Today is the 14th day of January. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is

great to be here with you on the 14th day of January. That's the 14th day of our

New Year. This marks two full weeks that we have been able to live into this

new year. And as we complete our reading for today, it will complete two weeks

every day in the Bible. We are off to a fantastic start. Now when we go to the back of the ship

and look back at where we've sailed from, we can barely see the land on the horizon. We are

getting out into the deep and we will be sailing across this year together. But two weeks in,

so much has happened, so much for us to think about, so much for us to allow to be brought up in

our lives as we move through the stories that are found in the scripture. And so it's great to

mark this moment, two weeks, two weeks in well done. We can do this. We're going to do this.

And it's going to be awesome. So let's dive in and take the next step forward.

We've been reading from the new international version this week, which is let's still this week.

So that's what we'll continue to do today. We are still working our way through the book of Genesis.

We have found ourselves in the story of Jacob. So we went through the story of Abraham,

then Isaac, and now Jacob, who has found himself married to two women who are sisters.

One is Baron, the other one has had some children. A family is in formation. This family will be

the family that we follow through the rest of the Bible. And so let's dive in. Genesis,

chapter 30, verse 1, through 31, verse 16.

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister.

So she said to Jacob, give me children or how die? Jacob became angry with her and said,

am I in the place of God who has kept you from having children? And she said,

here is Bilha, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me,

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