The Bible in Time...

Read |  Genesis 30:25 – 31:55 Dates | 1915 BC or 1749 BC Background | Wikipedia - 18th Century BC - Click here  | Hammurabi and Babylonian Empire, start of Thirteenth Dynasty in Egypt, bronze age in many parts of world. Brief history timeline - Click here .  Reading | Jacob and Laben negotiate Jacob's pay through livestock; masterful husbandry; Jacob takes his wealth and runs; God speaks to Jacob; Laben and Jacob create a contract; Laben goes back to his homeland and Jacob to Canaan. Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  for a place to purchase. +++ Collect of the Day: The First Sunday after the Epiphany Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy S...

Read | Genesis 25:27– 28:5 Dates | 1991 BC | 1825 BC Reading | Esau gives away his legacy to Jacob, Issac deceives Abimelek (Philistines) wife who is sister who is wife incident (again), water dispute, treaty, Jacob steals Esau's birthright from Issac, Jacob runs away Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  for a place to purchase| pp. 31-35 Next |  1/10/15 | Day 10 | Genesis 28:6 – 30:24 +++ Collect of the Day: The Epiphany O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the Peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. For Mission Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in you...

Read  Genesis 21:8 – 23:20, Genesis 11:32, Genesis 24:1-67 Date | ca. 2062 BC | 1896 BC Reading | Hagar and Ishmael sent away; God will build a nation around Ishmael; Abraham's treaty with Philistine king; Abraham is tested and obeys God; Sarah dies at 172 in Hebron, was mourned, and buried in the land of the Hittites in an honored place; Isaac marries Rebekah in either 2026 BC or 1860 BC Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 |  Click here  for a place to purchase | pp. 24 -30 Next | 1/8/15 | Day 8 | Genesis 25:1-4, 1 Chronicles 1:32 -33, Genesis 25:5 -6, 12 -18, 1 Chronicles  1:28 -31, 34, Genesis 25:19 -26, 7-11 +++ General Thanksgiving Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your imm...