Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000447
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00:16 Hi and welcome back to His Words Are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you 00:21 for being with me today. 00:23 This morning when I was reading in my own devotional time, 00:26 I was reading in Philippians where it says: 00:28 "Don't be anxious for anything; 00:30 but everything with prayer and supplication 00:32 let your request be made known to God. " 00:34 So for anybody here who's joining me right now 00:36 who has something on your heart that you'd like to bring to God, 00:40 let's do that together now 00:41 and also ask Him to be with us as we read His Word. 00:44 Dear God, I know that myself and a lot of others who are 00:49 listening right now... we have things that 00:52 we don't have the answers for. 00:54 But we want to bring them to You yet again 00:57 and ask You to send the answers 00:59 at the time that You know is right. 01:02 And in the meantime, please strengthen our faith 01:05 as we read and hear Your Word right now. 01:07 May we rest in the peace of God that passes all understanding 01:12 and may it keep our hearts and minds during this time together 01:15 with You. Thank you for loving us; we love You. Amen. 01:19 When we were last reading, we were reading the story of 01:23 the birthright that Esau sold to Jacob. 01:26 And when it came time that... that... 01:32 Isaac was going to bless Esau, 01:35 Rebekah overheard the conversation, and she told Jacob 01:38 that he needed to trick his father 01:40 so that he would get the birthright. 01:42 And so Jacob took and put some, at his mother's bidding, 01:48 put on Esau's clothes and some hair on his hands 01:52 and went in, and he lied to his father 01:54 and said: "Yes, I'm your son Esau. " 01:56 And so Isaac, who was blind, 01:59 began to bless Jacob believing he was Esau his son. 02:03 And we are in the middle of that blessing right now. 02:05 We're picking it up in Genesis chapter 27 02:08 beginning with verse 28. 02:11 And this is the King James version. 02:13 "Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, 02:17 and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 02:20 let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: 02:24 be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons 02:27 bow down to thee: 02:28 cursed be every one that curseth thee, 02:30 and blessed be he that blesseth thee. " 02:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end 02:38 of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from 02:42 the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother 02:45 came in from his hunting. 02:47 And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his 02:50 father, and said unto his father, 02:52 "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, 02:55 that thy soul may bless me. " 02:58 And Isaac his father said unto him, 03:00 "Who art thou? " And he said, 03:02 "I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. " 03:04 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, 03:09 "Who? where is he that hath taken venison, 03:13 and brought it me, and I have eaten of all 03:16 before thou camest, and have blessed him? 03:17 yea, and he shall be blessed. " 03:20 And when Esau heard the words of his father, 03:23 he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, 03:27 and said unto his father, "Bless me, even me also, 03:31 O my father. " 03:33 And he said, "Thy brother came with subtilty, 03:37 and hath taken away thy blessing. " 03:39 And he said, "Is not he rightly named Jacob? 03:43 for he hath supplanted me these two times: 03:46 he took away my birthright; and, behold, 03:49 now he hath taken away my blessing. " 03:51 And he said, "Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? " 03:54 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, 03:58 "Behold, I have made him thy lord, 04:00 and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; 04:03 and with corn and wine have I sustained him: 04:06 and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? " 04:09 And Esau said unto his father, 04:12 "Hast thou but one blessing, my father? 04:15 bless me, even me also, O my father, " 04:18 And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 04:22 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, 04:26 "Behold thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, 04:30 and of the dew of heaven from above; 04:32 and by the sword shalt thou live, 04:35 and shalt serve thy brother: 04:36 and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, 04:40 that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. " 04:43 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith 04:47 his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, 04:51 "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; 04:54 then will I slay my brother Jacob. " 04:56 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: 05:01 and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, 05:05 and said unto him, "Behold, thy brother Esau, 05:09 as touching thee, doth comfort himself, 05:11 purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, 05:14 obey my voice; and arise, 05:17 flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; 05:21 And tarry with him a few days, 05:22 until thy brother's fury turn away; 05:25 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, 05:28 and he forget that which thou has done to him: 05:31 then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: 05:35 why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? " 05:38 And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life 05:42 because of the daughters of Heth: 05:44 if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, 05:47 such as these which are of the daughters of the land, 05:49 what good shall my life do me? " 05:52 We are continuing to read in the 05:54 book of Genesis chapter 28. 05:56 This is the King James version. 05:58 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, 06:03 and said unto him, "Thou shalt not take a wife 06:06 of the daughters of Canaan. 06:07 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel 06:11 thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence 06:14 of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 06:17 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, 06:20 and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 06:24 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, 06:27 and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit 06:30 the land wherein thou art a stranger, 06:33 which God gave unto Abraham. " 06:34 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram 06:38 unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, 06:41 the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 06:44 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, 06:48 and sent him away to Padanaram, 06:50 to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him 06:54 he gave him a charge, saying, "Thou shalt not take a wife 06:57 of the daughters of Canaan; " 06:58 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, 07:01 and was gone to Padanaram; 07:03 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not 07:07 Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, 07:11 and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath 07:15 the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, 07:17 the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 07:20 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, 07:23 and went toward Haran. 