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God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:13-14 Doomed descendants of Ham
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:13-14 Click to listen to this devotion. 13 Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn and of the Hittites, Sidon is a city, or a city-state, about 22 miles north of Tyre on the Mediterranean coastline. The Targum says that Canaan was the father of Bothniam (בותניאם) who built […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:11-12 Philistines and others
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:11-12 Click to listen to this devotion. 11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lebahites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Casluhites (the Philistines came from them), and the Caphtorites. The Philistines mentioned here are really just a parenthetical aside. If we don’t count them in the complete list, then the […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:6 My mother’s sons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:6 Click to listen to this devotion. 6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,for the sun caught sight of me.My mother’s sons were angry with me!They made me take care of the vineyards,so I could not take care of my own vineyard. The wife is still […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:5 … but beautiful
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:5 Click to listen to this devotion. The Wife5 Dark am I, but beautiful,O daughters of Jerusalem,dark like the tents of Kedar,like the outer curtains of Solomon’s tents. The woman describes the way she looks. She is doing what any modest woman would do under the gaze of her […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:10 A mighty warrior on the earth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:10 Click to listen to this devotion. 10 Cush was the father of Nimrod. Nimrod was the first to be a mighty warrior on the earth. We hear more about Nimrod’s kingdom in Genesis 10:8-12, but then, since it included Babylon, we hear more about it in Genesis 11:1-9, and […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:9 Judgment day in the genealogy
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:9 Click to listen to this devotion. 9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca.The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. The people of Seba are also called Sabeans, “a nation far away” (Joel 3:9). In Job, Sabean raiders carry off the patriarch’s oxen and […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:8 Of Canaanites and Conversion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:8 Click to listen to this devotion. The Hamites8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. Here the Chronicler follows Moses by listing the family of Ham. Shem (the ancestor of Israel) will come last. In very general terms, Japheth’s people went north, and Ham’s people went […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:7 Japheth and Faithfulness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:7 Click to listen to this devotion. 7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Rodanim. Notice that by this verse, the author (following Moses, of course) tips his hand that he is no longer talking about sons within a nuclear family, but descendants in general; […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:6 Grace and the Gentiles
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:6 Click to listen to this devotion. 6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. The Targum also adds “And the names of their countries were Asia (אסיא) Persia (ופרכווי) and Barbary (וברבריא).” The Jewish Targum is a kind of commentary on parts of the Old Testament. Ashkenaz […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:4 Worship and praise
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:4 Click to listen to this devotion. The Bride4 Carry me away with you– let’s run!Let the king bring me into his chambers. There are five references to the king in the Song. Twice, a king is called “King Solomon” (3:9 and 3:11). Unless Solomon is meant to be […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:3 A sweet aroma
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:3 Click to listen to this devotion. 3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasant.Your name is like perfume poured out.No wonder the virgins love you! “Fragrance” or odor is the way a thing smells. Smell has a dramatic effect on us, often based on memory. One of the […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:5 The sons of Japheth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:5 Click to listen to this devotion. (The Japhethites) 5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog; Madai, Javan and Tubal; and Meshek and Tiras. The author now turns to the families of Noah’s sons. This sort of expansion was neither necessary nor really possible for the families that […]
