Jacob exemplifies both qualities in his wrestling with the mysterious man. He answered, "For the sake of forty I will not do it." [27:3] Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me. [47:11] Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and granted them a holding in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed. When Amadeo is seventeen years old, he angers Lord Harlech, an Englishman who claims to be madly in love with him. At this they lost heart and turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?" [50:7] So Joseph went up to bury his father. [31:37] Although you have felt about through all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? [17:6] I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. [15:8] But he said, "O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?" [50:4] When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph addressed the household of Pharaoh, "If now I have found favor with you, please speak to Pharaoh as follows: [50:5] My father made me swear an oath; he said, 'I am about to die. [37:27] Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." Bury me with my ancestors - in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, [49:30] in the cave in the field at Machpelah, near Mamre, in the land of Canaan, in the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site. And they agreed to do so. [27:41] Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob." [24:45] "Before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her water jar on her shoulder; and she went down to the spring, and drew. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. U2's Bullet the Blue Sky, the 4th track on their 1987 album The Joshua Tree includes the lyric "Jacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcome." [18:1] The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. Martin Luther and John Calvin (although Calvin believed the event was "only a vision"),[10] [48:11] Israel said to Joseph, "I did not expect to see your face; and here God has let me see your children also." [5:12] When Kenan had lived seventy years, he became the father of Mahalalel. Armand, who wanted Louis for himself, influences Louis to make a Claudia a mother by turning Madeleine into a vampire thus freeing Louis from any obligations he may have had to care for Claudia. Though he was a talented painter, during his education Amadeorefuses to paint again, though he cannot fully remember the reason why. [40:21] He restored the chief cupbearer to his cupbearing, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand; [40:22] but the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. [7:24] And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred fifty days. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacobs hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. [35:22] While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it. [19:32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring through our father." which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed." And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered Rachel's. Then the angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. [31:3] Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your ancestors and to your kindred, and I will be with you." [35:8] And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank. [3:7] Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves. [38:23] Judah replied, "Let her keep the things as her own, otherwise we will be laughed at; you see, I sent this kid, and you could not find her." 2. Jacob sent a message, showing that he did not insist upon the birth-right. [3:4] But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die; [3:5] for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Scottish perspective on news, sport, business, lifestyle, food and drink and more, from Scotland's national newspaper, The Scotsman. [4:18] To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methushael, and Methushael the father of Lamech. [30:33] So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. [39] Mark Alburger's Israel in Trouble, Op. [19:23] The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. [48:22] I now give to you one portion more than to your brothers, the portion that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.". As for the faces and wings of the four of them, their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. [17:3] Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, [17:4] "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. [48:20] So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will invoke blessings, saying, 'God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.'" [40:16] When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, [40:17] and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head. " [48:15] He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, [48:16] the angel who has redeemed me from all harm, bless the boys; and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my ancestors Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude on the earth." (1-2) The writer of the Book of Revelation. He is a prince indeed that is a prince with God; those are truly honourable that are mighty in prayer. [50:1] Then Joseph threw himself on his father's face and wept over him and kissed him. [30:34] Laban said, "Good! [24:50] Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you anything bad or good. [26:10] Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? [30:30] For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly; and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face (Ps. In theatre, wrestling with the angel is mentioned in Tony Kushner's play Angels in America (1990); the version depicted in its miniseries adaptation is the 1865 version by Alexander Louis Leloir. [21:33] Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. [43:1] Now the famine was severe in the land. So he put out his hand and took it and brought it into the ark with him. [41:53] The seven years of plenty that prevailed in the land of Egypt came to an end; [41:54] and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. And he said, "There, in the tent." [30:22] Then God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb. [11:8] So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. [6:20] Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive. [29:15] Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? [2:3] So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. For he thought, "I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me." Prop 30 is supported by a coalition including CalFire Firefighters, the American Lung Association, environmental organizations, electrical workers and businesses that want to improve Californias air quality by fighting and preventing wildfires and reducing air pollution from vehicles. Thus Joseph gained authority over the land of Egypt. [23:8] He said to them, "If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron son of Zohar, [23:9] so that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. All rights reserved. As you read the account of Jacobs wrestling match, what parts of his story can you identify with? [28] It is also claimed the wrestling incident, along with other Old Testament stories of the Jewish Patriarchs, is based on Akhenaten-linked Egyptian mythology, where Jacob is Osiris/Wizzer, Esau is Set, and the wrestling match is the struggle between them.