Canaan was in famine, and Jacob had to send his sons to Egypt to buy food. He kept Benjamin, his youngest son, behind to keep him from any harm. Joseph was the governor over Egypt and the one who sold grain to everyone. When his brothers came in, they bowed down to him. Joseph recognized Read More …

In Genesis 15, Abraham’s experience of God turns from being OUTWARD to being INWARD. Previously Abraham learned to trust in God for his outward provisions—food, clothing, and shelter.  But this was an elementary experience of God.  Once he knew God as the one who provided for his outward needs, Abraham came to experience God in Read More …

Lot’s CaptureAbraham had a nephew, Lot, who had followed him from Chaldea into the good land. They both became so prosperous that all their possession did not fit in the land where they lived. Hence Abraham and Lot decided to separate. Abraham gave Lot the first choice of the land and agreed that he would take the opposite direction (Gen. Read More …

Failure in TrialsAs Abraham followed God, he was tested. The first test was a famine. Rather than trusting in God for his sustenance, Abraham went down to Egypt. This symbolizes that Abraham turned to the world for his support. Not only so, he basically sold his wife to Pharaoh. If we were God, we may have judged Abraham. However, Read More …

After Abraham reached the good land, God appeared to him for the 3rd time.  At this point Abraham built an altar to God (Gen. 12:7b). The altar represents our giving our all to the Lord and is our testimony of God to the world. At this altar we get our strength to follow God, since it Read More …