Joseph suffered much at the hands of his jealous brothers. Although a favorite of his father, after his brothers captured and sold him, Joseph spent years in captivity. Yet despite what he had gone through, the injustice he endured, he turned to God for strength and...
This story is the culmination of years of hardship, struggle, and pain for Sarah, Abraham’s wife. It is hard to contextualize what her life had been to this point: taken from her home, following her husband into strange nations, and overall the physical hardship...
What stands out about Noah? The popular (and bizarre) facts of the story are what often stays with us; the huge boat, the pairs of animals, the devastating flood. Yet in these verses, it is Noah’s character that is taken note of. The verse immediately preceding...