October 2015 – Sword of the Spirit

The life of Jacob

Genesis 25:

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Genesis 28:

Isaac conveys Abrahamic Covenant
On the way to Laban’s, Jacob stops overnight in Bethel and God comes to him in a dream where God is standing above (and angels were ascending and descending on) a ladder that reached from earth to heaven and God reiterates the Abrahamic Covenant to him.
Jacob pledges tithes of 10% to God for all God will give him

Genesis 29:

Jacob meets Rachel at a well, tells her who he is and they go to Laban’s, her father’s, house
Jacob pledges 7 years of labor to Laban for the price of Rachel as his wife
After 7 years, Laban tricks Jacob by sending his 1st daughter (Leah) into him during a party. The next morning Laban tells Jacob he has to take the firstborn (Leah) 1st and he could have Rachel after another 7 years of labor.
Jacob does 7 years for Rachel and does even 7 more after getting Rachel
Leah has 4 sons – Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah

Genesis 30:

Rachel envies her sister, Leah, and sends her handmaid, Bilhah, into Jacob to conceive
Bilhah has 2 sons – Gad and Asher
Rachel bargains with Leah to take the food Reuben brought from the field for for herself and give a night with Jacob
God heard Leah’s prayer for more children
Leah has 2 more sons – Issachar and Zebulun and a daughter – Dinah
God hears Rachel’s prayers for children
Rachel has a son – Joseph
Jacob and his family leaves Laban, but not before bargaining with Laban to leave. Jacob does his final trick on Laban by getting him to agree to split the cattle, sheep, and goats. Laban takes the white and Jacob takes the spotted, colored, and all others.
Jacob finishes his trickery on Laban by feeding the strong cattle, sheep, and goats (while Laban is away) peeled rods of green poplar and hazel and chestnut tress to get their color to change to spotted, colored, and anything other than white
Jacob leaves Laban and leaves the feebler cattle, sheep, and goats with Laban and takes the stronger. Jacob increased exceedingly.

Genesis 31:

Laban pursues Jacob because Laban’s teraphim (idols of gods) were missing along with all the sheep taken. Laban’s estate could possibly be claimed in the future with these. Rachel took the teraphim unknowing to anyone.
Laban can’t find the idols in Jacob’s tribe. Jacob and Laban make a covenant of truce.

Genesis 32:

Jacob prepares to reconcile with Esau, he separates into 2 bands in a defensive posture, moves his family over the brook Jabbok, and is left alone for the night
Jacob wrestles with God throughout the night until God says he has to go. God touches his thigh and causes a permanent limp in Jacob’s leg. God changes Jacob’s name to Israel, and blesses him.

Genesis 33:

Jacob reconciles with Esau, goes to Sucoth, builds a house and stays about 20 years. Then he continues to Shalem a city of Shechem.

Genesis 34:

Dinah is raped by Shechem, Simeon and Levi (Dinah’s full brothers by Leah) kill all the men of Shechem in the city Shalem

Genesis 35:

Jacob continues to Bethel where he was supposed to go originally before stopping at Shalem
God reiterates Jacob’s name change to Israel and the Abrahamic Covenant to Jacob, and promised kings would come out of him
On the way to Bethlehem Rachel has Benjamin and dies
Reuben sleeps with Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, which causes his forfeiture of his firstborn birthright
Isaac dies

Genesis 36:

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Genesis 43:

Food runs out, Jacob sends his sons again (including Benjamin) to Egypt for food

Genesis 45:

Genesis 46:

God tells Jacob not to fear going to Egypt, while in Beersheba (7th time there), and that He will be with him. God reiterates to Jacob that he will make a great nation of him and He will bring them back from Egypt.
Jacob is reunited with Joseph Jacob is 130

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Month: October 2015