Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000446
00:17 Hi and welcome back to His Words Are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you 00:21 for joining with me today 00:22 to read the Word of God. 00:23 But before we do that, let's pray together. 00:25 Dear God, thank you so much for the life that You have given 00:30 to each one of us... a life that we can use to serve 00:34 others in Your name and to serve You by doing that. 00:38 Please now as we read these words, may we be strengthened 00:42 to serve You better and may our faith be increased 00:46 and may the correction that we need to make in our lives 00:50 be made clear to us. 00:51 May the guidance that we are looking for be found in the 00:54 words that we will hear today. 00:55 Please send Your Holy Spirit to open up our minds 00:58 to Your truth. We love You so much, 01:00 and thank you for loving us. Amen. 01:03 When we were last together we were reading the story of 01:06 Abraham and Isaac and how Isaac's wife Rebekah 01:10 had been found under the direction of God. 01:13 And now we are going to pick up in Genesis in chapter 25. 01:18 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 01:23 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, 01:28 and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 01:31 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. 01:35 And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, 01:39 and Leummim. 01:40 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanock, 01:45 and Abidah, and Eldaah. 01:48 All these were the children of Keturah. 01:50 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 01:54 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, 01:58 Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, 02:02 while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 02:06 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life 02:10 which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years. 02:14 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, 02:18 an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. 02:23 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him the cave of Machpelah 02:28 in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, 02:31 which is before Mamre; The field which Abraham purchased 02:35 of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, 02:39 and Sarah his wife. 02:40 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, 02:43 that God blessed his son Isaac; 02:45 and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. 02:48 Now these are generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, 02:51 whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, 02:54 bare unto Abraham: 02:56 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, 03:00 according to their generations: 03:02 the first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, 03:07 and Mibsam, and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 03:10 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 03:15 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, 03:18 by their towns, and by their castles, 03:20 twelve princes according to their nations. 03:23 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, 03:26 a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he gave up the ghost 03:30 and died; and was gathered unto his people. 03:32 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, 03:37 as thou goest toward Assyria: 03:39 and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 03:42 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: 03:46 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac was forty years old when he 03:51 took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian 03:55 of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 03:58 And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, 04:01 because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, 04:05 and Rebekah his wife conceived. 04:07 And the children struggled together within her; 04:10 and she said, "If it be so, why am I thus? " 04:13 And she went to inquire of the Lord. 04:15 And the Lord said unto her, 04:17 "Two nations are in thy womb, 04:19 and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; 04:23 and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; 04:26 and the elder shall serve the younger. " 04:30 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, 04:33 behold, there were twins in her womb. 04:35 And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; 04:40 and they called his name Esau. 04:42 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold 04:47 on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob; 04:50 and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. 04:55 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, 04:59 a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, 05:01 dwelling in tents. And Isaac loved Esau, 05:05 because he did eat of his venison: 05:07 but Rebekah loved Jacob. 05:09 And Jacob sod pottage: 05:11 and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 05:14 And Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me, I pray thee, 05:16 with that same red pottage; for I am faint: " 05:19 therefore was his name called Edom. 05:21 And Jacob said, "Sell me this day thy birthright. " 05:26 And Esau said, "Behold, I am at the point to die: 05:30 and what profit shall this birthright do to me? " 05:32 And Jacob said, "Swear to me this day; " 05:34 and he sware unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 05:38 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; 05:42 and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: 05:45 thus Esau despised his birthright. 05:49 Continuing to read in Genesis 05:51 chapter 26, and this is the 05:53 King James version. 05:54 And there was a famine in the land, 05:57 beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. 06:00 And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines 06:03 unto Gerar. And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, 06:06 "Go not down into Egypt; 06:08 dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 06:10 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, 06:13 and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, 06:17 I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath 06:21 which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 06:23 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, 06:28 and will give unto thy seed all these countries; 06:30 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 06:35 Because that Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, 06:39 My commandments, My statutes, and My laws. " 06:42 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 06:44 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; 06:46 and he said, "She is my sister: " for he feared to say, 06:49 "She is my wife; " lest, said he, 06:51 "the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; " 06:53 because she was fair to look upon. 06:56 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, 06:58 that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a 07:01 window and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with 07:04 Rebekah his wife. 07:05 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, 07:07 "Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: 07:10 and how saidst thou, She is my sister? " 07:13 And Isaac said unto him, 07:15 "Because I said, Lest I die for her. " 07:17 And Abimelech said, "What is this thou has done 07:20 unto us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, 07:24 and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. " 07:26 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, 07:29 "He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely 07:32 be put to death. " Then Isaac sowed in that land, 07:36 and received in the same year a hundredfold: 07:38 and the Lord blessed him. 07:40 And the man waxed great, and went forward, 07:43 and grew until he became very great: 07:45 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, 07:48 and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 07:52 For all the wells which is father's servants had digged 07:54 in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had 07:57 stopped them, and filled them with earth. 