GOD in the Old Testament - Part 19

Genesis 33:4-5

    But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with you?" he asked.

    Jacob answered, "They are the children God has graciously given your servant."

 

Genesis 33:10-11  

    "No, please!" said Jacob. "If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably. Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.  

(see all Genesis 33 and 34)

 

Genesis 35:1  

    Then God said to Jacob, "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."

 

Genesis 35:3 

"Then come, let us go up to Bethel (which means "house of God"), where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone."

 

Genesis 35:5  

Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.

 

Genesis 35:7  

There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel (which means "God of Bethel"), because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. 

 

Genesis 35:9-15  

    After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. God said to him, "Your name is Jacob (which means "he grasps the heel" a Hebrew idiom for "he deceives"), but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel (probably means "he struggles with God")." So he named him Israel.

    And God said to him, "I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you." Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him. 

    Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel (which means "house of God").  

(see all Genesis 35 through 38)

    

(parentheses are mine) 

 

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