Latest / Dwelling Place: The Bible for Moms / #17. Genesis 28-32 | Wrestling for Blessing
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- 0:00This
- 0:00is
- 0:00the
- 0:00Dwelling
- 0:01Place
- 0:01from
- 0:01Entrusted
- 0:02Ministries,
- 0:02and
- 0:02I'm
- 0:02Stephanie
- 0:03Hickox.
- 0:03Today
- 0:04we're
- 0:04looking
- 0:04at
- 0:04Genesis
- 0:0528
- 0:05through
- 0:0532.
- 0:06We're
- 0:06gonna
- 0:06focus
- 0:07specifically
- 0:07on
- 0:08three
- 0:08portions
- 0:08of
- 0:08scripture
- 0:09regarding
- 0:09Jacob's
- 0:10story.
- 0:10Rebecca
- 0:11asked
- 0:11Isaac
- 0:11to
- 0:12send
- 0:12Jacob
- 0:12away
- 0:12to
- 0:13find
- 0:13a
- 0:13wife
- 0:13from
- 0:14their
- 0:14people.
- 0:14It
- 0:15seems
- 0:15Isaac
- 0:15surrenders
- 0:16and
- 0:16realizes
- 0:17that
- 0:17Jacob
- 0:17is
- 0:18to
- 0:18be
- 0:18the
- 0:18son
- 0:18of
- 0:19the
- 0:19promise.
- 0:20what
- 0:20an
- 0:20intimidating
- 0:21journey
- 0:21this
- 0:21must
- 0:22have
- 0:22been
- 0:22for
- 0:22a
- 0:22man
- 0:22that's
- 0:23been
- 0:23raised
- 0:23at
- 0:23his
- 0:23mother's
- 0:24side,
- 0:24now
- 0:25he's
- 0:25going
- 0:25to
- 0:25make
- 0:25an
- 0:25incredibly
- 0:26long
- 0:26journey
- 0:26on
- 0:26his
- 0:27own.
- 0:27God
- 0:27shows
- 0:28up
- 0:28and
- 0:28says,
- 0:28I'll
- 0:29be
- 0:29with
- 0:29you
- 0:29and
- 0:29I'll
- 0:30bless
- 0:30you
- 0:30for
- 0:31the
- 0:31first
- 0:31time,
- 0:31God
- 0:32reveals
- 0:32his
- 0:32threefold
- 0:33covenant
- 0:33to
- 0:33Jacob,
- 0:34give
- 0:34him
- 0:34the
- 0:34land
- 0:35that
- 0:35his
- 0:35offspring
- 0:36will
- 0:36be
- 0:36abundant
- 0:36and
- 0:37that
- 0:37he'll
- 0:37bless
- 0:37him.
- 0:38And
- 0:38it's
- 0:38intentional
- 0:39that
- 0:39it's
- 0:39on
- 0:39his
- 0:39way
- 0:40out
- 0:40of
- 0:40the
- 0:40land.
- 0:41God
- 0:41says,
- 0:41I'll
- 0:41bring
- 0:41you
- 0:42back.
- 0:42In
- 0:42Genesis
- 0:4328
- 0:4310,
- 0:44we
- 0:44read
- 0:44Jacob
- 0:45left
- 0:45Beersheba
- 0:46and
- 0:46went
- 0:47toward
- 0:47Iran
- 0:47and
- 0:47came
- 0:48to
- 0:48a
- 0:48certain
- 0:48place
- 0:49and
- 0:49stayed
- 0:49there
- 0:49that
- 0:50night
- 0:50because
- 0:50the
- 0:51sun
- 0:51had
- 0:51set
- 0:52taking
- 0:52one
- 0:52of
- 0:52the
- 0:52stones
- 0:53of
- 0:53the
- 0:53place,
- 0:54he
- 0:54put
- 0:54it
- 0:54under
- 0:54his
- 0:55head
- 0:55and
- 0:55laid
- 0:55down
- 0:56in
- 0:56that
- 0:56place
- 0:56to
- 0:56sleep.
- 0:57And
- 0:57he
- 0:57dreamed
- 0:58and
- 0:58behold,
- 0:59there
- 0:59was
- 0:59a
- 0:59letter
- 1:00set
- 1:00up
- 1:00on
- 1:00the
- 1:00Earth
- 1:01and
- 1:01the
- 1:01top
- 1:02of
- 1:02it
- 1:02reached
- 1:02to
- 1:02heaven,
- 1:03and
- 1:03behold,
- 1:03the
- 1:04angels
- 1:04of
- 1:04God
- 1:05were
- 1:05ascending
- 1:05and
- 1:05descending
- 1:06on
- 1:06it.
- 1:07And
- 1:07behold,
- 1:07the
- 1:08Lord
- 1:08stood
- 1:08above
- 1:08it
- 1:08all.
- 1:09And
- 1:09said,
- 1:10I
- 1:10am
- 1:10the
- 1:10Lord,
- 1:11the
- 1:11God
- 1:11of
- 1:11Abraham,
- 1:12your
- 1:12father,
- 1:13and
- 1:13the
- 1:13God
- 1:13of
- 1:14Isaac.
