...
Gen 49: Chapter 36
Book of Genesis #49 The Book of Genesis is also known as the Book of Generations due to the various genealogies it contains. This chapter is one such list dealing wit...
Gen 50: Chapter 37
Book of Genesis #50 Chapter 37 of Scripture is the beginning of the story of Joseph and it will take us all the way until the end to Chapter 49. The Story of Joseph ...
Gen 51: Chapter 38
Book of Genesis #51 Chapter 38 is as an interlude in the story of Joseph. It brings up a story concerning Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar who is in the lineage of...
Gen 52: Chapter 39
Book of Genesis #52 God threw Joseph in a Pit to teach him a lesson in humility. Determining that this was not enough, he sells him into slavery. He lands in a powe...
Gen 53: Chapter 40
Book of Genesis #53 Egyptian dungeons are hot and smelly. They are not a place you'd like to spend your vacation. But they are a wonderful tool to scrub away any re...
Gen 54: Chapter 41
Book of Genesis #54 Another two years went by. 2 x 365 days, 730 days. Have you waited that long? Did you persevere in prayer? Did you hope and trust in the Lord?...
Gen 55: Chapter 42
Book of Genesis #55 What do you do when family comes knocking at the door -- family you wished you would never see again? Do you slam the door in their faces? Do yo...
Gen 56: Chapter 43
Book of Genesis #56 One brother was detained in Egypt but there was grain for everyone else so life goes on. But the famine was severe and when the provisions that h...
Genesis 57: Chapters 44 and 45
Book of Genesis #57 Joseph must have been a man of prayer. He was rich beyond belief, probably the second richest and most powerful man in Egypt after Pharaoh. He h...
Gen 58: Chapter 46
Book of Genesis #58 At this juncture it is fitting to quote from the Jewish Publication Society's commentary on Genesis: "With this narrative, the patriarchal period...
Gen 59: Chapter 47
Book of Genesis #59Even though Jacob went down to Egypt to live there and even though the conditions of living in Egypt will be better than anything he had so far, he ...
Gen 60: Chapter 48
Book of Genesis #60 Joseph, upon hearing his father was ill brings his two sons to bless. He wants to receive the blessing of the firstborn and immediately passes it ...
