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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:7 Like a veiled woman
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:7 Click to listen to this devotion. The Wife7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves,where you graze your flock,where you rest your sheep at midday.Why should I be like a veiled womanbeside the flocks of your companions? The soul possesses everything that the mind and heart possess: all […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:19 The funeral of Eber
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:19 Click to listen to this devotion. 19 Two sons were born to Eber. One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided. His brother was named Joktan. A Sermon Grace and peace to you from God our Heavenly Father and the Promised One, his Son. Dear […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:17-18 The Savior’s line
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:17-18 Click to listen to this devotion. (The Semites)17 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram. The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. The Elamite nation came and went a very long time ago. Their language was unique and distinct. The territory of […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:15-16 Ham’s final descendants
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:15-16 Click to listen to this devotion. 15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, This is another group of Ham’s descendants through his son Canaan. The Hivites (הַחִוִּי) had a similar moral depravity and idolatry as their other Canaanite cousins, but they seemed to have been more civilized, or at least more settled. […]
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; […]
