God’s Covenant with Abraham – Descendents in Egypt Survey of Genesis Patriarchal History God’s Covenant with Abraham – Descendents in Egypt

Patriarchal History Jacob/Israel

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Approximate dates of Jacob - ~2006-1859 B.C. Jacob's Ladder Dream (28:10-22) Jacob departs from Beersheba for Haran to escape from Esau God reconfirms His covenant with Jacob that He made with Abraham and Isaac (first of seven revelations to Jacob) Descendents like dust God will keep him wherever he goes & bring him back to this land The land on which he lies will be his and his descendents Place of the dream was called Bethel which means house of God (Luz) He builds and alter and pours oil as an offering First recorded vow in the bible (20-22) Jacob will be absent from Canaan for twenty years

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Jacob Works for Rachel (29:1-30) Jacob meets Rachel, shepherdess, daughter of Laban, Rebekah’s brother (29:1-12) Jacob agrees to work for Laban for seven years for Rachel (29:13-20) Marriage feast and Jacob finds he's married to Leah (29:21-26) Laban agrees to give him Rachel as well for another seven years of work (29:27-30) Jacob loved Rachel more. Laban deals deceitfully with Jacob as Jacob had with Esau

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Children of Leah and Rachel (29:31-30:24) Leah was blessed by God with children because God saw she was unloved. (29:31-35) Ruben - "he has seen my misery" Simeon - "one who hears" Levi - "attached" Judah - "praise" Rachel becomes jealous of her sister Leah (30:1-8) Gives her handmaid, Bilhah, to Jacob (on my knees = as my own) Dan - "He has vindicated" Naphtali - "my struggle"

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Children of Leah and Rachel (29:31-30:24) Leah gives her handmaid to Jacob, Zilpeh (30:9-13) Gad - "good fortune" Asher - "happy" Mandrake agreement (Mandrakes help fertility) for Leah gets Jacob Issachar - "reward" Zebulun - "honor" Dinah Rachel has a son Joseph – “He will add” (add to me)

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Jacob Continues to Work for Laban (30:25-43) After Joseph's birth Jacob ask Laban to let him return to his own home (30:27-34) Laban wants him to stay and tells him to name the wages (30:27-34) Striped and spotted sheep Jacob becomes very wealthy by selective breeding of Laben’s sheep (30:35-43) Rods in water may have increased breeding (sex drive) Ultimately give God the credit (see 31:9)

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Jacob Leaves Laban's Employ (31:1-55) Jacob leaves with his family secretly (31:1-21) Jacob hears Laban’s sons complaining about his growth in wealth God tells Jacob to leave (God of Bethel) Laban had changed his attitude toward Jacob as Jacob's wealth had increased Laban had cheated Jacob by changing his wages ten times God blessed Jacob because he saw how Laban was cheating him (blessed the flocks) Rachel steals the household idol (teraphim) (31:19) Went seven days into Gileed – crosses the Euphrates River

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Reunion with Esau (32:1-33:20) Jacob sends word to Esau in Edom that he is coming (32:1-5) Left Haran at age 97 Gen. 31-36 covers about 11 years Jacob is afraid when he hears Esau is coming with 400 men (32:6-12) Splits his household in two groups Prays to God (32:9-12) Jacob prepares to meet Esau (32:22-32) Prepares three groups of gifts for Esau to see on his way to Jacob Gifts to appease Esau

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Reunion with Esau (32:1-33:20) Jacob wrestles with an angel (32:22-32) Jacob was winning Asks for a blessing from the angel Jacob's name is changed to Israel, "he who strives with God or God strives" Name points to a new relationship with God From deceiver To this day Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Reunion with Esau (32:1-33:20) Esau arrives (33:1-20) Jacob lines up children of the maids first & Rachel and Joseph last Happy greeting with Esau and introduces his family Bowing seven times was normal in the culture of that time Jacob urges Esau to take the gifts (cultural way) Esau goes ahead, Jacob follows slowly because of children & cattle Esau goes to Seir (not clear where) Edom is south of the Dead Sea in modern day Jordan (in movies) Jordan runs along the east side of the Jordan River to below the Dead Sea Jacob travels to Succoth between the dead sea and Galilee, east side

