going home! god has blessed him.. peace with esau?
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Going Home!
God has blessed him.
Peace with
Esau?
Esau wanted to kill him
Now he has a family
Sends messengers ahead to ask for peace
Genesis 32:3-5
He’s coming with 400 men
Genesis 32:6
Jacob has a plan
Divide into two groups
Genesis 32:8-12
Present for Esau200 female goats
20 male goats
200 ewes
20 rams
30 camels with babies
40 cows
10 bullsTo make peace with Esau
Genesis 32:13-15
Is this a good way to make peace?
How do you make peace with someone who is upset with you?
Sent his family over the brook of Jabbok
Genesis 32:22
They wrestled until day is breaking
Your name shall be Israel
Genesis 32:23-28
Who was the man who
wrestled with Jacob?
PenielHe had seen God face to Face
Genesis 32: 29-32
What would you do?
Jacob bowed to the groundGenesis 33:1-3
Esau ran to meet him
Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built a house
Genesis 33:4-5
Genesis 33:16-17
Jacob bought land in Shecham for 100 pieces of money
He built an alterEl Elohe
Genesis 33:18-20
Dina is hurt and her brothers kill all in Shecham
Genesis 34
Return to Bethel
Foreign GodsThings
that don’t please
GodGenesis 35:2-4
Jacob remembered that God had been with him on the day of his distress. (Genesis 35:3b)
It is good to remember how God hears us and helps us as he did Jacob.
Genesis 35:5
And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Israel
YasharMeans straight and
upright
ElMeans God
Genesis 35:9-10
FearArise and do not be
afraid
Matthew 17:17