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Drunkenness and sexual deviancy are linked throughout Scripture (especially in the writings of the prophets) and are sti...
08/21/2026

Drunkenness and sexual deviancy are linked throughout Scripture (especially in the writings of the prophets) and are still linked in modern life. (P.40, link in comments.)

Day 19: Read Exodus 4-6What Is Happening?In Exodus 4, God was trying to send Moses back into Egypt to deliver the people...
08/21/2026

Day 19: Read Exodus 4-6

What Is Happening?
In Exodus 4, God was trying to send Moses back into Egypt to deliver the people from bo***ge. But even after giving him a couple of miraculous signs to encourage and convince him, Moses kept trying to get out of it. Finally, God got him to go by telling Moses He would let Aaron, Moses’ brother, do the actual talking. Moses went and spoke to his people, and they believed and worshiped.
In Exodus 5, Moses and Aaron confronted Pharaoh, and he refused to let the people go. In fact, he decided to make things worse: instead of providing straw for the people to make bricks, he made them go scrounge for it, and then had them beaten when they made fewer bricks. The people then turned on Moses and Aaron, which was an unfortunate sign of things to come for the next forty years.
In Exodus 6, God told Moses to go speak to Israel and to Pharaoh again. The chapter ends with an accounting of the tribes and family heads of Israel.

Hard Words and Phrases:
Leprous = diseased with leprosy. Heretofore = before. Dumb = unable to speak. Pestilence = a plague. Tale = amount. Evil case = a bad situation. Minish = diminish, come up short. Savour = scent. Evil entreated = treated badly. Uncircumcised lips = I cannot speak well.

Interesting things to know:
The odd-sounding scene where Moses’ wife accuses him of being a bloody man dealt with circumcision. Jewish parents knew they were supposed to circumcise all their baby boys, and yet Moses, the man who was supposed to lead them, had not done so to his. This seems to have been because his wife was against it, and he went along with her. God was going to kill him until Zipporah quickly circumcised their son, then voiced her displeasure at all of it.

Application:
Leaders especially will not get a pass on disobedience. No one is “too important” to God for God to allow them to rebel.

Encouragement:
When you read the Bible, you are reading something that cleans you from the inside out!

Habakkuk went to a watching place, and God answered. When he did, Habakkuk, who seemed to think that God had missed some...
08/20/2026

Habakkuk went to a watching place, and God answered. When he did, Habakkuk, who seemed to think that God had missed some things, realized He had actually missed nothing at all. (P.34 link in comments.)

Day 18: Read Exodus 1-3What Is Happening?In Exodus 1, many years had passed since the days of Joseph, and a new Pharaoh ...
08/20/2026

Day 18: Read Exodus 1-3

What Is Happening?
In Exodus 1, many years had passed since the days of Joseph, and a new Pharaoh did not remember the debt of gratitude all of Egypt owed Joseph. Seeing how Israel had multiplied, Pharaoh put plans in place to enslave and then exterminate them. Were it not for two brave midwives who feared God, he might have succeeded. Frustrated, Pharaoh commanded all his people to throw any Hebrew baby boys into the Nile River to die.
In Exodus 2, under this dark cloud of terror, a Hebrew family had a baby boy. They hid him for three months, and then, unable to hide him any longer, trusted God with him in the best way they knew how: they put him in a little waterproof basket in the reeds of the Nile River.
Pharaoh’s daughter came by, found him, and had compassion on him. She let him live and decided to keep him. Little Moses’ sister, Miriam, saw all of this, and offered to get a Hebrew woman to nurse and raise the child for her. Moses’ own mother got to keep and raise him for the next 3-5 years!
Finally, he went to live in the palace and grew up there. But at forty years old, he picked a side: God’s side. He killed an Egyptian who was hurting a Hebrew (another word for an Israelite) and then had to run for his own life. He ended up as a simple shepherd in the land of Midian.
In Exodus 3, God appeared to him in a burning bush and told him He wanted him to go back into Egypt to begin to deliver his people.

Hard Words and Phrases:
Rigour = cruelty. Midwives = ladies who delivered babies. Daubed = coated. Pitch = tar. Flags = reeds. To wit = to know. Token = sign. Beseech = plead with.

