Living Room Study

Genesis 30
 
“Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, ‘Am I in God’s place, who has withheld children from you?’  The she said, ‘Here is my slave Bilhah.  Go sleep with her, and she’ll bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.’”  Genesis 30:2-3
 
There was an obvious difference between the [...]

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2 Samuel 1
 
“Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all of the men with him did the same.  They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword – for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel.” 2 Samuel 1:11-12
 
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1 Samuel 31
 
“The Philistines fought against Israel and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.  The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.  When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him under the ribs.  Then Saul [...]

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Genesis 28
 
“And he dreamed: a stairway to heaven was set on the ground with its top reaching to Heaven, and God’s angels were ascending and descending upon it.  The Lord was standing there beside him, saying, ‘I Am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac.  I will give you [...]

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1 Samuel 30
 
“David and his troops wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.  David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had also been kidnapped.  David was in a difficult position because the troops talked about stoning him, for they were all very bitter over the [...]

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Genesis 27
 
“Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac said to his son Esau. So while Esau went to the field to hunt some game to bring in, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘Listen!  I heard you father talking to Esau…’”  Genesis 27:5-6
 
“Jacob answered Rebekah his mother, ‘Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, [...]

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Genesis 26
 
“Isaac reopened the water wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died.  He gave them the same names his father had given them.  Moreover, Isaac’s slaves dug in the valley and found a well of living (spring) water there.  But [...]

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1 Samuel  28
 
“The woman came over to Saul, and she saw that he was terrified and said to him, ‘Look, your servant has obeyed you.  I took my life in my hands and did what you told me to do.  Now please listen to your servant.  Let me set some food in front of you.  [...]

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Genesis 25
 
“Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, exhausted.  He said to Jacob, ‘Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.’  That is why he was also named Edom. (Hebrew: Reddish)  Jacob replied, ‘First, sell me your birthright.’”  Genesis 25: 29-30
 
I believe Abraham to be a man [...]

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1 Samuel 27
 
“David did not let a man or woman live to be brought to Gath, for he said, ‘Or they will inform on us and say, “This is what David did”’.  This was David’s custom during the whole time he stayed in the Philistine territory.  So (Philistine king) Achish trusted David, thinking, ‘Since he [...]

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