HBS & DwJ Podcast

Now we will continue to take up the line of Shem since it is the line which will be followed throughout the Old Testament. The second section of the chapter provides a simple genealogy from Noah's son Shem to Abram, showing specifically how God's people descended in a direct line from one to the other. This genealogy also shows that the lifespans of men quickly decreased after the flood, from near...

Welcome to HBS & DwJ Podcast. I am Jerry Joyce, your host. Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Genesis 4:1 KJV: [1] And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Now begins the story of human history apart from the perfection of the Garden of Eden, as the first generation born into sin comes to earth. Adam and Eve slept together, conceived...

Now it is time for our verse break down: Genesis 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: The Tower of Babel incident of Genesis 11:1–9 is tied to the genealogical table of chapter 10 by the reference to Nimrod, a grandson of Noah’s son Ham, at 10:8–12. The Babel narrative serves to explain what has preceded and what will...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: 1 John 2:3 KJVS [3] And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. One way in which we display evidence of saving faith in Jesus is through obedience. However, as believers, we always have a choice whether to obey or disobey. This particular sense of "knowledge" comes at more than one level. First, is that of salvation. Behavior is a reflection o...

Now it is time for our verse break down: Genesis 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. Genesis 11 returns to a narrative where the world of man has not yet scattered across the earth into the nations, tribes, and languages described in chapter 10. Chapter 10's focus was broad, and looking far into the future, many generations from the end of the flood. The actual divisio...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Proverbs 4:23 KJVS Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. To "keep" something, in this sense, means more than simply "to maintain ownership." It refers to maintenance, care, and support. Some translations use the word "guard," A wise person realizes that temptation is real (1 Corinthians 10:13) and takes appropriate precaution. This p...

Now it is time for our verse break down: Genesis 10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. Shem, the older brother of Japheth, or Shem, whose older brother was Japheth, was the father of the Semitic peoples. The descendants listed represent countries east of Israel, modern Iraq, Iran, and Syria. The narrator list...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Psalm 51:10 KJVS Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. David's heart had been full of lust for Bathsheba, murderous plans for Uriah, and rebellion against God. He desired a new heart, one that was full of love for God and abhorrence of evil. Sin in his heart had brought him nothing but guilt, grief, and remorse. He wanted spiritual hea...

Now it is time for our verse break down: Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. The previous verses named the sons and grandsons of Japheth. This verse begins a section describing the descendants of Ham and the nations that came from them. These peoples and nations will become integral to Israel's story and they are familiar names to this day. Ham's first genera...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: 1 John 2:3 KJVS [3] And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. One way in which we display evidence of saving faith in Jesus is through obedience. However, as believers, we always have a choice whether to obey or disobey. This particular sense of "knowledge" comes at more than one level. First, is that of salvation. Behavior is a reflection o...

Now it is time for our verse break down: Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. The first section in chapter 10's "table of nations" follows the sons of Japheth. Japheth's descendants mostly settled to the north of where the nation of Israel would eventually reside. While the Old Testament prophets sometimes mentioned them, they...

Our Mission: To provide the knowledge that will train sisters and brothers in Christ to spread GOD’s Love and create disciples. Our Vision: To share all resources that will aid in the knowledge necessary for the building of GOD’s kingdom. The adversary does not know what to do with those who possess integrity. We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, on the contrary, we Are Spiritual Beings...

Now it is time for our verse break down: Genesis 10:1 KJV Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. This verse introduces what is sometimes called the table of nations. In addition to listing some of the descendants of Noah's sons, the chapter also mentions the lands and nations that formed among these descendants. This...

Our Mission: To provide the knowledge that will train sisters and brothers in Christ to spread GOD’s Love and create disciples. Our Vision: To share all resources that will aid in the knowledge necessary for the building of GOD’s kingdom. The adversary does not know what to do with those who possess integrity. We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, on the contrary, we Are Spiritual Beings...

Our scripture will be coming from: Genesis 9:18-29 KJV [18] And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. [19] These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. [20] And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: [21] And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered with...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Deuteronomy 8:5 KJVS [5] Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart Frequently think of, and meditate upon, revolve in their thoughts, well weigh in their minds, and take into thorough and deliberate consideration in their hearts; it being a matter of great mo...

We will begin with: Genesis 9:7-17 KJV [7] And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. [8] And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, [9] And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; [10] And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: 1 Corinthians 13:1 KJVS [1] Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. Paul launches into one of the most loved and meaningful chapters in the Bible. It is brief, but it powerfully describes the very heart of what it means to live together as believers in Jesus. He begins by showing...

Our scripture will be coming from: Genesis 9:1-6 KJV [1] And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. [2] And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. [3] Every m...

Our topic today is: Noah Builds An Altar And Offers Sacrifice Discussion Noah's first action after leaving the ark is to build an altar to God. This is the first recorded altar in Scripture. Noah used it to offer sacrifices to God from the clean animals. Apparently, this was the purpose God had in mind for Noah to take extra pairs of the clean animals (Genesis 7:2). Using a common metaphor, this p...

Our scripture will be coming from: Genesis 8:20-22 KJV [20] And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. [21] And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither w...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Genesis 9:5 KJVS [5] And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Genesis 9 opens with God's blessings and commands to humanity as the world resets following the flood. In the previous verse, God commanded humans not to eat th...

Genesis 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year,.... Of Noah's life, and so the Septuagint adds, in the first month: the first day...

Our Scripture Of The Week Is: Matthew 11:28 KJVS [28] Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Jesus has made an extraordinary claim and now He makes an extraordinary offer to all who hear Him. He claimed in the previous verse to be the only one who knows God the Father and to be able to reveal the Father to anyone He chooses (Matthew 11:25–27). Now He makes...

Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; God’s covenant with Noah brought provision and protection in the midst of severe judgment. The remnant was preserved and God initiated steps toward reestablishing the created order on earth. The waters subsided. God used...