Posts Tagged Ethan
Now I can’t say for certain that Esau’s son was the same Eliphaz the Temanite from the book of Job, but there exists the slight chance that it could have been. When dealing with chapters of genealogy, like this one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, by way of filling in some of the gaps here, at the end of Genesis 30, Jacob asks permission from Laban to take his family and move on after many years of service. Laban hesitantly agrees and offers to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Again with the mandrakes? I guess that’s the thing with superstitious people. They try to cover all their bases. I’m sure there’s some useful baseball analogy in there somewhere, but for now, don’t give in to superstition. On the bright[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Poor Reuben seems to have a pension for being caught in the middle of controversy. Oldest child problems I guess. You can read more about the mysterious mandrake plant here, but basically it was (and still is in certain pagan[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry if the undertones of this particular strip are more “adult-themed” than usual, but I think the events in Genesis chapter 30 are meant to be a little disappointing and perhaps slightly shocking to us. Not because of the cultural[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…