07:24 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there 07:27 all night, because the sun was set; 07:30 and he took of the stones of that place, 07:32 and put them for his pillows, 07:34 and lay down in that place to sleep. 07:36 And he dreamed, and beheld a ladder set up on the earth, 07:40 and the top of it reached to heaven: 07:42 and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 07:47 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, 07:49 "I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, 07:52 and the God of Isaac: 07:54 the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, 07:58 and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust 08:02 of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, 08:04 and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: 08:08 and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families 08:12 of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, 08:16 and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, 08:18 and will bring thee again unto this land; 08:21 for I will not leave thee, until I have done that 08:24 which I have spoken to thee of. " 08:26 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, 08:29 "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. " 08:34 And he was afraid, and said, 08:36 "How dreadful is this place! 08:37 This is none other but the house of God, 08:39 and this is the gate of heaven. " 08:42 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, 08:45 and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, 08:48 and set it up for a pillar, 08:50 and poured oil upon the top of it. 08:52 And he called the name of that place Bethel: 08:55 but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 08:58 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, 09:00 "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way 09:05 that I go, and will give me bread to eat, 09:07 and raiment to put on, So that I come again 09:10 to my father's house in peace; 09:12 then shall the Lord be my God. 09:16 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, 09:18 shall be God's house: and of all that Thou shalt give me 09:22 I will surely give the tenth unto Thee. " 09:26 Continuing with chapter 29. 09:30 Then Jacob went on his journey, 09:31 and came into the land of the people of the east. 09:34 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, 09:37 and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; 09:42 for out of that well they watered the flocks: 09:44 and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. 09:46 And thither were all the flocks gathered: 09:49 and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, 09:51 and watered the sheep, and put the stone again 09:54 upon the well's mouth in his place. 09:56 And Jacob said unto them, 09:58 "My brethren, whence be ye? " 10:01 And they said, "Of Haran are we. " 10:05 And he said unto them, "Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? " 10:09 And they said, "We know him. " 10:11 And he said unto them, "Is he well? " 10:14 And they said, "He is well: and, behold, 10:17 Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. " 10:19 And he said, "Lo, it is yet high day, 10:23 neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered 10:25 together, water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. " 10:29 And they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered 10:33 together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; 10:36 then we water the sheep. " 10:37 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her 10:40 father's sheep, for she kept them. 10:42 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel 10:45 the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, 10:47 and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, 10:50 that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone 10:53 from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban 10:56 his mother's brother. And Jacob kissed Rachel, 11:00 and lifted up his voice, and wept: 11:02 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, 11:06 and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. 11:09 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings 11:12 of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, 11:15 and embraced him, and kissed him, 11:17 and brought him to his house. 11:18 And he told Laban all these things. 11:21 And Laban said to him, "Surely thou art my bone 11:25 and my flesh. " And he abode with him the space of a month. 11:29 And Laban said unto Jacob, "Because thou art my brother, 11:33 shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? 11:36 tell me, what shalt thy wages be? " 11:38 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, 11:43 and the name of the younger was Rachel. 11:45 Leah was tender-eyed; 11:47 but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored. 11:50 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, 11:53 "I will serve thee seven years 11:55 for Rachel thy younger daughter. " 11:57 And Laban said, "It is better that I give her to thee, 12:01 than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. " 12:04 And Jacob served seven years 12:06 for Rachel; and they seemed 12:08 unto him but a few days, 12:10 for the love he had to her. 12:12 And Jacob said unto Laban, 12:15 "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, 12:17 that I may go in unto her. " 12:19 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, 12:23 and made a feast. 12:24 And it came to pass in the evening, 12:26 that he took Leah his daughter, 12:29 and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 12:32 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid 12:37 for a handmaid. And it came to pass, 12:40 that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: 12:44 and he said to Laban, "What is this thou hast done 12:47 unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? 12:50 wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? " 12:53 And Laban said, "It must not be so done in our country, 12:58 to give the younger before the first-born. 13:00 Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also 13:03 for the service which thou shalt serve with me 13:06 yet seven other years. " 13:09 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: 13:12 and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 13:15 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid 13:19 to be her maid. And he went in also unto Rachel, 13:23 and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, 13:27 and served with him yet seven other years. 13:31 And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, 13:35 he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 13:39 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, 13:41 and she called his name Reuben: 13:43 for she said, "Surely the Lord hath looked 13:46 upon my affliction; 13:47 now therefore my husband will love me. " 13:50 And she conceived again, and bare a son: 13:53 and said, "Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, 13:55 He hath therefore given me this son also: " 13:58 and she called his name Simeon. 14:01 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, 14:04 "Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, 14:07 because I have born him three sons: " 14:09 therefore was his name called Levi. 14:13 And she conceived again, and bare a son: 14:15 and she said, "Now will I praise the Lord: 14:18 therefore she called his name Judah; " and left bearing. 14:24 Thank you again for joining with me to read the Word of God 14:27 today. And until next time, may He keep you in His peace, 14:31 His care, and His love. Goodbye. |
Revised 2014-12-17