Interesting things to know:
Moses’ sister, Miriam, was only six years old when she bravely asked Pharaoh’s daughter if she wanted her to get a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for her!

Application:
When God says He will deliver, He will deliver. And when He says He will save, He will save!

Encouragement:
Things are about to get pretty exciting; keep reading each day and find out about it!

Day 17: Read Genesis 48-50What Is Happening?In Genesis 48, Jacob was very sick and drawing ever nearer to death. Joseph ...
08/19/2026

Day 17: Read Genesis 48-50

What Is Happening?
In Genesis 48, Jacob was very sick and drawing ever nearer to death. Joseph and his two boys, Manasseh and Ephraim, came to see him. Jacob put his hands on the boys' heads to bless them, but intentionally put his right hand on the younger, signifying that he would be greater than the older. The chapter ends with Jacob promising Joseph that God would bring him into Canaan again.
In Genesis 49, Jacob gathered all of his sons together to prophesy what things would be like for them in years to come. It was then that he ripped several of them for their past wickedness, and proclaimed curses on them. Judah, though, was very much singled out for praise, and proclaimed to the one through whom the Messiah would come. The chapter ends with him again getting the boys to promise to bury him in Canaan, and then him dying.
In Genesis 50, Jacob was embalmed, and his family carried him back to Canaan for burial. A large number of Egyptians came along with them to mourn; they clearly had a lot of respect for the old patriarch. After his death, the brothers feared that Joseph would take revenge on them for selling him into slavery. He assured them he would never do so. The chapter and the book ends with the death of Joseph.

Hard Words and Phrases:
Thy issue = your kids. Come not thou unto their secret = don’t be part of their secret plans. Sceptre = ruling rod. Shiloh = the Messiah. The word means “he whose it (the ruling rod) is.” Adder = horned snake. Hind = deer. Progenitors = father and grandfather. Ravin = tear in pieces. Lamentation = weeping, crying. Requite = pay back.

Interesting things to know:
All of the prophecies Jacob gave concerning the future of his sons came true in every detail!

Application:
The Jews were comfortable in Egypt, but Egypt was never home. We may be comfortable in the world, but this world is not our home either!

Encouragement:
Pray again. Whatever it is, pray again!

Day 16: Read Genesis 46-47What Is Happening?In Genesis 46, aged Jacob moves to Egypt along with all his family, here cou...
08/18/2026

Day 16: Read Genesis 46-47

What Is Happening?
In Genesis 46, aged Jacob moves to Egypt along with all his family, here counted as 70 people. After twenty-two years, Joseph and his father were reunited. When they all arrived, Joseph told them what to say to end up in a very particular part of the land: Goshen. That was a place good for sheep, but more importantly, it was about as far northeast in Egypt as you could get. In other words, when they later took their first step out of Goshen, they were immediately heading home.
In Genesis 47, five of the brothers and Daddy Jacob were brought to meet Pharaoh. After that, Joseph went back to work. In short order, as money failed, he bought the entire land of Egypt for Pharaoh. He then dispersed the people across the land to live and to work. He instituted a flat tax rate of twenty percent. All of this turned Egypt into a powerful nation.
Jacob lived for seventeen more years. As it came near to time for him to die, he made the family promise to bury him in Canaan, not Egypt.

Hard Words and Phrases:
Sojourn = visit, stay for a while. Men of activity = hard workers. Not ought = nothing. Desolate = empty, ruined. Nigh = near.

Interesting things to know:

Putting the hand under someone’s thigh was a sign of a promise made, similar to a handshake today.

Application:
Certain brothers of Jacob were given a chance for advancement based on hard work. That is generally the way it goes: work hard, and you will move up!

Encouragement:
Joseph wanted his family to come to him, and God wants you to go to heaven more than you want to go!

Day 15: Read 43-45What Is Happening?In Genesis 43, the first load of food they brought back from Egypt was gone, and eve...
08/17/2026

Day 15: Read 43-45

What Is Happening?

In Genesis 43, the first load of food they brought back from Egypt was gone, and everyone was hungry again. That began an argument about them going back to Egypt with Benjamin. It was Judah, the fourth-born, who finally convinced his father to send Benjamin with them.

When they arrived back in Egypt, Simeon was brought out of the prison and reunited with the other brothers. All of them were then invited to Joseph’s home for a meal.

In Genesis 44, Joseph laid a trap. He had his steward put all of their money back in their sacks secretly, along with his special silver cup. They headed for home, and shortly, Joseph had his men chase after them and stop them. The men who caught them confronted them about the stolen cup, and their sacks were searched. It was agreed that whoever it was found with would remain in custody forever in Egypt.

It was found in Benjamin’s sack, and everyone came back before Joseph. It was then that Judah stepped up to the plate and agreed to stay in Benjamin’s place. He told Joseph that their father would die if the lad did not come back.

In Genesis 45, Joseph broke down crying and finally let his brothers know who he was. He acknowledged their wrong but forgave them and pointed out that God had sent him ahead of them to save all of their lives.

Pharaoh and his household heard about all of this and were thrilled. Pharaoh commanded that the entire family be brought down into Egypt and taken care of.

At the end of the chapter, the brothers had to go back to their father and tell him that Joseph was still alive.

Hard Words and Phrases:

Straitly = carefully. Answered him according to the tenor = answered him accurately based on his questions. Surety = a guarantee, a responsible party. Seek occasion against us = find a reason to blame us. Made obeisance = worshiped, gave reverence to. His bowels did yearn = his heart became emotional. Abomination = something utterly disgusting. Messes = portions. Divineth = does enchantments. Wot ye not = did you not know. Preserve you a posterity = save you and your descendants.

Interesting things to know:

Joseph did not really practice divination; he was still playing a role to terrify his brothers.

Application:

Jacob could never be happy without the son, Joseph. We can never be truly happy without the Son, Jesus!

Encouragement:

The God who made the entire universe hears you individually when you pray!

Day 14: Read Genesis 41-42What Is Happening?In Genesis 41, it is Pharaoh who began to dream. He was the ruler of all Egy...
08/16/2026

Day 14: Read Genesis 41-42

What Is Happening?
In Genesis 41, it is Pharaoh who began to dream. He was the ruler of all Egypt. He knew that the dream had a significant meaning since it dealt with the Nile River, the life's blood of Egypt, but he did not know what it meant. It was at that point that the chief butler, who had left Joseph to languish in prison, brought him up.
Joseph was brought before Pharaoh, and he interpreted the dreams: there would be seven years of great plenty in the land of Egypt, followed by seven years of devastating famine.
But Joseph did not just interpret the dream; he went a step farther and offered a solution. Twenty percent of the crops brought in from the field should be saved and stored up all across Egypt ahead of the seven years of famine.
Pharaoh made the wisest choice imaginable; he put Joseph in charge of overseeing that plan and in charge of all Egypt, second only to Pharaoh himself in power. He gave Joseph a wife, and she produced two sons for him during those years of plenty.
When the years of famine finally hit, all the nations of the world came to Egypt to buy grain because only they were prepared.
In Genesis 42, Jacob sent his own sons into Egypt to do what everyone else is doing and buy grain. Twenty-two years had passed; they did not even recognize him, he looked like an Egyptian and was speaking Egyptian. But he recognized them, And turned the tables on their wickedness from so long ago. He accused them of being spies, imprisoned Simeon, and told the rest of them they would never be allowed to see his face again or retrieve Simeon unless they brought their younger brother, of whom they spoke earlier, back to Egypt to see him face to face. That was Benjamin, the brother of his own mother, who had been a little child when Joseph disappeared.
The older brothers went home with corn for the family but a promise that they would have no more for their brother until they came back with Benjamin. When Jacob heard all of that, he flatly refused.

Hard Words and Phrases:
Kine = cows. Leanfleshed = skinny. Rank = fat. Canst = can. Discreet = understanding. Dearth = famine. Besought = begged. Laded = loaded. Espied = saw, noticed. Traffick = trade. Mischief - harm.

Interesting things to know:
What Joseph did not only saved Egypt, it turned it into a world power greater than any before it.

Application:
Joseph’s brothers thought they got by with their sin. Instead, out of all the people they could have met on that day, God brought them right back before Joseph there in Egypt, and they bowed just as God had promised so long ago. Be patient; God never forgets or misses.

Encouragement:
You are learning the Word of God, and will be able to help others because of it. Nice work!

Day 13: Read Genesis 38-40What Is Happening?In Genesis 38, Judah, Jacob’s fourth son (now an adult), got married and had...
08/15/2026

Day 13: Read Genesis 38-40

What Is Happening?
In Genesis 38, Judah, Jacob’s fourth son (now an adult), got married and had three boys: Er, Onan, and Shelah. Er grew up and married a girl named Tamar, but he was so wicked God killed him! Judah, following the customs of the day, told his next son, Onan, to marry her so that she could have a child to carry on Er’s name. Knowing the child would not be regarded as his, he did something icky to make sure she would not get pregnant, so God killed him too. Judah, fearful for his remaining son, would not let him marry her.
Later, when his own wife died, he went looking for a pr******te. Tamar covered her face so he would think she was a pr******te, and he asked for a night with her. Since he was out of cash, though, she took three pieces of identifying collateral that, in our day, would be as definitive as a driver’s license, birth certificate, and Social Security card.
Three months later, she turned up pregnant, and he demanded “Let her be burnt!” But when she whipped out his three identifiers, things that could get him burnt right beside her, that quickly changed to “Lesson’s were learnt!”
In Genesis 39, the scene shifts back to Joseph. He did well in Potiphar’s house until Mrs. Potiphar lied about him and got him thrown into prison. But he was so faithful that God had the man in charge of the prison put Joseph in charge of everything there!
In Genesis 40, Joseph interpreted two dreams for two important men. Those interpretations came true. And yet, the one who promised to help Joseph “forgot” that promise.

Hard Words and Phrases:
Let her take it to her = let her come get it if she wants it. Discern = acknowledge. Travailed = went into labor. Ought = anything. Save = except. Goodly = handsome. Wotteth not = does not know. Wroth = furious. Ward = confinement. Bakemeats = bakery goods like bread and pies.

Interesting things to know:
The captain of the guard was the chief executioner of Pharaoh! The fact that Joseph lived through the lie Mrs. Potiphar told was a miracle.

Application:
Judah was a terrible, awful person. And yet, he later changed so drastically that God had the bloodline of Christ run through him!

Encouragement:
Others may forget what you do for them, but God never will!

Day 12: Read Genesis 35-37What Is Happening?In Genesis 35, Jacob and family, afraid of retribution for what Simeon and L...
08/14/2026

Day 12: Read Genesis 35-37

What Is Happening?
In Genesis 35, Jacob and family, afraid of retribution for what Simeon and Levi had done, packed up and moved to Bethel. Shortly thereafter, Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse who had at some point apparently come to live with them, died and was buried. God met with Jacob again and reconfirmed the Abrahamic covenant to him.
Some time after that, Rachel died while giving birth to Jacob’s last son, Benjamin.
The events of the chapter only continue to get darker; Reuben, now a full-grown adult, committed a horrible and vile sin by sleeping with Bilhah, his own father’s concubine.
At the very end of the chapter, Jacob arrived back home just in time for his father, Isaac, to die in his presence.
In Genesis 36, Esau’s line and the nation that began to spring from him are described for us. That nation would be called Edom and for the next couple of thousand years Edom would try everything in their power to destroy the nation of Israel.
In Genesis 37, the scene turns to young Joseph, all of 17 years old. The entire rest of the book of Genesis will be about his life’s story. In this chapter, we find Joseph having dreams that indicated that his brothers and even his mother and father would bow before him. The brothers, naturally, were not okay with that. They ended up stripping him out of his coat of many colors and selling him into slavery down in Egypt, and allowing their father to assume he had been killed by a wild animal.

Hard Words and Phrases:
Duke = Leader. Sheaves = stalks of grain bound up into bundles. Made obeisance = bowed down and worshiped. Rent = tore, ripped. Sackcloth = itchy fabric that was always worn as a sign of great mourning.

Interesting things to know:
The feud that started between Jacob and Esau eventually arrived at a very famous place; Herod the Great, who tried to murder Baby Jesus, was an Edomite; he was from the line of Esau!

Application:
Jacob’s own sons and their families had idols with them, and Jacob knew it. He allowed it to continue until they went to Bethel to meet with the Lord. Jacob was the very definition of “gentle parenting,” and he paid a huge, lifelong price for it.

Encouragement:
God’s Word never returns void (Isaiah 55:11), so this reading you are doing is going to have a good impact in your life!

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