One Step Forward(33:1-16) Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. He, too, set up an altar at Shechem, and called it "El Elohe Israel." Shechem was also the site of Jacob's daughter Dinah's ill-fated love affair with the son of Hamor, also named Shechem (Gen. 34). Then, too, we shall surely listen and obey. 20 years. Jacob's son Joseph, and Joseph's brethren, were buried in Shechem (Acts 7:15-16). Our security will never come from the arm of the flesh, but only from the Sovereign God Who cares for His own (cf. A city of Judah, Jos 15:54 situated among the mountains, Jos 20:7 20 Roman miles south of Jerusalem, and the same distance north of Beersheba. For the sons of Jacob and all those who were in his household, this may have been the first clear evidence and explanation of the faith which he possessed but so poorly practiced before them. Isaac at the time was 60 years old. 19:2; 1 Chr. 2. Jacob and Esau Timeline 0 - Birth prophecy - the older shall serve the younger - Isaac is 60 (Yasher 26:12-15 & Gen_25:23-26) Jos 15:13,14; 21:13 Sarah died at Hebron; and Abraham then bought from Ephron the Hittite the field and cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb Ge 23:2-20 The cave is still there, and the massive walls of the Haram or mosque, within which it lies, form the most remarkable object in the whole city. He put the maidservants out in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. 7:16). And God said to him, Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name. Thus He called him Israel. He said, "Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau." God reminded Jacob of his vow. There seems to be little question but what Bilhah was a woman who was far from young. 19 For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought He was finally buried in Hebron at the family tomb, the Cave of Machpelah. 20:18, 31; 21:2). Adonijah knew that to claim the kings harem was to possess the kingdom. It was thirty years after Jacob's vow to return to Bethel that he determined to fulfill it, and this in light of the fact that Bethel lay only thirty miles from Shechem. The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. It should be noted that the personal names `Aqqubh and Ya`aqobhah (accent on the penult) also occur in the Old Testament, the former borne by no less than 4 different persons; also that in the Palmyrene inscriptions we find a person named `ath`aqobh, a name in which this same verb `aqabh is preceded by the name of the god `Ate, just as in `Aqabhyah it is followed by the name YahuJacob in Wikipedia (pronounced /dekb/; Hebrew: , Standard Yaakov; Septuagint Greek: ; "heel" or "leg-puller", Arabic: Yaqb), also known as Israel (Hebrew: , Standard Yisrael, Isrl; Septuagint Greek: ; "persevere with God"[1]), as described in the Bible, was the third patriarch of the Jewish people, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, named after his descendants. Shechem (/ k m / SHEK-m), also spelled Sichem (/ s k m / SIK-m; Hebrew: , romanized: em, lit. See Map of Old Testament IsraelThe land of Canaan would become the inheritance of the descendants of Abraham, and Jacob his grandson would become the father of the twelve tribes who would inherit the land promised by God. And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day." The final lesson is what we might call the certainty of sanctification. In Jos 16:1 and 1Sam 13:2 Mount Bethel, a hilly section near Beth-el, is referred to.Bethel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"): (1) A town near the place where Abraham halted and offered sacrifice on his way south from Shechem. Shechem's location, in the Promised Land, at the crossroads of trade, made it a convenient choice, helping Jacob to believe he was making his home in a good place (v. 18). Manasseh, Ephraim are between 19 and 26. Some contend that Mount Gerizim is meant, but most probably we are to regard this as one of the hills of Jerusalem. The water is excellent, and grass with crocuses and lilies abounds. 19 And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of silver. But Gods determined ends always come to pass, without a hitch and without delay. Answer Succoth (or Sukkoth) is first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 33:17. He had also built an altar at Shechem (33:20), so there must have been some kind of religious observance there. Here also, one thousand years after Abraham, David built an altar and offered sacrifices to God.Mount Moriah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Genesis 22:2; 2 Chronicles 3:1. There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. 4. When he falls, he shall not be hurled headlong; Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand. But when the seven years were expired, Laban craftily deceived Jacob, and gave him his daughter Leah. . He led the way and, as he approached his brother, bowed seven times, honoring his brother. And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you. Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him. Not only did Jacob live here and dig a well. Further, he seemed to be content to do nothing about them until now. First, I am deeply impressed with the importance of renewal. "Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God" Gen (21:33). Shechem son of Hamor, the king of the city of Shechem, saw her and fell in love with her. 2. Although Laban proved to be more deceitful than Jacob, God was with Jacob and blessed him greatly. 18 After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. Joseph's Bones and God's Faithfulness Believing at Midnight 15 It may appear from Gods command that Jacob was to dwell at Bethel (35:1) and that his departure from Bethel after a time was sinful disobedience. Moreover, Jacob gets along with its citizens, at least at first. Jud 20:18,26,31; 21:2 Authorized Version, "house of God." Previous to this time, God had chosen to fulfill His covenant to Abraham through one son to the exclusion of others. A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:28 -2. ESV And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. Identification and Description: It lay West of Ai (Gen 12:8). If this explanation is correct, is this not a kind of poetic justice for his father Jacob, who so desired the headship of the family that he would cheat his brother and deceive his father? (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) And he built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him, when he fled from his brother. David sought Gods forgiveness for his sin and received it (Psalm 51, 32), but the consequences for his acts were not held back (cf. (1) According to Genesis 49: 29-32; 50:13 Jacob was buried in the cave of Machpelah near Hebron which Abraham had bought from Ephron the Hittite (Gn . (1.) 1. Jacob reportedly bought land there from the sons of Hamor. But was it not needful that Jacob return to his father to be reconciled to him and to be with him before his death? Joseph's story began in Genesis 30 when he was born to Jacob and Rachel. We should recall that Joseph, the name she had given her first son, meant, literally, add to me (Genesis 30:24), expressing her desire for yet another son. Since we know that Joseph was born at the end of Jacobs 14-year contract with Laban (30:25-26), he would have been about six years old when Jacob left Paddan-aram (cf. Later History: Probably during the captivity Hebron came into the hands of Edom, though it appears to have been colonized by returning Jews (Neh 11:25); it was recovered from Edom by Simon Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:65; Josephus, Ant, XII, viii, 6). It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. And lest you be too quick to condemn Jacob for this, let me remind you that this is precisely the case today. What is the importance of Shechem in the Bible? Had the tragedy regarding Dinah not occurred or the slaughter of the Shechemites angered the surrounding Canaanites, I am convinced that Jacob would have been content to remain amongst the Canaanites, and worse yet, to have become one of them. Its water is very good and fresh. He was headed home, fearful that his brother Esau was still angry for being duped by Jacob many years earlier ( Genesis 27:41 ). First, from the age of Dinah in Shechem as compared to her age at the time of Jacobs departure. Laban agreed that he wanted to give Rachel to him and no one else (Gen. 29:18-19). God may thus have chosen to let this promise pass by. The disaster that befalls Dinah in chapter 34 is another hint, after the fact, that Bethel was to be Jacobs proper home. The third lesson has to do with reaping what we have sown (cf. 27:41). A town in the south of Judah (Josh. Islam sees Jacob (Ya'qub) as a Prophet of Islam and Muslims believe that he preached the same monotheistic faith as his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael. Jacob came to Shechem following his reunion with Esau after a 21-year exile in Haran. And the LORD said unto him, Go up. Gen 33:16-17. Joseph's Tomb at Shechem (Nablus) ( ) Gen 34:1-31 Jacob's sons take revenge on the people of Shechem when their sister Dinah is raped. Jacob was still at Hebron when Joseph was sent to Shechem and sold by his brethren (Gen 37:14); and Isaac's death didn't happen for 12 years afterwards, although it is mentioned in connection with the account of Jacob's arrival to Hebron (35:27) Share Improve this answer Follow edited Jun 17, 2020 at 22:05 Nigel J 28.4k 3 31 76 Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus. Strange to say, Isaac lived to witness Jacobs grief over Joseph. Leupold, Genesis, II, p. 929. Simeon (son of Jacob) - Wikipedia We may be like those in the church at Ephesus, who have lost their first love (Revelation 2:4), or those at Laodicea who, due to their wealth and security, considered themselves to be doing well spiritually when they were destitute, cold, and indifferent (Revelation 3:15-17). about 108 years. Rivaling Damascus in antiquity. of Zion. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Where did Abraham live when Isaac was born?, What does Isaac mean?, How old were Abraham and Sarah when Isaac was born? There are two accounts of the origin of the name. The larger of the two, which lies to the east, is, according to Dr. Robinson, 12 1/2 feet in diameter, and at the time of his visit (April 12) was 44 1/2 feet to the surface of the water. Man cannot first choose God, for he is born at enmity with God. During the civil war with Benjamin the tribes took the ark thither to consult God (compare 1 Samuel 10:3). Mount Moriah in Easton's Bible Dictionary the chosen of Jehovah. Finally, the Lord's intent for Jacob is made clear in 35:115, but this is probably only a direct confirmation of what Isaacs son already knew to be God's will. Secondly, we know that Joseph was 17 when he was sold into slavery, and this seems to be not too long after Jacob went to Bethel for the second time (37:2). Joseph is 56 and Benjamin is about 40. Here in Egypt Jacob met Joseph and there were great tears and rejoicing among them. They were lost years, for they were a time of independence and disobedience on Jacobs part. It was also visited by the Marquis of Bute in 1866, and by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869. Joseph's bones being buried in the land God swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob marks the faithfulness of an eternally-faithful Promise Keeper. Jacob comes to Egypt at Gen 47:9 From the promise given to Abram until Jacob comes to Egypt was 220 yrs. In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judg. Indeed, Theodor Herzl's utopia Old New Land could be viewed as a. So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). In Genesis 30:22 God remembers Rachel's prayers. Jacob leaves Beersheba and flees to Haran in c.1703BC. According to Josh 15:13 it was so called after Arba, the father of Anak. It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). Furthermore, the wives and children, who were taken captive and would be taken away, must have had Canaanite relatives eagerly seeking revenge.17 After all, what had been done to Dinah was committed on a grand scale by her brothers in their killing the men of Shechem and kidnapping the women and children. On the return from Babylon some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba (Nehemiah 11:25). Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. II Samuel 12:9-12). The surrounding country is bleak and barren, the hills being marked by a succession of stony terraces, which may have suggested the form of the ladder in Jacob's famous dream. 11 From outward appearances Jacob was not that far from Godonly thirty miles distant from Bethel. The chickens, I am compelled to remind you, do come home to roost. Matthew 1:15 - And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;Genesis 47:9 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage [are] an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.Leviticus 26:42 - Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.Deuteronomy 30:20 - That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.Genesis 31:43 - And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, [These] daughters [are] my daughters, and [these] children [are] my children, and [these] cattle [are] my cattle, and all that thou seest [is] mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?Genesis 35:20 - And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.Isaiah 44:21 - Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.Malachi 1:2 - I have loved you, saith the LORD. Then he sent [] as a gift [] to his brother Esau 14 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 ewes and 20 rams, 15 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, and 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys. The tumultuous Dinah affair also occurred during Jacob's stay at Shechem. A few centuries later, Abraham's grandson Jacob repurchased the land of Shechem from Hamor's family (Genesis 33:18-19). Surely there is a principle here for all Christians pertaining to Gods will and mans. And then His purposes will be realized in our lives. What Jacob did at Bethel was hardly novel, and what God said to him at His second appearance was nothing new. It was David's first capital. Later a troubling situation came about, the slaughter of the Shechemites by Jacob's sons, and this forced Jacob to move southward (Gen. 34:1-30). Jacob died there 17 years later, and Joseph carried Jacob's remains to the land of Canaan, where he gave them stately burial in the same Cave of Machpelah as were buried Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca and Jacob's wife Leah (Genesis 49:29- 50:14 ) Genesis 26:18 - And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Leviticus 26:42 - Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.Deuteronomy 30:20 - That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.Genesis 25:21 - And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Genesis 35:12 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.Genesis 27:46 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 24:14 - And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.Joshua 24:4 - And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.Genesis 49:31 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.Genesis 22:9 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.2 Chronicles 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.Deuteronomy 29:13 - That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Jeremiah 33:26 - Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.Deuteronomy 9:5 - Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Genesis 27:22 - And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.Exodus 33:1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:Amos 7:16 - Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.Genesis 28:6 - When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;Exodus 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.Deuteronomy 6:10 - And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,1 Kings 18:36 - And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.Genesis 22:3 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.Genesis 28:13 - And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Romans 9:7 - Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Genesis 17:19 - And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.Genesis 22:2 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.Genesis 25:20 - And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Genesis 32:9 - And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:Deuteronomy 1:8 - Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.1 Chronicles 29:18 - O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: Beersheba in Easton's Bible Dictionary well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31). It was on a main north-south travel route that linked the northern and southern parts of Israel. While this may mean little to us, I think that it was of great interest to his first readers, the Israelites, who were about to enter into the land of Canaan. Psalm 20:7, 33:13-22; Isaiah 30:1-3, 15, 31:1, 41:10-16; Jeremiah 5:17, 17:5-8). Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. However, Jacob does not go all the way to Bethel, but, as we have said, stops on the way and settles in Shechem, about a day's journey from his appointed destination (33:1819). We may appear to be walking close to God while the opposite is true. 31:41). What did Simeon and Levi do to Shechem and Hamor? The blessings spoken by God are remarkably similar to those given to Abraham in Genesis 17:4-7. And it came about when she was in severe labor that the midwife said to her, Do not fear, for now you have another son. And it came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

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