April 29, 2024

As we discovered with the story of Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, who died and was buried under a tree, the Bible wastes no words. Every single mention, no matter how “random” it may appear, has a place. That’s the case with this incredibly out-of-left-field mention of incest behind Reuben and Bilhah. Reuben, as you’ll remember, is […]

It’s not just people that have name changes in Scripture. Occasionally, a plot of land will undergo a series of identification switcheroos also.  One such example is the town of Bethel, a town that used to be called Luz (Genesis 28:19) and would eventually be known as El-Bethel — “the God of Bethel” — earlier