Beds, Aren’t You Glad We Have Them!

[352 words] It was another cold rainy morning. I just wanted to go back home and curl up in my bed. Sound familiar? It got me thinking about the word bed in the Bible. The word bed is mentioned in the Bible about 108 times in the King James Version. We know that people made beds and bedding as time passed but we are just not sure when. It is not until Genesis 48:2 that we come across a word that is translated as bed. Israel [Jacob] is nearing the end of his life and getting ready to die. He rallies his strength and sits up on the bed to bless the sons of Joseph. We also see Pharaoh had a bed and a bedroom, Exodus 8:3. Apparently fancy beds have been around quite a long time. Those living in Jerusalem are given a warning, and the people warned are…