Rachel prays for a child, births Joseph. Jacob negotiates with Laban for speckled livestock, gains wealth. Divine guidance aids Jacob amid Laban's deceit. Rachel steals idols.

Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah before Rachel, whom he loved more. Leah bore key sons despite being less loved. The story highlights cultural customs, divine intervention, and the significance of lineage. Rachel and Leah's rivalry, reliance on mandrakes, and God's ultimate authority over life are central themes.

Shawn's teaching highlights Jacob's transformative experience at Bethel, emphasizing God's presence, anointing, and unconditional love. It contrasts transactional vows with selfless devotion, using biblical examples like Jacob's vow and Jesus' teachings. Jacob's journey, cultural practices, and familial duties are explored, including his service for Rachel and Laban's deception, reflecting themes of love, duty, and retribution.

Shawn's teaching highlights the harm of revenge, advocates for forgiveness, and emphasizes faith in Jesus as the connection to God, offering salvation and eternal life.

Shawn's teaching explores Jacob and Esau's story, highlighting human choice, deceit, and divine purpose. It emphasizes spiritual over worldly values, faith, and God's plan.

Isaac reopens wells, faces disputes, finds peace, symbolizing perseverance and faith. Rebekah and Jacob's deception for blessing shows God's plans use human flaws.

Jacob trades Esau's birthright for stew, highlighting cultural traditions and spiritual lessons. Isaac's faith and obedience lead to blessings amid adversity, contrasting material and spiritual growth.

God's plan involves chosen individuals to fulfill His purpose, emphasizing free will, love, and redemption. Critiques Calvinist predestination, highlights faith in Jesus.

Shawn's teaching covers Genesis 24:62-25:6, focusing on Isaac's meditation, Rebekah's modesty, Abraham's genealogy, inheritance distribution, and Jesus' unique sacrifice.

Abraham's servant finds Rebekah for Isaac, guided by prayer and signs. Emphasizes faith, divine guidance, and reliance on Scripture over seeking signs. Rebekah's choice and blessings highlight familial and spiritual themes.

Genesis 22-24 highlights Abraham's lineage, Rebekah's role, Sarah's significance, and the cultural context of concubinage. It underscores women's roles, marriage's biblical theme, and Abraham's faith in securing Canaan land and a wife for Isaac, ensuring lineage continuity.

Shawn's teaching highlights Abraham's faith, obedience, and God's provision, emphasizing faith's role in love and liberty, using biblical narratives and the Abrahamic covenant.

Shawn's teaching interprets "tempt" in Genesis 22 as "test," showing God's trials as faith tests, not enticements. Abraham's story exemplifies faith, trust, and prioritizing God.

Genesis 21 highlights Isaac's birth, Sarah and Hagar's tension, Ishmael's future, and Abraham's faith. Themes include spiritual growth, God's guidance, and covenant at Beersheba.

Abraham's deception, God's intervention with Abimelech, emphasizes divine guidance, integrity, and spiritual growth, highlighting patience, truth, and agape love.

Shawn's teaching covers Genesis 19:15-38, focusing on God's mercy and urgency in Lot's escape, Lot's daughters' actions, divine intervention, and the importance of obedience.

Abraham intercedes for Sodom; Lot shows hospitality to angels. Shawn's teaching emphasizes hospitality, condemns homosexuality, and stresses faith and reconciliation through Christ.

Shawn's teaching covers Genesis 18-19, focusing on Sodom and Gomorrah, divine promises, and moral judgments. He challenges Trinitarian views, emphasizing angels as God's representatives.

Shawn's teaching examines Genesis 18-19, focusing on Sodom and Gomorrah, Sarah's laughter, Lot's actions, and divine messengers as God's representatives, not preincarnate Jesus.

Circumcision and baptism symbolize dedication but require heart transformation. True faith, love, and spiritual growth are essential, transcending rituals. Abraham's faith exemplifies joy and commitment.