Category Archives: Genesis

“The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him; but his bow abode in strength; and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; from thence is … Continue reading →

“Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.”—Genesis 49:4. Perfect Stability has ceased from the world since the day when Adam fell. He was stable enough when in the garden he was obedient to his Master’s will, but when he ate … Continue reading →

“And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.”—Genesis 45:28. I think that the patriarch Jacob may well serve as the type and emblem of a doubting soul, … Continue reading →

“And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were trembled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray … Continue reading →

“Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And … Continue reading →

“Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons,Why do ye look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy … Continue reading →

“I do remember my faults this day.”-Genesis 41:9. No single power or faculty of man escaped damage at the fall: while the affections were polluted, the will was made perverse, the judgment was shifted from its proper balance, and the … Continue reading →

“And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord in this place; and I knew it not.”—Genesis 28:16. Through his own foolish wisdom Jacob had been compelled to leave his father’s house. Perhaps we are scarcely … Continue reading →

“Thou art now the blessed of the Lord.”–Genesis 26:29. These words truly describe the position of many whom I address at this time. There are hundreds here upon whom my eye can rest, and to any one of whom I … Continue reading →

“And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou … Continue reading →

“She went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot; for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her … Continue reading →

“Is it not a little one?”–Genesis 19:20. These words we shall take for a motto, rather than a text in the ordinary acceptation of that term. I shall not this morning attempt to explain the connection. It was the utterance … Continue reading →

“Escape for thy life.”—Genesis 19:17. “Thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life.”—Genesis 19:19. Here is the alarm of mercy declaring the sinner’s duty—”Escape for thy life.” Here is the work of grace, … Continue reading →

“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, … Continue reading →

“Thou God seest me.”—Genesis 16:13. There are more eyes fixed on man than he wots of: he sees not as he is seen. He thinks himself obscure and unobserved, but let him remember that a cloud on witnesses hold him … Continue reading →

“And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”–Genesis 15:6. You will remember that last Lord’s-day morning we spoke upon the calling of Abram, and the faith by which he was enabled to enter upon … Continue reading →