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Bible Passage: Genesis 41 Have we arrived at a turning point in life that changed our lives completely? In this chapter, Joseph arrived at this turning point and it was a turning point that he had been hoping all along. It must have been very tough and disappointing for him being sold away as a [...]

Bible Passage: Genesis 40 The very first time I read about Joseph’s plight, I really pitied him, and in my mind I was rather angry with his elder brothers. But when I read about his obedience to his father, his dealings in Egypt, and later how he treated his brothers, I was and am very [...]

Bible Passage:  Genesis 39 Whenever we talked about heroes, we would often think about superheroes like Superman, Spidey or the X-Men.  Or maybe the hero that saves the damsel in distress in the movies or the war heroes that liberated the oppressed in the wars.  Or it may even be your father, teacher or classmate. [...]

Bible Passage: Genesis 38 This chapter seemed like an abrupt interruption. In Chapter 37, we read the account of Joseph being sold into slavery. Chapter 39 tells us of Joseph in the house of Pharoah’s officer, Potiphar. Chapter 38 therefore seems to halt the flow of the story of the principal character, Joseph. But we [...]

Being a teacher means handling constant disagreements among students and one thing I find myself repeating each time I have to settle another dispute is: “Don’t blame everything on the other person alright? It takes two to make a quarrel.” Truly, more often than not, when we examine a problem, we realise that it is [...]

Bible Passage:  Genesis 36 – the Genealogy of Esau Now, I found it really quite hard to write on a chapter that is just mentioning genealogy. Yes, in a way doing this blog made me force myself to read through the chapter, but the names will just disappear quite soon after. Some terms that probably [...]

Bible Passage:  Genesis 35 Disclaimer: Just for your information, I’d just like to highlight that I had chosen this picture solely for the words in it, and I have no idea why is there a sleeping angel in it though it could just be illustrating the scene of Jacob sleeping but that had already happened [...]

Bible Passage:  Genesis 34 God commanded Jacob to “return to the land of your fathers and to your family” before he left Padan Aram (Gen 31:3; 32:9). It is not explicitly recorded in the Bible why didn’t Jacob return to Mamre where Issac (his family) was living until much later (Gen 35:27). Writer Shalom also [...]

Today’s reading reminded me of 2 popular sayings, 1. “做贼心虚” (literally means feeling guilty for being a thief), and 2. “Time can heal all wounds from the pass”. Jacob did not only trick Esau of his firstborn birthright, but he also “snatched” the blessings of the firstborn from Esau. I think we all agree that [...]

Bible Passage:  Genesis 32 Today’s passage is the pivitol moment in Jacob’s life.  A home coming journey laced with fear, uncertainties, encouragements, desperate planning, wrestling with God and a name change! Frankly right now, I am not in the right frame of mind to type these words. I just found out that one of my [...]