07:59 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, 08:01 "Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. " 08:04 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the 08:08 valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 08:10 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged 08:14 in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had 08:18 stopped them after the death of Abraham: 08:20 and he called their names after the names by which his father 08:23 had called them. And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, 08:26 and found there a well of springing water. 08:29 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, 08:33 saying, "The water is ours: " 08:35 and he called the name of the well Esek; 08:37 because they strove with him. 08:39 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: 08:42 and he called the name of it Sitnah. 08:45 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; 08:48 and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it 08:50 Rehoboth; and he said, 08:52 "For now the Lord hath made room for us, 08:54 and we shall be fruitful in the land. " 08:56 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. 09:00 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, 09:03 "I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, 09:07 for I am with thee, and will bless thee, 09:10 and multiply thy seed for My servant Abraham's sake. " 09:14 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the 09:17 Lord, and pitched his tent there: 09:20 and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 09:23 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, 09:26 and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain 09:29 of his army. And Isaac said unto them, 09:31 "Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, 09:34 and have sent me away from you? " 09:36 And they said, "We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: " 09:40 and we said, "Let there be now an oath betwixt us, 09:43 even betwixt us and thee, 09:44 and let us make a covenant with thee; 09:46 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, 09:50 and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, 09:52 and have sent thee away in peace: 09:54 thou art now the blessed of the Lord. " 09:56 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 10:00 And they rose up betimes in the morning, 10:03 and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, 10:06 and they departed from him in peace. 10:08 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, 10:11 and told him concerning the well which they had digged, 10:14 and said unto him, "We have found water. " 10:17 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city 10:20 is Beersheba unto this day. 10:23 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith 10:28 the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, 10:31 and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 10:34 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. 10:38 We are reading in Genesis, 10:40 and we are continuing now with 10:41 chapter 27, and this is the 10:43 King James version. 10:44 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, 10:47 and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, 10:50 he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, 10:53 "My son: " and he said unto him, 10:56 "Behold, here am I. " 10:57 And he said, "Behold now, I am old, 11:01 I know not the day of my death: 11:02 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, 11:06 thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, 11:10 and take me some venison; 11:12 And make me savory meat, such as I love, 11:15 and bring it to me, that I may eat; 11:17 that my soul may bless thee before I die. " 11:20 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. 11:24 And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, 11:27 and to bring it. 11:29 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, 11:31 "Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, 11:35 saying, "Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, 11:37 that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord 11:40 before my death. " Now therefore, my son, 11:42 obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 11:45 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids 11:49 of the goats; and I will make them savory meat 11:52 for thy father, such as he loveth: 11:54 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, 11:57 and that he may bless thee before his death. " 12:00 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, 12:03 "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, 12:07 and I am a smooth man: 12:08 My father peradventure will feel me, 12:11 and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; 12:14 and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. " 12:18 And his mother said unto him, 12:20 "Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, 12:24 and go fetch me them. " 12:25 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: 12:29 and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. 12:33 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, 12:37 which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob 12:40 her younger son: And she put the skins of the kids 12:43 of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: 12:49 And she gave the savory meat and the bread, 12:51 which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 12:54 And he came unto his father, and said, 12:56 "My father: " and he said, 12:58 "Here am I; who art thou, my son? " 13:01 And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau thy first-born; 13:05 I have done according as thou badest me: 13:07 arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, 13:10 that thy soul may bless me. " 13:12 And Isaac said unto his son, "How is it that thou hast found 13:17 it so quickly, my son? " And he said, 13:19 "Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. " 13:22 And Isaac said unto Jacob, "Come near, I pray thee, 13:25 that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son 13:29 Esau or not. " And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father, 13:33 and he felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, 13:37 but the hands are the hands of Esau. " 13:40 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, 13:44 as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 13:48 And he said, "Art thou my very son Esau? " 13:51 And he said, "I am. " 13:53 And he said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat 13:56 of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. " 13:59 And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: 14:02 and he brought him wine, and he drank. 14:04 And his father Isaac said unto him, 14:07 "Come near now, and kiss me, my son. " 14:09 And he came near, and kissed him: 14:11 and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, 14:14 and said, "See, the smell of my son 14:17 is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed: 14:20 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, 14:24 and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: " 14:28 Thank you for joining with me to read today. 14:31 Please join me again next time. 14:33 Goodbye. |
Revised 2014-12-17