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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 […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:4 Noah; Comfort
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:4 Click to listen to this devotion. 4 Noah.His sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. When Lamech and his wife became the happy parents of their baby boy, Enoch had not been gone all that long. With the assumption (ascension) of Enoch into heaven came the promise of the glories of […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:3 They knew Adam
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:3 Click to listen to this devotion. 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Some translations have Noah’s name at the end of this verse, but in Hebrew and both the Greek and Latin translations, Noah’s name is the beginning of verse 4. I have kept the Hebrew verse division in my translation […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:2 The Minor Patriarchs
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:2 Click to listen to this devotion. 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, What is it like for a man to stand in the shadow of great men? Some men do not do well in this position, an illustration here might be the servant with one talent in Jesus’ parable (Matthew 25), […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:1 Adam and his sons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:1 Click to listen to this devotion. 1 C H R O N I C L E S The book of Chronicles is, like Kings and Samuel, divided into two parts in our translations. It is a look back at the history of the people of Judah. It was written […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:2 Kisses and kisses
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 Click to listen to this devotion. The Wife2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth–for your love is better than wine. In the Song, kissing is only mentioned here and in the last chapter (8:1). Kissing in public was commonly done between family members (Genesis […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:1 What is a song of songs?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:1 Click to listen to this devotion. S O N G O F S O L O M O N 1 Solomon’s song of songs. What is a “song of songs”? This phrase is sometimes mistaken for “Solomon’s collection songs,” sort of “Solomon’s greatest hits.” But the construction “something […]