- 1:14The
- 1:14land
- 1:15on
- 1:15which
- 1:15you
- 1:15lie,
- 1:16I
- 1:16will
- 1:16give
- 1:16to
- 1:16you
- 1:17and
- 1:17to
- 1:17your
- 1:17offspring.
- 1:18Your
- 1:18offspring
- 1:19shall
- 1:19be
- 1:19like
- 1:19the
- 1:19dust
- 1:20of
- 1:20the
- 1:20earth
- 1:21and
- 1:21you
- 1:21shall
- 1:21spread
- 1:22abroad
- 1:22to
- 1:22the
- 1:22west
- 1:23and
- 1:23to
- 1:23the
- 1:23east
- 1:24and
- 1:24to
- 1:24the
- 1:24north
- 1:25and
- 1:25to
- 1:25the
- 1:25south.
- 1:26And
- 1:26in
- 1:27you
- 1:27and
- 1:27your
- 1:28offspring
- 1:28shall
- 1:29all
- 1:29the
- 1:29families
- 1:30of
- 1:30the
- 1:30earth
- 1:30be
- 1:30blessed.
- 1:31Behold,
- 1:32I
- 1:32am
- 1:32with
- 1:33you
- 1:33and
- 1:33will
- 1:33keep
- 1:34you
- 1:34wherever
- 1:34you
- 1:34go
- 1:35and
- 1:35will
- 1:36bring
- 1:36you
- 1:36back
- 1:36to
- 1:36this
- 1:37land
- 1:37for
- 1:37I
- 1:38will
- 1:38not
- 1:38leave
- 1:38you
- 1:38until
- 1:39I
- 1:39have
- 1:39done
- 1:39what
- 1:40I
- 1:40have
- 1:40promised
- 1:40you.
- 1:41Then
- 1:41Jacob
- 1:41awoke
- 1:42from
- 1:42sleep
- 1:42and
- 1:43said,
- 1:43surely
- 1:44the
- 1:44Lord
- 1:44is
- 1:44in
- 1:44this
- 1:45place,
- 1:45and
- 1:45I
- 1:45did
- 1:46not
- 1:46know
- 1:46it.
- 1:46Then
- 1:47Jacob
- 1:47made
- 1:47a
- 1:47vow
- 1:48saying,
- 1:48if
- 1:48God
- 1:49will
- 1:49be
- 1:49with
- 1:49me
- 1:50and
- 1:50will
- 1:50keep
- 1:50me
- 1:50in
- 1:51this
- 1:51way,
- 1:51that
- 1:51I
- 1:51go
- 1:52and
- 1:52will
- 1:52give
- 1:53me
- 1:53bread
- 1:53to
- 1:53eat
- 1:53and
- 1:53clothing
- 1:54to
- 1:54wear,
- 1:54so
- 1:55that
- 1:55I
- 1:55come
- 1:55again
- 1:55to
- 1:56my
- 1:56father's
- 1:56house
- 1:56in
- 1:57peace,
- 1:57then
- 1:57the
- 1:58Lord
- 1:58shall
- 1:58be
- 1:59my
- 1:59God
- 2:00This
- 2:00is
- 2:00one
- 2:00of
- 2:00those
- 2:00times
- 2:01again
- 2:01where
- 2:01looking
- 2:01to
- 2:01the
- 2:02Hebrew
- 2:02names
- 2:02of
- 2:02God
- 2:03is
- 2:03really
- 2:03going
- 2:03to
- 2:03give
- 2:03us
- 2:03an
- 2:04indicator
- 2:04of
- 2:04Jacob's
- 2:04heart
- 2:05when
- 2:05he
- 2:05says,
- 2:06surely
- 2:06the
- 2:06Lord
- 2:07was
- 2:07in
- 2:07this
- 2:07place
- 2:08and
- 2:08I
- 2:08didn't
- 2:08know
- 2:08it.
- 2:09He
- 2:09uses
- 2:09Yahweh,
- 2:10the
- 2:10Covenant
- 2:10God
- 2:11name.
- 2:11But
- 2:11at
- 2:11the
- 2:12end
- 2:12when
- 2:12he
- 2:12says,
- 2:12if
- 2:12God
- 2:13will
- 2:13keep
- 2:13me
- 2:13safe
- 2:14and
- 2:14bless
- 2:15me,
- 2:15then
- 2:15the
- 2:15Lord
- 2:16shall
- 2:16be
- 2:16my
- 2:16God.
- 2:17So
- 2:17he
- 2:17is
- 2:17saying,
- 2:17if
- 2:18this
- 2:18happens,
- 2:19then
- 2:19Yahweh
- 2:19will
- 2:19be
- 2:20my
- 2:20God.
- 2:20And
- 2:20we
- 2:21don't
- 2:21see
- 2:21him
- 2:21refer
- 2:21to
- 2:22God
- 2:22as
- 2:22Yahweh
- 2:22throughout
- 2:23the
- 2:23next
- 2:23several
- 2:23chapters.
