75 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 3 - Book 7 - Joseph Sold into Egypt

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 7 JACOB'S WIVES AND TWELVE SONS Genesis 25-46 We were studying about the Almighty (El Shaddai) and how He is going to make Jacob fruitful. Now I must point out that Jacob is still an unbeliever. Almighty God is! Genesis 28:5-7 "And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother." Genesis 28:8-10 "And Esau seeing that the daughter of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;..." Now we come to the story of Jacob on his way to Haran, where he has a dream. Genesis 28:12-15 It would be through the promised Messiah, that all the nations of the world, someday, would receive the blessing of God. Genesis 28:16-18 In verse 19 he names the place that becomes famous in Scripture. Later on, when he comes back, he calls another place El Beth-el, for he had met face to face the God of the House of God. "'So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:'" Is He Jacob's God yet? I think that he's bargaining with God. Genesis 29:6 (Asking about Laban) Here, we are introduced to the apple of Jacob's eye. Jacob was deceived himself this time. Jacob, the deceiver, meets his match with his Uncle Laban. Jacob has love at first sight of Rachel, and eventually comes to his wedding night. For after all, Laban can't let Rachel become his wife when Leah is the eldest. So the wily Laban pulls one on Jacob before Jacob even gets started. Jacob did not wait until the fourteen years were up before marrying Rachel. As you go through those chapters, where Jacob is there with Laban those twenty years, you'll see he has the two wives, Leah and Rachel. Finally, Rachel also has some sons by her handmaid. Now, those twelve sons are the setting for the Nation of Israel. I would hope that everyone clearly understands the Nation of Israel comes about by Abraham's son Isaac, Isaac's son Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons from which we get the TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. Word comes back to Laban, that indeed, Jacob and Laban's daughters, and the children are leaving. Then God called Abram out of idolatry, and Abram becomes a man who worships the one true God, as does Isaac, and we are going to see that Jacob will. Now, here it is in verse 30, where Laban catches up with Jacob's caravan. Genesis 31:30 "'And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longest after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?'" What kind of gods? Now, that meant something, if you had the family gods, you had it all. Genesis 31:34-36 Genesis 31:55 "And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place." Genesis 32:1-3 "And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him," "And when Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is God's host (You see Jacob is aware of all of these things that God is doing, but he is still not a "heart believer"): and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.'" Genesis 32:22 Genesis 32;24-26 Now, does Jacob know who the stranger is? Right there is the statement of Jacob's faith! Simple? Genesis 32:27,28 There is Jacob's salvation! Now he becomes a child of God. Never again does the Scripture give the account of Jacob the deceiver. Never again will you find Jacob trying to cheat someone. He is now a changed man, and that is why God changes his name. From the deceiver to the prince with God. Every good Bible student should understand these two terms; Jacob and Israel. "The LORD sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel." God sent the word into the whole nation into Jacob, but who heard it? The believers, the spiritual part of Jacob. Romans 9:6 "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect; For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:" Romans 11:26 Genesis 32:29,30 "And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name, And he said, Wherefore is it that thou doest ask after my name? Now only God can do that. Always remember, no man has seen the Triune God, the Trinity, the Spirit part of God, but they have seen God the Son all through the Old Testament. It was God the Son. It was God the Son. So, remember, no man has seen God face to face in the Trinity, but Jacob saw God the Son face to face and his life was preserved. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible