Today, I discuss Genesis 42 and Joseph’s brothers’ first journey down to Egypt.
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Theopolis Podcast: Resurrection in the Story of Joseph
On this episode of the Theopolis podcast, both Peter Leithart and James Jordan are away, so I discuss themes of resurrection in the story of Joseph by myself.
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The Family of Abraham: Part 26—Edom
Today, I discuss Genesis 36 and Edom as Israel’s twin.
The Family of Abraham: Part 25—Three Deaths, a Birth, and a Rebellion
Today, I discuss Genesis 35, as Jacob journeys southward in stages from Shechem to Hebron. This passage is punctuated by the deaths of Deborah, Rachel, and Isaac, the birth of Benjamin, and the rebellion of Reuben.
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The Family of Abraham: Part 21—The Flight from Laban and the Stolen Teraphim
I discuss Genesis 31, where God appears to Jacob, Jacob flees from the house of Laban, Rachel takes Laban’s teraphim, and Laban and Jacob make a covenant.
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The Fifth Day of Christmas: Rachel, Desolate and Restored
Over the Christmas period, I am posting videos exploring biblical echoes and symmetries in the stories of the nativity in the gospels. In this fifth video, I reveal the character of Rachel lying behind the narrative of Matthew 2. For more on the character of Rachel in Matthew 2, see this video.
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