genesis week 8 – lessons from deception “he said, “are you really my son esau?” he answered,...
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GenesisWeek 8 – Lessons from Deception
“He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.” Gen 27:24
Text: Gen 26:34 – 31:55
Scene Setter Isaac is old, dim eyed, and preparing to die.
Given this, was both Isaac’s physical and spiritual eyesight dim?
Do you recall Abraham’s final wish for Isaac? Find a good wife from his kinsmen Now it is Isaac’s turn
Gen 26:34-35 – Esau took Hittite wives Judith, daughter of Beeri & Basemath, daughter of Elon Made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah? Why? Can children do the same thing to parents today? If so,
how?
Hittite artifacts shown at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations at Ankara, Turkey
The Deception27:5-27:46 – Rebekah & Jacob’s deception
Was it successful?
Consequences Good or Bad? Isaac: blinded by his traditions, growing dim spiritually, his will was
thwarted, 27:37 Esau: cheated out of his blessing 27:38, incited to murder 27:41-42 Jacob: compromised himself spiritually and forced into exile 27:43 Rebekah: loses her child to exile 27:43
Jacob Receives Isaac's Blessing Jusepe de Ribera
(1637)
Jacob’s Journey
• ••Bethel
•Beer-sheba
Hebron ••Bethlehem
CANAAN
Shechem
Succoth• Penuel•
MahanaimGILEAD
EDOM (SEIR)
CYPRUS
Mediterranean Sea (Great Sea)
ARAM
PADDAN-ARAM
• Haran
MESOPOTAMIA
Jacob’s Ladder Dream – Evidence God was with
him
550 Miles – about a 2 Month Walk
Exile Road Gen 28 – Bethel ladder dream was
a sort of conversion for Jacob
Hebrew “ladder” could also denote a “stair way”
Significance Confirmation God was with Jacob Purpose of a ladder or stairway? Look at John 1:51
28:16 - Jacob understood that God could be with him on earth at that place
Bethel means “House of God”
Jacob's Dream, Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael) (1519)
Jacob Arrives in Haran29:10 – Offer’s genuine generosity and assistance by the
well
29:18 - Jacob Loved Rachael and offered to serve Laban for 7 years for her
A Dose of his Own Medicine29:25 - Whoa, Your not Rachael!How did Jacob react to this?Do you think God was trying to teach Jacob a lesson? If so,
what?
Kid Contest Jacob loved Rachael more than Leah
God blesses Leah with children (Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah)
30:1 – Rachael says, “Give me children or I will die!” Rachael gives Bilhah to to Jacob (Dan, Naphtali) Leah gives Zilpah to Jacob (Gad, Asher)
Leah (Issachar) for mandrakes (Zebulun, Dinah)
Rachael (Joseph)
Rachel
Leah, Michelangelo (1545)
Jacob’s Children Leah
(Fertile Myrtle)
Bilhah (Rachael’s
Slave)
Zilpah(Leah’s Slave)
Rachael
1 Reuben
2 Simeon
3 Levi
4 Judah
5 Dan
6 Naphtali
7 Gad
8 (Reuben’s Mandrakes)
Asher
9 Issachar
10
Zebulun
11
Dinah
12
Joseph
13
Benjamin
Jacob and Laban Jacob employs some fancy breeding techniques and grows
wealthy
31:1-23 – Laban becomes jealous of Joseph and cheats him by changing his wages 10 times
31:2 – Jacob perceives that Laban is souring on him
3,13 – God tells Jacob to go home
31:11 – Angel confirms Jacob’s hunch about Laban and tells him to go home
31:19-20 – Jacob waited for Laban to leave to go shear sheep Does this indicate that Jacob, the cheater hadn’t changed?
The Pursuit
• ••Bethel
•Beer-sheba
Hebron ••Bethlehem
CANAAN
Shechem
Succoth• Penuel•
MahanaimGILEAD
EDOM (SEIR)
CYPRUS
Mediterranean Sea (Great Sea)
ARAM
PADDAN-ARAM
• Haran
MESOPOTAMIA
Euphrates
• Jacob gets 3-day head start.• Took Laban 7 days to catch Jacob
Laban Catches JacobGen 31:25-42
v.28 – didn’t even get to kiss his grandkids!!!
Stolen gods
The argument over the wealth; who owed whom
They establish a boundary and covenant
Laban kisses his kids goodbye and returns home
Jacob’s TimelineEvent Appro
x Age of
Jacob
Scripture
Grandfather Abraham Dies 15 25:7
Jacob sent to Laban in Haran 77 28:5
Marries Leah & Rachael 84 29:21-30, 30:1
Father’s Joseph with Rachael 91 30:22-24
Flees from Laban to Canaan 9 31
Joseph Sold into Slavery 108 37:12-36
Isaac Dies (Lived 43 years more) 120 35:28-29, 25:26 & 35:28
Reunited with Joseph (Moves to Egypt)
130 47:9, 28
Dies 147 47:28
Blessing LeahFrom what tribe was Jesus?
Who was Judah’s mom?
What a blessing for Leah!
Who was the priestly tribe?
Who was Levi’s mom?
What a blessing for Leah!
EyesightIsaac’s was dim physically & spiritually
Eli’s began to grow dim in 1 Sam 3:1-2
Both their “dimness” affected their childrenIsaac failed to get a good wife for EsauEli failed to impress upon his son’s the proper
ways of priesthood 1 Sam 2:12-17
Matt 6:22-24 – Jesus draws and analogy in the “eyes as the lamp of the body”
Discipline of the LordGod clearly disciplines Jacob
His promises do not negate:Jacob’s responsibility to GodJacob’s consequences in dealing with Esau
Even through Christ paid our debtWe still have a responsibility:
To GodTo truthTo the Church leadership and fellow Christians
Discipline helps us purge sin
We still face consequences for sin
Undeserved BlessingsGen 30:43 - the Cheater receives blessings
Jacob recognizes God’s grace
God’s blessings are all around us…even when we are in exile and suffering
Toward Next Week
Summary
Week 9 – From Jacob to Israel