Category Archives: Jacob

Jacob: grace with consequences

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

  Genesis 29:1-30.   God is at work in the background of Jacob’s life, making sure that he stays with Laban long enough to cool down the anger of Esau, and so preserve Jacob’s life by his grace.  But God has … Continue reading →

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Jacob’s ladder

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 28:10-22.  It was either a ladder or a set of steps.  What matters is that it reached to heaven, and vice-versa.  Jacob saw it in his dream, and he saw God’s angels ascending and descending on it.  The LORD … Continue reading →

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Jacob: a wife for the master’s son

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 27:41-28:9.   Rebekah did not want her son, Jacob, marrying like Esau did.  The Hittite women Esau married had made life bitter for her and Isaac.  But the real reason she wanted Jacob to move back to Paddan-Aram to stay … Continue reading →

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