- 2:24He
- 2:24always
- 2:25refers
- 2:25to
- 2:25him
- 2:25as
- 2:25the
- 2:26God
- 2:26of
- 2:26Abraham
- 2:27or
- 2:27the
- 2:27fear
- 2:27of
- 2:27Isaac.
- 2:28Be
- 2:28on
- 2:28the
- 2:28lookout
- 2:29as
- 2:29we
- 2:29keep
- 2:29reading
- 2:30to
- 2:30see
- 2:30when
- 2:31and
- 2:31how
- 2:31Jacob's
- 2:32heart
- 2:32embraces
- 2:33God
- 2:33for
- 2:33himself
- 2:34And
- 2:34as
- 2:34Jacob
- 2:35Obediently
- 2:35honors
- 2:36his
- 2:36parents
- 2:36to
- 2:36go
- 2:36look
- 2:37for
- 2:37a
- 2:37spouse,
- 2:38Esau
- 2:38decides
- 2:38to
- 2:39take
- 2:39yet
- 2:39another
- 2:40wife
- 2:40from
- 2:40Ishmael's
- 2:41Line.
- 2:41We
- 2:41see
- 2:41over
- 2:42and
- 2:42over
- 2:42that
- 2:42Jacob's
- 2:43line
- 2:43is
- 2:44the
- 2:44line
- 2:44of
- 2:44the
- 2:44righteous
- 2:44seed,
- 2:45but
- 2:45Esau's
- 2:46line
- 2:46is
- 2:46the
- 2:46unrighteous
- 2:47seed.
- 2:47Esau's
- 2:48line
- 2:48often
- 2:49represents
- 2:49the
- 2:49desires
- 2:50of
- 2:50the
- 2:50flesh.
- 2:51Jacob
- 2:51does
- 2:51find
- 2:52a
- 2:52woman.
- 2:52He
- 2:52wants
- 2:53to
- 2:53make
- 2:53his
- 2:53wife.
- 2:53And
- 2:53he
- 2:53approaches
- 2:54her
- 2:54father.
- 2:55In
- 2:55chapter
- 2:5529,
- 2:56beginning
- 2:56in
- 2:56verse
- 2:5718,
- 2:57Jacob
- 2:58loved
- 2:58Rachel
- 2:59and
- 2:59he
- 2:59said,
- 2:59I
- 3:00will
- 3:00serve
- 3:00you
- 3:00seven
- 3:01years
- 3:01for
- 3:01your
- 3:01younger
- 3:02daughter.
- 3:02Rachel
- 3:03Laben
- 3:03said,
- 3:04it
- 3:04is
- 3:04better
- 3:05that
- 3:05I
- 3:05give
- 3:05her
- 3:05to
- 3:05you
- 3:06than
- 3:06that
- 3:06I
- 3:06should
- 3:07give
- 3:07her
- 3:07to
- 3:07any
- 3:08other
- 3:08man.
- 3:08Stay
- 3:09with
- 3:09me.
- 3:09So
- 3:10Jacob
- 3:10served
- 3:10seven
- 3:11years
- 3:11for
- 3:11Rachel
- 3:12and
- 3:12they
- 3:12seemed
- 3:12to
- 3:13him,
- 3:13but
- 3:13a
- 3:13few
- 3:14days
- 3:14because
- 3:15of
- 3:15the
- 3:15love
- 3:15he
- 3:15had
- 3:15for
- 3:16her.
- 3:16Then
- 3:16Jacob
- 3:17said
- 3:17to
- 3:17Leman,
- 3:18give
- 3:18me
- 3:18my
- 3:18wife,
- 3:18that
- 3:19I
- 3:19may
- 3:19go
- 3:19into
- 3:19her
- 3:20for
- 3:20my
- 3:20time
- 3:20is
- 3:20completed.
- 3:21So
- 3:22Leman
- 3:22gathered
- 3:22together
- 3:23all
- 3:23the
- 3:23people
- 3:24of
- 3:24the
- 3:24place
- 3:25and
- 3:25made
- 3:25a
- 3:25feast.
- 3:26But
- 3:26in
- 3:26the
- 3:26evening
- 3:26he
- 3:27took
- 3:27his
- 3:27daughter
- 3:27Leah
- 3:28and
- 3:28brought
- 3:28her
- 3:28to
- 3:28Jacob,
- 3:29and
- 3:29he
- 3:29went
- 3:29into
- 3:30her
- 3:30Leman,
- 3:31gave
- 3:31his
- 3:31female
- 3:31servant
- 3:32Zpa
- 3:33to
- 3:33his
- 3:33daughter
- 3:33Leah,
- 3:33to
- 3:34be
- 3:34her
- 3:34servant.
- 3:35And
- 3:35in
- 3:35the
- 3:35morning,
- 3:36behold,
- 3:36it
- 3:36was
- 3:37Leah
- 3:37and
- 3:37Jacob
- 3:38said
- 3:38to
- 3:38Laben.
- 3:39What
- 3:39is
- 3:39this
- 3:39that
- 3:40you
- 3:40have
- 3:40done
- 3:40to
- 3:40me?
