Click here for today's reading: "At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers." (CSB) JOSEPH [JOE zeph]  ( may he add ) — the name of several men in the Bible: The 11th son of Jacob (Gen. 30:24). Joseph was sold into slavery and later rose to an important position in the Egyptian government. The account of Joseph’s life is found in Genesis 37–50. Joseph was the first child of Rachel (30:24) and his father’s favorite son (37:31). This is most clearly show

Click Here for Today's Reading: Gen 34–36 | Prov 5:9–23 | Luke 12 8  Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah, ,  died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth. 19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 28  Isaac lived 180 years. 29  He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.  We have often heard it said that death

Click Here for today's reading: Gen 31–33 | Prov 5:1–8 | Luke 11 Scripture: “   Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.” — Genesis 32:24 Jacob encountered God at the ford of the Jabbok during a moment of fear and uncertainty. Alone in the darkness, he wrestled with God through the night. Though Jacob was wounded and could not prevail by strength, he refused to let go until God blessed him. When Jacob confessed his name "heel-grabber", God gave him a