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The Flight from Laban As James left us off in Genesis chapter 30, Jacob basically manipulated the flocks to increase his wages. So lets pick back here in Genesis 31 starting at verse 1 and it reads; And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of…

Genesis 30 Jacob’s Family & Wealth And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. The maternal relation confers a high degree of honour in the East, and the want of that status is felt as a stigma, and deplored as a…

Genesis 29 Jacob’s Wives Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. Went on his journey = A Hebrew Idiom that says “lifted up his feet”. An idiom is a peculiar usage of words and phrases peculiar to one nation or tribe. We need to understand the nuances of the language…

Jacobs Dream Intro: To bring us back up to speed where we left off, Rebekah warns Jacob to leave and go find her brother Laban in Haran. She warns him because Esau is mad at Jacob for “stealing” his inheritance when we know Esau gave it up himself. Rebekah tells Isaac that the reason Jacob is going away…

Mother’s Day: How A Mother’s Love Is A Reflection of God As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. God showing the example of a mother’s love and comfort for how He loves and comforts us. Jerusalem = the place of the Throne, ie. the presence of…

Jacob’s Blessing Just to catch us back up to speed to where we left off, Chapter 25 covered Esau and Jacob being born and Esau giving up his birthright in their earlier years for a bowl of stew. Showing he wasn’t taking his relationship with God seriously. Chapter 26 that James covered last week covered…

Genesis 26 Isaac’s Journey To Gerar And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. The famine accounts for Esau’s failure hunting and willingness to sell his birthright, with this famine being…