Category Archives: Jacob

death not a gateway

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 35:16-29 16 Then they traveled from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. 17 And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, “Do … Continue reading →

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another new start

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 35:1-15 And God said to Jacob, “Get up, go up to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you had escaped from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to … Continue reading →

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consequences of avenging a rape

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 34:13-31 13 But sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor treacherously, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister. 14 They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a person who is … Continue reading →

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life after a rape

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 34:1-12 Now Dinah (the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob), went out to see the women of the land. 2 But when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, a leader of the land, saw her, … Continue reading →

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owning the relationship

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 33:1-20 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and see, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. 2 And he put the … Continue reading →

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surviving the struggle

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 32:21-32 21 So the gift passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp. 22 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, … Continue reading →

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wise caution

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 32:6-20 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are also four hundred men with him.” 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and upset. … Continue reading →

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another camp

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 31:51 – 32:5 51 Then Laban said to Jacob, “See this pile and the monument, which I have set between me and you. 52 This pile is a witness, and the monument is a witness, that I will not … Continue reading →

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a treaty at Mizpah

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 31:38-50 38 These twenty years I have been with you. Your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flocks I have not eaten. 39 I did not bring to you what was torn … Continue reading →

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taking the moral high ground

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 31:26-37 26 And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have stolen away my heart and carried away my daughters like captives with a sword? 27 Why did you flee secretly and trick me, and did … Continue reading →

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