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Jacob's Sons Kill the Men of Shechem (34:1-31) Dinah is raped by Shechem (same as town), son of Hamor the Hivite Shechem wants her as a wife so Hamor asks Jacob for his son to marry Dinah (34:23 gives an idea why Abram & Isaac lied when confronted by powerful people) Jacob's sons are angry about the disgrace so the people in the area offer them a place to stay in their land and to intermarry and Shechem offers any bride price The brothers hatched a plan (Simeon and Levi) Demand the men be circumcised as part of the bride price On the third day when in a lot of pain the brothers kill them and loot their belongings (other brothers help loot)

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Jacob's Sons Kill the Men of Shechem (34:1-31) Jacob tells his sons they brought a lot of trouble because others will band together to come after them The point of this story Future blessing affected (Gen. 49) Contrast with Joseph's commitment to God

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Removal of the Idols (35:1-4) God tells Jacob to go to Bethel where God had appeared to him on his journey to Haran Jacob tells his household to remove their foreign gods and buried them under a tree They give their idols and rings which were in their ears Remember Rachel had stolen Laban's household idol Jacob seems to have a renewal of commitment to the one God sense wrestling with the angel

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) God Appears to Jacob Again to Renew His Promise (35:5-15) People of Shechem feared them and did not pursue them God renews his promise to Jacob at Bethel (Luz) (9-15) Name changed from Jacob to Israel, God confirms what the angel had said – Israel = may God contend or rule A nation will come from him Kings will come from him What the Lord promised to Abraham is given to him Jacob builds an alter to God at Bethel (House of God)

Jacob went to Shechem, & Esau returned to Hebron After 20 years, Jacob left for home & was overtaken by Laban near Mahanaim. Jacob went to Hama (Hamath), Aleppo, and finally Haran. After 14 years, he moved three days’ journey from Laban Jacob ‘s vision prepared him to meet Esau & confirm God’s covenant with Abraham Norris, D. T. (1997). Logos Deluxe Map Set. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc. Jacob went to Shechem, & Esau returned to Hebron Jacob left Beersheba via Bethel & probably crossed the Jordan following the King’s Highway to Damascus

Then Jacob travels to Ephrath (later known as Bethlehem) Simeon and Levi take revenge for Dinah’s rape at Shechem so Jacob moves south & erectsan altar at Bethel Then Jacob travels to Ephrath (later known as Bethlehem) Jacob continues his journey on to Hebron (some 50 miles south of Shechem) - Esau & Isaac had earlier moved from Beersheba to Hebron, while Jacob was in Haran Norris, D. T. (1997). Logos Deluxe Map Set. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Death of Rachel (35:16-27) During their journey to Ephrath Rachel dies in childbirth Has a son (Ben oni - son of my sorrow) father calls him Benjamin (son of the right hand) Rachel is buried in what is later called Bethlehem (Ephrath) Ruben sleeps with his father's concubine (Bilhah) handmaid (her sons were Dan and Naphtali) Why was this event recorded? Jacob arrives at Mamre where his father, Isaac lives

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Death of Isaac (35:28-29) Isaac dies at age 180 Esau and Jacob bury him Chronology Jacob was 120 when Isaac died Selling of Joseph took place before Isaacs death when Joseph was 17 years old (37:2)

Survey of Genesis: Patriarchal History Jacob (28:10-36) Generations of Esau - Edom (36:1-43) Esau's people became the nation of Edom Esau separated from Jacob because their livestock could not be maintained in the land they were at Esau lived in the land of Seir Descendents of Esau Esau became the father of the Edomites (36:43) Moses give explanation of their linage