- 3:41Did
- 3:41I
- 3:41not
- 3:41serve
- 3:42with
- 3:42you
- 3:42for
- 3:42Rachel?
- 3:43Why
- 3:43then
- 3:43have
- 3:44you
- 3:44deceived
- 3:44me?
- 3:45Laben
- 3:45said
- 3:46it
- 3:46is
- 3:46not
- 3:46so
- 3:47done
- 3:47in
- 3:47our
- 3:47country
- 3:48to
- 3:48give
- 3:48the
- 3:48younger
- 3:48before
- 3:49the
- 3:49firstborn.
- 3:50Complete
- 3:50the
- 3:50week
- 3:51of
- 3:51this
- 3:51one
- 3:51and
- 3:52we
- 3:52will
- 3:52give
- 3:52you
- 3:52the
- 3:52other.
- 3:53Also
- 3:53in
- 3:53return
- 3:54for
- 3:54serving
- 3:54me
- 3:54another
- 3:55seven
- 3:55years,
- 3:56Jacob
- 3:56did
- 3:56so
- 3:57and
- 3:57completed
- 3:57her
- 3:58week.
- 3:58Then
- 3:58Laben
- 3:59gave
- 3:59him
- 3:59his
- 3:59daughter,
- 4:00Rachel,
- 4:00to
- 4:00be
- 4:00his
- 4:01wife.
- 4:01Laben
- 4:01gave
- 4:02his
- 4:02female
- 4:02servant
- 4:03Boha
- 4:03to
- 4:03his
- 4:03daughter
- 4:04Rachel,
- 4:04to
- 4:04be
- 4:04her
- 4:05servant.
- 4:06So
- 4:06Jacob
- 4:06went
- 4:06into
- 4:07Rachel
- 4:07also,
- 4:08and
- 4:08he
- 4:08loved
- 4:09Rachel
- 4:09more
- 4:09than
- 4:09Leah,
- 4:10and
- 4:10served
- 4:10Laben
- 4:11for
- 4:11another
- 4:11seven
- 4:12years.
- 4:12When
- 4:13the
- 4:13Lord
- 4:13saw
- 4:13that
- 4:14Leah
- 4:14was
- 4:14hated,
- 4:15he
- 4:15opened
- 4:15her
- 4:15womb.
- 4:16But
- 4:16Rachel
- 4:17was
- 4:17barren
- 4:18and
- 4:18Leah
- 4:18conceived
- 4:19and
- 4:19Boris's
- 4:19son,
- 4:19and
- 4:20she
- 4:20called
- 4:20his
- 4:20name
- 4:20Reuben
- 4:21for
- 4:21she
- 4:21said,
- 4:22because
- 4:22the
- 4:22Lord
- 4:23has
- 4:23looked
- 4:23upon
- 4:23my
- 4:23affliction
- 4:24for
- 4:24now
- 4:25my
- 4:25husband
- 4:25will
- 4:25love
- 4:26me.
- 4:26She
- 4:27conceived
- 4:27again
- 4:27and
- 4:28Boris's
- 4:28son
- 4:28and
- 4:28said,
- 4:29because
- 4:29the
- 4:29Lord
- 4:30has
- 4:30heard
- 4:30that
- 4:30I
- 4:30am
- 4:30hated.
- 4:31He
- 4:31has
- 4:31given
- 4:32me
- 4:32this
- 4:32son
- 4:32also
- 4:33and
- 4:33she
- 4:33called
- 4:34his
- 4:34name
- 4:34Simeon
- 4:35again.
- 4:35She
- 4:35conceived
- 4:36and
- 4:36bore
- 4:36a
- 4:36son
- 4:37and
- 4:37said,
- 4:37now,
- 4:38this
- 4:38time
- 4:38my
- 4:39husband
- 4:39will
- 4:39be
- 4:39attached
- 4:40to
- 4:40me
- 4:40because
- 4:41I
- 4:41have
- 4:41born
- 4:41him
- 4:41three
- 4:41sons.
- 4:42Therefore
- 4:43his
- 4:43name
- 4:43was
- 4:43called
- 4:44Levi,
- 4:45and
- 4:45she
- 4:45conceived
- 4:45again
- 4:46and
- 4:46bore
- 4:46a
- 4:46son
- 4:47and
- 4:47said,
- 4:47this
- 4:48time
- 4:48I
- 4:49will
- 4:49praise
- 4:49the
- 4:49Lord.
- 4:50Therefore,
- 4:51she
- 4:51called
- 4:51his
- 4:51name
- 4:51Judah.
- 4:52Then
- 4:53she
- 4:53ceased
- 4:53bearing.
- 4:55Jacob
- 4:55seems
- 4:55to
- 4:55have
- 4:55met
- 4:55his
- 4:56match
- 4:56here
- 4:56with
- 4:56Laben
- 4:57Laben
- 4:57tricks
- 4:58and
- 4:58deceives
- 4:58him.
- 4:59And
- 4:59how
- 4:59can
- 4:59we
- 4:59not
- 5:00see
- 5:00the
- 5:00irony
- 5:01when
- 5:01Laben
- 5:01says
- 5:01it
- 5:02is
- 5:02not
- 5:02so
- 5:02done
- 5:02in
- 5:02our
- 5:02country
- 5:03to
- 5:03give
- 5:03the
- 5:03younger
- 5:04before
- 5:04the
- 5:04firstborn?
- 5:05I
- 5:05mean,
- 5:05that's
- 5:05the
- 5:06story
- 5:06of
- 5:06Jacob's
- 5:06life.
- 5:07This
- 5:07is
- 5:07not
- 5:07God's
- 5:07original
- 5:08plan
- 5:09at
- 5:09all,
- 5:09and
- 5:09we
- 5:09see
- 5:09disaster
- 5:10written
- 5:10all
- 5:10over
- 5:11it.
- 5:11One
- 5:12Corinthians
- 5:1213
- 5:12tells
- 5:13us
- 5:13that
- 5:13love
- 5:13is
- 5:13patient.
- 5:14It
- 5:14must
- 5:14have
- 5:14been
- 5:15a
- 5:15deep
- 5:15love
- 5:16that
- 5:16Jacob
- 5:16had
- 5:16for
- 5:16Rachel
- 5:17that
- 5:17he
- 5:17was
- 5:17willing
- 5:18to
- 5:18work
- 5:18so
- 5:18hard
- 5:19and
- 5:19so
- 5:19long
- 5:19for
- 5:19her.
- 5:20We'll
- 5:20see
- 5:20an
- 5:20absolute
- 5:21contrast
- 5:21to
- 5:21that
- 5:21in
- 5:22tomorrow's
- 5:22reading.
- 5:22When
- 5:23we're
- 5:23told
- 5:23that
- 5:23Leah
- 5:23had
- 5:24weak
- 5:24eyes.
- 5:25Some
- 5:25translations
- 5:26say
- 5:26her
- 5:26eyes
- 5:26were
- 5:26delicate,
- 5:27it
- 5:27could
- 5:27have
- 5:27meant
- 5:28that
- 5:28she
- 5:28had
- 5:28lighter
- 5:28eyes
- 5:29as
- 5:29opposed
- 5:30to
- 5:30the
- 5:30dark
- 5:30eyes.
- 5:30That
- 5:31would've
- 5:31been
- 5:31more
- 5:31prevalent
- 5:32amongst
- 5:32cultures
- 5:33at
- 5:33that
- 5:33time
- 5:33It's
- 5:33something
- 5:34that's
- 5:34often
- 5:34prized
- 5:35today,
- 5:35but
- 5:35it
- 5:36may
- 5:36have
- 5:36allowed
- 5:36her
- 5:36to
- 5:36be
- 5:36less
- 5:37preferred
- 5:37yet
- 5:38the
- 5:38Lord
- 5:38is
- 5:38consistent
- 5:39in
- 5:39being
- 5:40the
- 5:40God
- 5:40who
- 5:40sees
- 5:41and
- 5:41hears,
- 5:41particularly
- 5:42with
- 5:43these
- 5:43women
- 5:43that
- 5:43have
- 5:43been
- 5:43cast
- 5:44off
- 5:44by
- 5:44others.
- 5:45Jacob
- 5:45May
- 5:45have
- 5:45loved
- 5:46Rachel
- 5:46more
- 5:46than
- 5:46Leah,
- 5:46but
- 5:47the
- 5:47Lord
- 5:47didn't.
- 5:48The
- 5:48progression
- 5:48of
- 5:48the
- 5:49way
- 5:49that
- 5:49she
- 5:49names
- 5:49her
- 5:49children.
- 5:50Is
- 5:50really
- 5:50indicative
- 5:51of
- 5:51her
- 5:51heart.
- 5:52For
- 5:52the
- 5:52first
- 5:52three
- 5:53children,
- 5:53she's
- 5:53focused
- 5:53on
- 5:54her
- 5:54husband's
- 5:54response.
- 5:55But
- 5:55the
- 5:55fourth
- 5:56child,
- 5:56when
- 5:56she
- 5:56says,
- 5:57this
- 5:57time,
- 5:58I
- 5:58will
- 5:58praise
- 5:58the
- 5:58Lord.
- 5:59It's
- 5:59really
- 6:00beautiful
- 6:00because
- 6:01this
- 6:01fourth
- 6:01child,
- 6:01is
- 6:02the
- 6:02messianic
- 6:02line.
- 6:03Jesus
- 6:04will
- 6:04be
- 6:04born.
- 6:05Through
- 6:05Leah's
- 6:05line,
- 6:06she
- 6:06even
- 6:07has
- 6:07two
- 6:07more
- 6:07sons.
- 6:08We
- 6:08see
- 6:08an
- 6:08interesting
- 6:08story
- 6:09about
- 6:09the
- 6:09speckled
- 6:10and
- 6:10the
- 6:10spotted
- 6:10lamps.
- 6:11God
- 6:11promised
- 6:11that
- 6:12he
- 6:12would
- 6:12be
- 6:12with
- 6:12Jacob
- 6:13and
- 6:13that
- 6:13he
- 6:13would
- 6:13bring
- 6:13him
- 6:13back
- 6:13to
- 6:14safety,
- 6:14and
- 6:14he
- 6:15has
- 6:15blessed
- 6:15him,
- 6:16but
- 6:16it's
- 6:16not
- 6:17been
- 6:17in
- 6:17the
- 6:17absence
- 6:18of
- 6:18trials.
- 6:19It's
- 6:19an
- 6:19important
- 6:20reminder
- 6:20for
- 6:20us
- 6:21that
- 6:21the
- 6:21presence
- 6:21of
- 6:21the
- 6:21Lord
- 6:22is
- 6:22our
- 6:22greatest
- 6:22blessing
- 6:23on
- 6:23this
- 6:23earth,
- 6:23but
- 6:24it
- 6:24doesn't
- 6:24mean
- 6:24that
- 6:24we'll
- 6:25be
- 6:25spared
- 6:25from
- 6:26injustices
- 6:26or
- 6:26tribulation.
- 6:27He's
- 6:27a
- 6:28rescuer
- 6:28and
- 6:28a
- 6:28redeemer,
- 6:29but
- 6:29he
- 6:29doesn't
- 6:30always
- 6:30spares
- 6:30from
- 6:31difficulties.
- 6:31It
- 6:32seems
- 6:32to
- 6:32me
- 6:32that
- 6:32Jacob
- 6:33learns
- 6:33to
- 6:33honor
- 6:33Leah
- 6:34more
- 6:34as
- 6:34time
- 6:34goes
- 6:35on.
- 6:35He
- 6:35consults
- 6:36with
- 6:36her
- 6:36when
- 6:36he
- 6:36decides
- 6:37what
- 6:37to
- 6:37do
- 6:37about
- 6:38the
- 6:38way
- 6:38that
- 6:38Laben
- 6:38is
- 6:38deceiving
- 6:39him
- 6:39over
- 6:39and
- 6:40over,
- 6:40In
- 6:40chapter
- 6:4132,
- 6:41as
- 6:42Jacob
- 6:42praised
- 6:42that
- 6:42God
- 6:43would
- 6:43protect
- 6:43him,
- 6:43and
- 6:43he
- 6:43says,
- 6:44please
- 6:44deliver
- 6:45me
- 6:45from
- 6:45the
- 6:45hand
- 6:45of
- 6:45my
- 6:46brother,
- 6:46for
- 6:46I
- 6:46fear
- 6:47him
- 6:47that
- 6:47he
- 6:47may
- 6:47come
- 6:48and
- 6:48attack
- 6:48me,
- 6:49the
- 6:49mothers
- 6:49and
- 6:50the
- 6:50children,
- 6:50he's
- 6:51praying
- 6:51for
- 6:51Leah's
- 6:51protection.
- 6:52I
- 6:52think
- 6:52we're
- 6:53given
- 6:53some
- 6:53hints
- 6:53that
- 6:53he
- 6:54grew
- 6:54in
- 6:54the
- 6:54way
- 6:54he
- 6:54treated
- 6:55her.
- 6:55Still,
- 6:56we
- 6:56can't
- 6:56shy
- 6:56away
- 6:57from
- 6:57the
- 6:57fact
- 6:57that
- 6:57Jacob
- 6:58certainly
- 6:58was
- 6:58given
- 6:59to
- 6:59favoritism
- 7:00and
- 7:00God
- 7:00is
- 7:00going
- 7:00to
- 7:00use
- 7:01even
- 7:01that
- 7:02to
- 7:02redeem
- 7:02his
- 7:02people.
- 7:03In
- 7:03chapter
- 7:0432,
- 7:04verse
- 7:0424,
- 7:05Jacob
- 7:06was
- 7:06left
- 7:06alone
- 7:07and
- 7:07a
- 7:07man
- 7:07wrestled
- 7:07with
- 7:08him
- 7:08until
- 7:08the
- 7:08breaking
- 7:09of
- 7:09the
- 7:09day.
- 7:10When
- 7:10the
- 7:10man
- 7:10saw
- 7:10that
- 7:11he
- 7:11did
- 7:11not
- 7:11prevail
- 7:11against
- 7:12Jacob,
- 7:12he
- 7:13touched
- 7:13his
- 7:13hip
- 7:13socket
- 7:14and
- 7:14Jacob's
- 7:15hip
- 7:15was
- 7:15put
- 7:15out
- 7:15of
- 7:15joint
- 7:16as
- 7:16he
- 7:16wrestled
- 7:16with
- 7:17him.
- 7:17Then
- 7:17he
- 7:18said,
- 7:18let
- 7:18me
- 7:18go
- 7:19for
- 7:19the
- 7:19day
- 7:19as
- 7:19broken.
- 7:20But
- 7:20Jacob
- 7:20said,
- 7:21I
- 7:21will
- 7:21not
- 7:22let
- 7:22you
- 7:22go
- 7:22unless
- 7:22you
- 7:23bless
- 7:23me.
- 7:23And
- 7:24he
- 7:24said
- 7:24to
- 7:24him,
- 7:24what
- 7:25is
- 7:25your
- 7:25name?
- 7:26And
- 7:26he
- 7:26said,
- 7:26Jacob.
- 7:27Then
- 7:27he
- 7:27said,
- 7:28your
- 7:28name
- 7:28shall
- 7:29no
- 7:29longer
- 7:29be
- 7:29called
- 7:30Jacob,
- 7:30but
- 7:31Israel,
- 7:31for
- 7:32you
- 7:32have
- 7:32striven
- 7:33with
- 7:33God
- 7:33and
- 7:33with
- 7:34men
- 7:34and
- 7:34have
- 7:34prevailed.
- 7:35Then
- 7:35Jacob
- 7:36asked
- 7:36him,
- 7:36please
- 7:37tell
- 7:37me
- 7:37your
- 7:37name,
- 7:38but
- 7:38he
- 7:38said,
- 7:39why
- 7:39is
- 7:39it
- 7:39that
- 7:39you
- 7:40asked
- 7:40my
- 7:40name?
- 7:41And
- 7:41there
- 7:41he
- 7:41blessed
- 7:42him.
- 7:42So
- 7:42Jacob
- 7:43called
- 7:43the
- 7:43name
- 7:43of
- 7:43the
- 7:43place,
- 7:44penal
- 7:44saying,
- 7:45for
- 7:45I
- 7:46have
- 7:46seen
- 7:46God
- 7:46face
- 7:47to
- 7:47face,
- 7:48and
- 7:48yet
- 7:48my
- 7:48life
- 7:49has
- 7:49been
- 7:49delivered.
- 7:50The
- 7:50commentaries
- 7:51I've
- 7:51studied
- 7:51are
- 7:51quite
- 7:52convinced
- 7:52that
- 7:52this
- 7:52was
- 7:53the
- 7:53angel
- 7:53of
- 7:53the
- 7:53Lord
- 7:54meaning
- 7:54the
- 7:54pre-incarnate
- 7:55Jesus.
- 7:56There
- 7:56are
- 7:56several
- 7:56reasons
- 7:57for
- 7:57this,
- 7:57but
- 7:57one
- 7:57indicator
- 7:58is
- 7:58the
- 7:58name
- 7:59change.
- 7:59I
- 7:59God
- 8:00changed
- 8:00Jacob's
- 8:01name
- 8:01to
- 8:01Israel
- 8:02and
- 8:02it
- 8:02means
- 8:02he
- 8:02struggles
- 8:03with
- 8:03God.
- 8:04And
- 8:04if
- 8:04you
- 8:04look
- 8:04at
- 8:04Jose
- 8:0512
- 8:05four,
- 8:05if
- 8:06you
- 8:06wanna
- 8:06do
- 8:06a
- 8:06little
- 8:06extra
- 8:07research,
- 8:07there's
- 8:08additional
- 8:08insight
- 8:08on
- 8:09the
- 8:09life
- 8:09of
- 8:09Jacob
- 8:10and
- 8:10on
- 8:10this
- 8:10wrestling
- 8:11match.
- 8:11it
- 8:11may
- 8:12not
- 8:12be
- 8:12sitting
- 8:12right
- 8:12with
- 8:12you
- 8:13as
- 8:13you
- 8:13hear
- 8:13that
- 8:13Jacob
- 8:14prevailed
- 8:14against
- 8:15the
- 8:15man.
- 8:15Well,
- 8:16prevailed
- 8:16doesn't
- 8:16necessarily
- 8:17mean
- 8:17that
- 8:17Jacob
- 8:17won.
- 8:18It
- 8:18means
- 8:18he
- 8:18prevailed
- 8:19in
- 8:19receiving
- 8:20the
- 8:20blessing
- 8:21that
- 8:21he
- 8:21just
- 8:21didn't
- 8:22give
- 8:22up.
- 8:22And
- 8:22at
- 8:23the
- 8:23end
- 8:23where
- 8:23it
- 8:23says,
- 8:23yet
- 8:24my
- 8:24life
- 8:24has
- 8:24been
- 8:24preserved,
- 8:25it
- 8:25might
- 8:26be
- 8:26better
- 8:26translated,
- 8:27and
- 8:27my
- 8:27soul
- 8:28has
- 8:28been
- 8:28rescued
- 8:29or
- 8:29saved.
- 8:29Jacob's
- 8:30life
- 8:30has
- 8:30been
- 8:30characterized
- 8:31by
- 8:31striving
- 8:32with
- 8:32God
- 8:32and
- 8:33with
- 8:33man,
- 8:33but
- 8:33he
- 8:34hasn't
- 8:34given
- 8:34up.
- 8:35There's
- 8:35definitely
- 8:35some
- 8:35character
- 8:36growth
- 8:36in
- 8:36terms
- 8:37of
- 8:37integrity
- 8:37and
- 8:37honesty,
- 8:38but
- 8:38we
- 8:38know
- 8:39how
- 8:39nervous
- 8:39he
- 8:39is
- 8:39to
- 8:40meet
- 8:40his
- 8:40brother,
- 8:40and
- 8:40we'll
- 8:41hear
- 8:41how
- 8:41that
- 8:41reunion
- 8:42goes
- 8:42tomorrow.
