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Reuben

When Jacob called his sons around him, to give them his prophetic blessing, he naturally turned first to his oldest child. The Words of Jacob. ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1974 Volume 25 Issue 2

Exposition

Simeon

At the birth of her second son, Leah’s hopes revived. She said: “Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated (lit. 'not loved’)* he hath therefore given me this son a ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1974 Volume 25 Issue 3

Exposition

Levi

Leah, in the hope that the birth of her third son would unite her more fully with her husband, called the child Levi, Gen. 29. 34, which means “closely joined” from the Hebrew ro ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1974 Volume 25 Issue 4

Exposition

Judah

Strong in character, Leah’s fourth boy grew up to have influence with his brothers and his father. When he suggested that Joseph’s life should be spared, “his brethren hearkene ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1974 Volume 25 Issue 5

Exposition

Zebulon

The families which belonged to Judah, Issachar and Zebulun (Leah’s fourth, fifth and sixth sons), camped on the eastern side of the tabernacle during the pilgrimage to Canaan, and ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1974 Volume 25 Issue 6

Exposition

Issachar

As Jacob’s workmen were busy harvesting the wheat crop, five-year-old Reuben played idly in the field. He noticed some attractive little cup-shaped white and purple flowers growing ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1975 Volume 26 Issue 1

Exposition

Dan

The name of each of Jacob’s sons was specially chosen in the light of circumstances. When Rachel saw this boy, she said: “God hath judged me (Heb. dananni)”, Gen. 30.6 ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1975 Volume 26 Issue 2

Exposition

Gad

Leah claimed Gad (and Asher) in the same way as Rachel adopted Dan and Naphtali. Actually Gad was the son of Zilpah, Leah s maid, and was the seventh of what was ultimately to become ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1975 Volume 26 Issue 3

Exposition

Asher

The keynote is happiness! This emotion seems to impregnate all the recorded facts about Asher. The name itself, given to Zilpah’s second boy, means “happy”. The plural form of ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1975 Volume 26 Issue 4

Exposition

Naphtali

Jacob moved in thought steadily from son to son as he gave each his parting blessing. The tenth he chose was Naphtali, leaving the legitimate offspring of Rachel until last. Naphtali ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1975 Volume 26 Issue 5

Exposition

Joseph

"These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph…”, Gen. 37. 2. It is with this special father-son relationship that the biography of Rachel’s elder boy really begins. The story occ ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1975 Volume 26 Issue 6

Exposition

Manasseh and Ephraim

Josephs two sons were born at a significant stage in his career. His marriage to Asenath was one outcome of the deprivation he had suffered; and it is helpful to observe that if he h ...

J. R. Charlesworth

1976 Volume 27 Issue 1

Exposition

The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Naphtali

In our series on the twelve tribes of Israel readers will have sensed that we reached a mountaintop whilst looking at Judah, so far as the purposes of God are concerned. We gave th ...

Lloyd Stock

2019 Volume 74 Issue 4

Devotional

The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Gad

Regrettable contention In the order of birth that we have been following from Genesis chapters 29 and 30, the next son after Napthtali is Gad. ‘When Leah saw that she ha ...

Lloyd Stock

2020 Volume 75 Issue 1

Exposition

The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Zebulun

As we near the end of this series on the tribes of Israel, we notice an awakening in Jacob’s home. Leah has put an end to relying on her handmaid, and God ...

Lloyd Stock

2020 Volume 75 Issue 4

Devotional

The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Ephraim and Manasseh

In the introduction to this series we explained how it was that Ephraim and Manasseh came to feature in the twelve tribes of Israel. Revisiting that introduc ...

Lloyd Stock

2021 Volume 76 Issue 1

Devotional

The Twelve Tribes of Israel – Benjamin

We have come to the end of our series on the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Along the way we have seen the hand of a gracious, sovereign God working out His purposes in spite of human fa ...

Lloyd Stock

2021 Volume 76 Issue 2

Exposition

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