Genesis 23:19 KJV,ASV

O friends! have an esteem of truth and God's glory! Keep down all inordinate affections [Col 3:5], and have an esteem of truth above your lusts and earthly things, worldly riches, and goods, and mind the example of the old world, when the sons of God saw, the daughters of men were fair, they took un... Read More

Friends' fellowship must be in the spirit [Phil 2:1], and all Friends must know one another in the spirit and power of God. And in all the meetings of the county, two or three may be appointed from them, to go to the Quarterly Meetings, for to give notice one to another, if there be any that walk no... Read More

Reading: Gen. 3:1-7; 22-24; Romans 8:1-2. The longer one lives and the more one thinks about things, the surer one becomes that the supreme issue which governs everything between God and man is that of life. Our Scripture says here that life is a law, and it further says that that life is in the han... Read More

We easily perceive different measures of attainment, both in knowledge and grace, in the churches of old. The elevation, for instance, of that at Ephesus was much above that at Corinth. At Corinth the apostle had to occupy himself with the corruption of various errors and abuses, and was thus hinder... Read More

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More

"Give me a possession of a burying-place with you; that I may bury my dead out of my sight." -- Genesis 23:4. "And Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre." -- Genesis 23:19. When Abraham came down the slopes of Mount Moriah, hand in hand with Isaac, fifty... Read More

'And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him (Gen. 23, 24). A remarkable biography! Nowadays men write hundreds of pages about their heroes, and do not say as much as that. But there is a good reason. There is not so ... Read More

A. God's promise to Abram. 1. (1-3) God's previous covenant with Abram. Now the Lord had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, from your family and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be... Read More

13:1 And a Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. (a) His great riches gotten in Egypt, did not hinder him in following his vocation. 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to b Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been... Read More

Genesis 23 / Isaiah 42 5 paragraphs 4 vs. 5 If we listen carefully, plea according to God’s mind and pay for the price, God will display great power. Psalm 23 / Revelation 11: 12 The cup of blessing will overflow to those who constantly hear God’s voice and dwell in Him. Key Verses Genesis 23:13 / I... Read More