WORD STUDY – YESER’ (IMAGINATION)

Genesis 32:7: “And Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed:”   This verse almost appears repetitious.  He was afraid and distressed.  Does not being afraid and distressed mean the same thing?  (For the sake of my Hebrew class the word for afraid is not one of...

WORD STUDY – JACOB OR ISRAEL

Ezekiel 39:25, 29:  (25)”Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Now will I bring the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name.”  (29) “Neither will I hide my face anymore from them, for I have poured out my...

{Word Study} Bread To Eat

WORD STUDY:  BREAD TO EAT Genesis 28:20-21:  “And Jacob vowed a vowed and saying, If God will be with me and will keep in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, so then I come to my father’s house in peace,  then shall the Lord...

Devotional: Psalms 47:4

Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 47:4: “He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved.” Do you ever feel like a loser through no fault of your own, the low man on the totem pole, the one who...

Word Study: Place “Qom”

WORD STUDY – PLACE Genesis 28:16 “When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said surely the Lord is in this place and I was not aware of it.” Place – Hebrew: qom – awaken, arise, place of awakening or arising The word for “place” is “qom”...