Wrestling with God

Jacob & Laban | Genesis 30:25-31:55

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION  Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you. (Genesis 31:3) If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you …

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Leah & Rachel | Genesis 29:31-30:24

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION  When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. (Genesis 29:31) And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add to me another son!” (Genesis 30:24) Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in …

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Laban’s Deception | Genesis 29:1-30

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION  So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her. (Genesis 29:20) Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to …

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Jacob’s Vision | Genesis 28:10-22

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION  A he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heave. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! (Genesis 28:12) Tn Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and …

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Isaac Blesses Jacob | Genesis 27:1-28:9

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed! May God give you of the dew of heaven and of …

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a thought on predestination & election

And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger." Genesis 25:23 Here God provides an oracle declaring that Jacob would usurp Esau’s firstborn place. God chooses Jacob over Esau, …

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Jacob & Esau | Genesis 25

SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi. (Genesis 25:11) And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Genesis 25:21) And the LORD said to her, …

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Introduction to Genesis 25-36

Genesis is the book of beginnings. The first eleven chapters reveal how the world and humanity began and fell into sin, and chapters twelve through twenty-four displayed how God began to enact His plan of global redemption through the family of one man, Abraham. God pulled Abraham from his family, took him to a foreign …

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