March 16, 2011
Jacob Wrestles With God
- Genesis 32:23-32 Why did God wrestle with Jacob just before Jacob's meeting with Esau?
The 12 Sons of Jacob
- Reuben (Leah)
- Simeon (Leah)
- Levi (Leah)
- Judah (Leah)
- Dan (Rachel's maid Bilhah)
- Naphtali (Rachel's maid Bilhah)
- Gad (Leah's maid Zilpah)
- Asher (Leah's maid Zilpah)
- Issachar (Leah)
- Zebulun (Leah)
- Dinah (Leah) <-- daughter
- Joseph (Rachel)
- Benjamin (Rachel)
- Simeon (Leah)
- Levi (Leah)
- Judah (Leah)
- Dan (Rachel's maid Bilhah)
- Naphtali (Rachel's maid Bilhah)
- Gad (Leah's maid Zilpah)
- Asher (Leah's maid Zilpah)
- Issachar (Leah)
- Zebulun (Leah)
- Dinah (Leah) <-- daughter
- Joseph (Rachel)
- Benjamin (Rachel)
What's So Good About Mandrakes?
Genesis 30:14-16 Rachel wanted some of Leah's mandrakes, so Rachel traded the privilege of sleeping with Jacob in order to get some of Leah's mandrakes!
Jacob Paid For His Deception
(1) he never saw his mother after he fled (to escape from Esau)
(2) Esau wanted him dead
(3) Laban, his uncle, deceived him
(4) his family life was full of conflict
(5) he was exiled for years from his family
Jacob would have received the birthright by the promise of God (25:23)... didn't need to scheme w/ Rebekah.
(2) Esau wanted him dead
(3) Laban, his uncle, deceived him
(4) his family life was full of conflict
(5) he was exiled for years from his family
Jacob would have received the birthright by the promise of God (25:23)... didn't need to scheme w/ Rebekah.
Jacob's Ladder
- Genesis 28... After Jacob "steals" Esau's blessing from their father Isaac, Jacob flees from Esau... Jacob has a dream about a ladder and resolves to follow God... Not sure why this is so famous...
10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 There above it[c] stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[d] 15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. 19 He called that place Bethel,[e] though the city used to be called Luz.
20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21 so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the LORD[f] will be my God 22 and[g] this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 There above it[c] stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[d] 15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. 19 He called that place Bethel,[e] though the city used to be called Luz.
20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21 so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the LORD[f] will be my God 22 and[g] this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
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