blessing of Abraham | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:56:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg blessing of Abraham | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 A Table in Presence of my Foes https://anitamathias.com/2013/09/23/table-presence-foes/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/09/23/table-presence-foes/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:35:41 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=48296 I am reading the story of Jacob in Genesis.   Jacob was in a most unpromising position to make a fortune.   “Name your wages,” Laban said, and Jacob did, modest ones: the streaked and speckled sheep and goats, and dark sheep (Gen 31-32). (Sheep were normally pure white, and goats pitch black).   Laban […]

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