- 8:42But
- 8:43I
- 8:43wonder
- 8:43if
- 8:43all
- 8:44of
- 8:44this
- 8:44anxiety
- 8:45was
- 8:45pent
- 8:45up
- 8:45in
- 8:45him.
- 8:46And
- 8:46if
- 8:46the
- 8:46Lord
- 8:47allowed
- 8:47this
- 8:47wrestling
- 8:47match
- 8:48to
- 8:48be
- 8:48something
- 8:48that
- 8:48brought
- 8:49his
- 8:49body
- 8:49and
- 8:49his
- 8:49soul
- 8:50peace
- 8:50and
- 8:50trusting
- 8:51in
- 8:51God's
- 8:51plan
- 8:51for
- 8:52him
- 8:52to
- 8:52come
- 8:52back
- 8:52to
- 8:52his
- 8:52home
- 8:53and
- 8:53face
- 8:53his
- 8:53brother,
- 8:54we
- 8:54can
- 8:54be
- 8:54thankful
- 8:55that
- 8:55we
- 8:55serve
- 8:55a
- 8:55God
- 8:56that
- 8:56will
- 8:56wrestle
- 8:56with
- 8:56us
- 8:57until
- 8:57we
- 8:57submit
- 8:57to
- 8:57him.
- 8:58As
- 8:58St.
- 8:58Augustine
- 8:59said,
- 8:59our
- 9:00souls
- 9:00are
- 9:00restless.
- 9:01Until
- 9:01they
- 9:01find
- 9:02their
- 9:02rest
- 9:03in
- 9:03him.
- 9:03Let's
- 9:04pray.
- 9:04Heavenly
- 9:05Father,
- 9:05today
- 9:06we
- 9:06come
- 9:06before
- 9:06you
- 9:07asking
- 9:07for
- 9:07integrity
- 9:08to
- 9:08reign
- 9:08in
- 9:09our
- 9:09homes,
- 9:09both
- 9:10in
- 9:10ourselves
- 9:10and
- 9:10in
- 9:10our
- 9:11children.
- 9:11As
- 9:11Jacob
- 9:12said,
- 9:12surely
- 9:13the
- 9:13Lord
- 9:13was
- 9:13in
- 9:13this
- 9:13place
- 9:14and
- 9:14I
- 9:14did
- 9:14not
- 9:14realize
- 9:15it.
- 9:15I
- 9:15pray
- 9:16that
- 9:16we
- 9:16would
- 9:16live
- 9:16lives
- 9:17that
- 9:17would
- 9:17indicate
- 9:18that
- 9:18we
- 9:18understand
- 9:19you
- 9:19are
- 9:20everywhere
- 9:20and
- 9:20that
- 9:21we
- 9:21would
- 9:21live
- 9:21for
- 9:21you.
- 9:22Help
- 9:22this
- 9:22reality
- 9:23to
- 9:23impact
- 9:24all
- 9:24that
- 9:24we
- 9:24do
- 9:25and
- 9:25say,
- 9:25whether
- 9:26it's
- 9:26the
- 9:26tone
- 9:27and
- 9:27the
- 9:27way
- 9:27we
- 9:27speak
- 9:28to
- 9:28our
- 9:28children
- 9:28and
- 9:29our
- 9:29spouses,
- 9:30and
- 9:30the
- 9:30way
- 9:30that
- 9:30we
- 9:31handle
- 9:31the
- 9:31stress
- 9:31and
- 9:32the
- 9:32overwhelm
- 9:32of
- 9:32life,
- 9:33and
- 9:33we
- 9:33pray.
- 9:34That
- 9:34it
- 9:34would
- 9:34impact
- 9:35what
- 9:35our
- 9:35children
- 9:35say
- 9:36and
- 9:36do,
- 9:36that
- 9:36they
- 9:36would
- 9:37be
- 9:37drawn
- 9:37to
- 9:37honor
- 9:38you
- 9:38because
- 9:38they
- 9:38sense
- 9:39how
- 9:39real
- 9:40and
- 9:40true
- 9:40you
- 9:40are.
- 9:41Thank
- 9:41you,
- 9:41Jesus,
- 9:42that
- 9:42as
- 9:42you
- 9:42were
- 9:43ascending
- 9:43into
- 9:43heaven,
- 9:44you
- 9:44said
- 9:44that
- 9:44you
- 9:44would
- 9:45always
- 9:46be
- 9:46with
- 9:46us,
- 9:47and
- 9:47that
- 9:47Hebrews
- 9:47tells
- 9:48us
- 9:48that
- 9:48you
- 9:48will
- 9:48never,
- 9:49never,
- 9:49never
- 9:50leave
- 9:51us
- 9:51or
- 9:51forsake
- 9:51us.
- 9:52May
- 9:52that
- 9:52reality
- 9:53give
- 9:53us
- 9:54an
- 9:54unshakeable
- 9:55peace.
- 9:55In
- 9:56your
- 9:56mighty
- 9:56name,
- 9:56Jesus
- 9:57we
- 9:57pray.
- 9:58Amen.