In Verse 10, after Elkanah convinced Hannah to eat and drink, "she was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly." Hannah was praying...

Let's just take a moment to talk about Hannah's husband, Elkanah. We read that Elkanah has two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Because Hannah's name is li...

Before Rahab agrees to help the spies, she made sure they would deal kindly to her and her family. (See Verse 12-14) Rahab was smart and selfless. She...

Even though Rahab was a harlot, she knew how God delivered the children of Israel. She hid the spies on her roof and she described her knowledge to Jo...

We read about Rahab, right after the Lord appointed Joshua to bring the children of Israel into the Promised Land. (Joshua 1:1-9). Joshua was strat...

Verse 17, "But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive." When I read this...

This is the first time in the Old Testament we see a need to save children now, more than ever! Remember in Genesis 17:1-2 , God made a covenant...

Tamar learned her lesson from trusting in the word of her father in law, the first time. When asked what shall he pledge, she states your signet, your...

Judah chooses Tamar to be the wife of his first born, Er. God put Er to death. The second, Onan, refused to provide security for Tamar and conceive a ...

In the middle of reading about Joseph and his brothers, we are sidetracked into this messy side of Judah and Tamar. In Genesis 28, Isaac, son of...