Jul 20 2006

Genesis 29:31-30:24

Category: Genesis All Over Again — dryvetyme @ 19:37


The Origins of the Tribes of Israel
Or
How to Grow a Large Family
And Still Have Your Family Fall Apart

It seems that Jacob is fairly adept at procreating. Granted, the text does not provide us a chronology during this genealogical breakdown, but Jacob doesn’t have the same issues with childbearing that his father and grandfather did. On the other hand, just like his forebears, the woman he chose as his wife does have the same problems with fertility that Sarah and Rebekah had. Barrenness appears to be a common thread throughout the Story of the Patriarchs, and Rachel is the next in line to experience such heartbreak and domestic turmoil. (Berlin & Brettler, p61)
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Jul 13 2006

Genesis 29:15-30

Category: Genesis All Over Again — dryvetyme @ 21:48


Jacob Marries Twice
Or
Laban Plays Rebekah to Jacob’s Isaac
Or
The Youngest Was the Most Loved

Our passions can be quite conniving at times. They have this uncanny ability to dominate the direction our lives at the mere mention of anything that might tickle their fancy. And there’s often something rather fleeting about many of these seemingly random passions of ours in that they rarely have the tendency to stay around for very long. However, what’s easily the scariest about our passions is that there are some that remain a very long time and revel in their capacity to permanently blind us to the actual events taking place in our lives. We think that we have them under control, referring to them as things we “like” or “love,” when, in reality, our passions are dictating to us the terms of any given interaction, whether public or private.
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Jul 13 2006

Broken Conceptions

Category: Uncategorized — dryvetyme @ 16:46


It’s so hard sometimes to actually
get a grasp of what actually
needs to be done.

I struggle with gaining even the
merest foothold on my future, much
less what’s currently under the sun.

And more than anything, there’s this
ever-widening gap between what I
know and what I don’t.

It’s as if, no matter how hard I might
try, push, cajole, & press for more,
the answers don’t come. They just won’t.
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Jul 10 2006

A Benediction

Category: Uncategorized — dryvetyme @ 21:27

Based upon Hebrews 4:12….

The Word
Alive
Active

A Sword
piercing flesh
searing bone
violent
bloody

Before the Word our intentions become apparent
our thoughts are judged
our hearts laid bare
Before the Word we are naked.
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Jul 07 2006

Genesis 29:1-14

Category: Genesis All Over Again — dryvetyme @ 12:41


Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram
Or
Jacob Really Knows How to Show Off to Get the Girl

One of the primary reasons I’ve come to enjoy the Story of the Patriarchs throughout the book of Genesis is that it is such a distinct microcosm of world history. Nations are born, nations develop, nations propagate internally and externally, the strength of the nations ebbs and flows, nations experience conflict internally and externally, and the story repeats itself endlessly. Moreover, nary three generations have finished with this story before the events are reprised with a new crop of descendents. It is as if the author(s) of the story would like for whoever is reading the tale or listening to it being told to realize the patterns and the various levels of significance present within each pattern.
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