#20 Genesis 28 & 29-Lesson 1

GENESIS #20 Genesis 28 & 29 GENESIS CHAPTER 28 Isaac instructs Jacob to go to Mesopotamia to find a wife Jac b 70 The Blessing: not all elements of the covenant Isaac was blessed with e e Jac b blessing 1 THEREFORE GOD GIVE THEE OF THE DEW OF HEAVEN, AND THE FATNESS OF THE EARTH, AND PLENTY OF CORN AND WINE: LET PEOPLE SERVE THEE, AND NATIONS BOW DOWN TO THEE: BE LORD OVER THY BRETHREN, AND LET THY MOTHER’S SONS BOW DOWN TO THEE: CURSED BE EVERY ONE THAT CURSETH THEE, AND BLESSED BE HE THAT BLESSETH THEE. Until Isaac was born, no distinction between Hebrews and non-Hebrews First distinction is made between Isaac and Ishmael Kahal ammim = holy convocation of fellow countrymen Jacob will produce ONLY Hebrews 2 Esau had married 2 Canaanite wives Marries a daughter of Ishmael in an attempt to please his father, Isaac The intermarriage between families of Esau and Ishmael today form most of the Islamic world 3 El Beit-el Beer-Sheba Jacob stops at Beit-el (Bethel) He e Jac b e aae identity as the 3rd Patriarch begins Jac b , ee e spiritual world 4 The ladder or ai a i a e Represents the connection between God and Man NAS John 1:51 And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." 5 El-Beit-el h e f he g d, E God had not yet given his personal name YHWH Anointing stone with oil indicated a vow as part of a new covenant A link between this rock and the Messiah 6 Haran Beer-Sheba A 400 mile journey from Beer-Sheba to Haran GENESIS 29 Ja b with God lifted his spirits Mesopotamia is the ancestral connection of Israel Jacob goes back to the same place Eliezer found his father (Isaac) a wife Jacob arrived with nothing 7 RACHEL Wells were not public, they were OWNED They became meeting places for the country folk Well owners collected a fee for others to use the water 8 Jacob rolls the rock off the well Greets Rachel with a kiss Not sexual, just a custom Rachel is a Shepherdess, unusual Laba Rache fa he V . 5 Laba , f Nah Actually Laban was the son fB e Nahor was the CLAN Laban was from S e e f referring to the CLAN not he e ac a fa he 9 LABAN THE DECEIVER Laban accepts 7 years of servitude for Jac b a Rachel NOT USUAL! Are we not counted as strangers, for he has sold us! A direct connection be ee Jac b deception to his a e , Laba deception to Jacob 10 7 MORE YEARS OF SERVITUDE After the 7 day wedding ceremony with Leah, Jacob also marries Rachel Jac b n in hi 80 ! Jacob favored Rachel e e e e eak = idi m for plain, not pretty Jacob preferred the beauty of Rachel RACHEL LEAH 11 LEAH GIVES JACOB SONS Rachel cannot seem to get pregnant Leah gives Jacob his first four sons: RUEBEN look, a son SIMEON hearing LEVI joined JUDAH praise Le i d bec e G d eapart servants and priests Judah would produce the Jews, and eventually Yeshua 12