{"id":15723,"date":"2026-01-08T06:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=15723"},"modified":"2026-01-08T06:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:34:21","slug":"january-8th-chronological-bible-readings-chronological-bible-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=15723","title":{"rendered":"January 8th Chronological Bible Readings \u2013 Chronological Bible Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Genesis 25:1-4; 1 Chronicles 1:32-33; Genesis 25:5-6; Genesis 25:12-18; 1 Chronicles 1:28-31; 1 Chronicles 1:34; Genesis 25:19-26; Genesis 25:7-11<\/strong><\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">~ Click here to read today\u2019s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~<\/span><\/em><br \/><span style=\"color: black\"><em>~ Listen to today\u2019s Scripture on <\/em><em>The ESV Bible<\/em><\/span> ~<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Our readings are brief today! In Chapter 25 verse 19 we begin reading about Jacob and Esau.\u00a0 Jacob we will read about for a large portion of the remainder of Genesis \u2013 there is actually not that many chapters we will read about Isaac.\u00a0 Tomorrow, in verse 34 we read this about Jacob &amp; Esau:<em> \u201cThen Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the fact that he had given up his birthright.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>Below is Dutch Baroque Era painter Hendrik Martensz Sorgh\u2019s beautiful \u201cInterior with Jacob and Esau\u201d painting from the year 1662 (the bright foreground almost takes away from the background with Esau swearing off his birthright):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Worship Video:<\/strong> Readings about Abraham\u2019s death today and reflecting back on his life reminded me of the Delirious song \u201cMajesty!\u201d Here\u2019s a great live version of this song:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/span><br \/>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vNjH8QDpBFY<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Do you know our Majesty?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Click here for true Majesty!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Comments from You:<\/strong> What verses or insights stand out to you in today\u2019s readings?\u00a0 Please post up by clicking on the \u201cComments\u201d link below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">God bless,<br \/>Mike<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. Download our monthly Small Group study notes for our Chronological Bible readings at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. #2 \u2013 Download a schedule of our Chronological Bible readings for the year in PDF format at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. #3 \u2013 I would greatly appreciate it if you would pray for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry today! Please also consider partnering with us by financially supporting this ministry. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 25:1-4; 1 Chronicles 1:32-33; Genesis 25:5-6; Genesis 25:12-18; 1 Chronicles 1:28-31; 1 Chronicles 1:34; Genesis 25:19-26; Genesis 25:7-11~ Click here to read today\u2019s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today\u2019s Scripture on The ESV Bible ~ Our readings are brief today! In Chapter 25 verse 19 we begin reading about Jacob and Esau.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1649,45,46,558,2829,231],"class_list":["post-15723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bible-study","tag-8th","tag-bible","tag-blog","tag-chronological","tag-january","tag-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}