Tag Archives: Genesis 28

the LORD’s unconditional commitment

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 28:6 – 22 6 Esau realized that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he commanded him, “You must not take a wife from … Continue reading →

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the value of appropriate space

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 27:39 – 28:5 39 Then Isaac his father answered and he said to him: “See, your dwelling will be away from the fatness of the land, and away from the dew of the sky from above. 40 By your … 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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