The Bible Slam: Genesis Chapter 36
This chapter is devoted to the genealogy of Esau — Jacob (Israel)'s older twin brother — and his multiple wives and concubines. He is also called "Edom." Some of these offspring are called dukes in...
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This chapter focuses on Joseph, the second youngest son of Jacob/Israel. Jacob (aka Israel) favors this boy and gives him a coat of many colors. Joseph has dreams in which his brothers bow down to...
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Genesis 38 is a good example of the second class status assigned to women in the Christian bible. Judah, one of Jacob/Israel's sons, "takes" a Canaanite woman and has three sons with her. God kills...
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Joseph — who is Judah/Israel's favorite son — is also favored by God. In a previous segment, Joseph's brothers had ditched him in a well because they were jealous and were sick and tired of listening...
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While Joseph was in prison, Pharaoh's chief butler and chief baker were tossed into jail. Both of them have dreams that Joseph interprets for them. As for the chief butler, Joseph interprets the...
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A couple of years go by and Pharaoh has a recurring dream that troubles him. None of Pharaoh's magicians are able to interpret the dream. The chief butler who had forgotten all about Joseph in the...
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The famine is very bad in Canaan, where Joseph's father Jacob (aka Israel) and older brothers live. Jacob tells his sons that they should travel to Egypt and buy some of the grain that he heard was...
View ArticleThe Bible Slam: Genesis Chapter 43
Since Jacob (aka Israel) would not let Benjamin go to Egypt, the family members go on with their lives while Simeon remains imprisoned over in Egypt. Finally, the grain runs out and Jacob tells his...
View ArticleThe Bible Slam: Genesis Chapter 44
After their dinner in Chapter 43, Joseph instructs his people to fill the brothers' sacks to the brim with grain and to place his special silver cup and the corn money in the youngest brother...
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Joseph's brothers are brought back because of his trickery in Chapter 44. He reveals who he is and there is a teary reunion. He explains to his brothers that it was God's will that his brothers had...
View ArticleThe Bible Slam: Genesis Chapter 46
Jacob (aka Israel) has a vision in Beersheba after making some sacrifices. God tells him that he will have a lot of descendants in Egypt and that all will be well. After recitation of the genealogy,...
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Joseph's brothers tell Pharaoh that they are shepherds and ask for land in Goshen, so Pharaoh gives them the very best land,. Jacob (aka Israel) blesses Pharaoh. The famine gets worse and money is no...
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Jacob (aka Israel) gets sick and is soon to die. Joseph and his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, visit him and Jacob gives a blessing to the sons, giving the more powerful "right hand" blessing to the...
View ArticleThe Bible Slam: Genesis Chapter 49
In this chapter, Jacob (aka Israel) talks to his sons and identifies what would eventually become known as the 12 Tribes of Israel. This first listing differs from other passages in the Bible (see...
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The final chapter of Genesis is devoted to the funeral arrangements of Jacob (aka Israel). Jacob was embalmed in the Egyptian tradition and the Egyptians mourned for him. Joseph gets permission...
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