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Old Testament Background
Evangelical Free Church of Walnut
sunesis institute_
The Patriarchal Period
Part 3: From Jacob to Israel
Lesson 6
Birth of Jacob and Esau
Isaac’s Faith vs. Abraham’s Faith
Isaac is sixty years old
Twenty years after his marriage to Rebekah
Abraham had waited twenty-five years when he and Sarah began to doubt and thus came Ishmael
Isaac, on the other hand prayed for his wife’s barrenness (Gen. 25:21) and she had twins
From Chosen Line to Chosen People
Birth of Jacob and Esau
The Birth of Twins Ordained to Reveal Election
Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb causing Rebekah to inquire from the Lord
Remember, she did not know she was having twins!
Where did she go “to inquire of the Lord?”
From Chosen Line to Chosen People
Birth of Jacob and Esau
God’s answer to Rebekah relates to the doctrine of election
Genesis 25:23 / Romans 9:10-12—The original language emphasizes that both men came from the same act of intercourse thus removing all possible objections (i.e.; conceived in sin, etc.)
The prophecy is fulfilled completely with Jacob’s descendants (Israel) ruling over Esau’s (Edom)
This also why Esau’s descendants (Edom) are perennial enemies of Israel
From Chosen Line to Chosen People
The Stolen/Reclaimed Blessing
Esau despises his birthright
Esau sells the birthright for “red bean soup”
Esau is nicknamed “Red” thus the name Edom
The Binding Nature of Isaac’s Blessing
Attested to in the Mari and Nuzi texts
Questions raised by the episode of the stolen blessing
How God’s sovereignty interacts with man’s freewill
Does God ever honor the words and will of a man?
From Chosen Line to Chosen People
The Stolen/Reclaimed Blessing
Rebekah’s Faith and Isaac’s Failure
Rebekah acts in accord with the prophecy
Isaac’s actions contradict the prophecy
What the Lives of Esau and Jacob Reveal
Esau’s life shows how the life of an “unchosen” man fulfills its “unchosenness”
Jacob’s life shows how the life of the “chosen” fulfills its “chosenness” (see Genesis 27:13, 43 and 28:7)
From Chosen Line to Chosen People
Flight From Esau
Isaac’s Second Blessing
Reasons for Jacob’s Flight
Esau vowed to kill him
Rebekah did not want Jacob to marry a Hittite or Canaanite
Jacob was obedient
(HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD!)*
Life of Jacob
Beersheba
Hebron
Flight From Esau
God Blesses Jacob
Jacob’s Dream
Luz renamed Bethel
Bethel becomes a holy site
New name used only by Israel
Jacob’s Vow
Give God a tenth (tithe)
God fulfills it (Genesis 32:10)
Life of Jacob
Beersheba
Luz
Hebron
Bethel
Twenty Years in Haran
Jacob’s Two Wives (When 1 + 1 = 4)
Jacob tricked into marrying Leah
Jacob marries Rachel one week later
Jacob’s Children (“the war of the wombs”)
Jacob’s twelve sons (*see chart handed out in class)
Jacob’s daughters
Life of Jacob
Return Trip to Canaan
Laban’s Pursuit
Why Jacob fled secretly
God told him to leave
Feared Laban
Why Laban pursued
To take away Jacob’s family
To recover his household idols
Life of Jacob
Beersheba
Luz
Hebron
Bethel
Return Trip to Canaan
Jacob Enters the Land
Jacob and Two Camps (Mahanaim)
In fear of Esau’s approach he splits his family into two camps
Jacob realizes God’s faithfulness
Jacob Renamed Israel
Wrestles with God
“Israel” sounds like a compound word of “strive” and “God”
Life of Jacob
Beersheba
Luz
Hebron
Bethel
Mahanaim
Peniel
Return Trip to Canaan
Jacob Encounters Esau
Esau has over 400 men!
Esau forgives Jacob
Settles in Succoth
Dinah and the “Battle” of Shechem
Affected the inheritance
Circumcision was practiced
Life of Jacob
Beersheba
Luz
Hebron
BethelSuccoth
Shechem
Return Trip to Canaan
Jacob Returns to Bethel
God renames him Israel again
God also reaffirms the covenant
Transition to a Focus on Joseph
Rachel dies giving birth
Reuben’s sin with Bilhah
Isaac dies at Mamre
(a.k.a. Hebron or Kiriath-arba)
Life of Jacob
Beersheba
Luz
Hebron
Bethel
Shechem