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And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants.
33:1–17 Jacob arranged his family in a marching order that would preserve those who were most precious to him, in case his brother proved to be violently hostile (vv.
Faith does not mean trusting God to work for us in spite of our irresponsibility; that is presumption. Faith means trusting God to work for us when we have acted responsibly, realizing that without His help we will fail.
Previously, Jacob had taken Esau’s blessing, but now he gave Esau a blessing (v. 11).
“This kind of ranking according to favoritism no doubt fed the jealousy over Joseph that later becomes an important element in the narrative. It must have been painful to the family to see that they were expendable.