[29]. [38:8] Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her; raise up offspring for your brother." No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. [38:24] About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the whore; moreover she is pregnant as a result of whoredom." [5:8] Thus all the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years; and he died. So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. Rather, as with other, similar statements, when one saw the 'angel of the Lord,' it was appropriate to claim to have seen the face of God. [1] The account includes the renaming of Jacob as Israel (etymologized as "contends-with-God"). Then he said, "Let me go, for the day has broken." I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. So it is to be. [41:36] That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to befall the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine." [20:16] To Sarah he said, "Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; it is your exoneration before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated." I would have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre. [37:36] Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard. So it was called Allon-bacuth. Our priorities get mixed up. Jacob signifies a supplanter. [43:30] With that, Joseph hurried out, because he was overcome with affection for his brother, and he was about to weep. [6:14] Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. And this was their appearance: they had human form. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went through all the land of Egypt. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He reads the minds of the people in houses around him and kills the brother of Sybelle to save her from him and also to try and get his own strength back. [9:19] These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled. This is the true God and eternal life. But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" [31:42] If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. [31:22] On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled. [47:12] And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents. Having power with God, he shall have power with men too; he shall prevail, and gain Esau's favour. Horst Woldemar Janson, Anthony F. Janson (2004). [18:15] But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. [27:39] Then his father Isaac answered him: "See, away from the fatness of the earth shall your home be, and away from the dew of heaven on high. Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. [25:17] (This is the length of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty- seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.) He wrestled with God all night? Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. They said, "No; we will spend the night in the square. " Amadeo rapidly picks up the language and proves to be a brilliant student. [26:25] So he built an altar there, called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there. And God saw that it was good. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. He would end up losing his beloved wife, Rachel, in childbirth. In this way he reassured them, speaking kindly to them. [24:58] And they called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" [30:15] But she said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Jacob knew that he wasnt wrestling a man, but God himself, and refused to let go until He blessed him. [33:10] Jacob said, "No, please; if I find favor with you, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God - since you have received me with such favor. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. [24:6] Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there. Faith in Action - Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. [20:17] Then Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, and also healed his wife and female slaves so that they bore children. He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there." [11:16] When Eber had lived thirty-four years, he became the father of Peleg; [11:17] and Eber lived after the birth of Peleg four hundred thirty years, and had other sons and daughters. [25:11] After the death of Abraham God blessed his son Isaac. [45:11] I will provide for you there - since there are five more years of famine to come - so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.' [19:35] So they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger rose, and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she rose. [36:40] These are the names of the clans of Esau, according to their families and their localities by their names: the clans Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, [36:41] Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, [36:42] Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, [36:43] Magdiel, and Iram; these are the clans of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of Edom), according to their settlements in the land that they held. You have done things to me that ought not to be done." Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places; none of us will withhold from you any burial ground for burying your dead." their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. [41:15] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood." [29:9] While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them. [3:19] By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return." [43:6] Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?" I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father. [43:16] When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon." [47:2] From among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. Ex). [31:30] Even though you had to go because you longed greatly for your father's house, why did you steal my gods?" a 2 Because of it the ancients were well attested. We see the same kind of stories in Simon Peter and in the conversion of Saul to Paul. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn." [2:1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. Jacob's remark does not necessarily mean that the 'man' with whom he wrestled is God. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God . Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something like glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. [42:32] We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.' [2:21] So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. [38:3] She conceived and bore a son; and he named him Er. --The literal translation of this verse is, And the sons of the Elohim saw the daughters of the adam that they were good (beautiful); and they took to them wives whomsoever they chose.Of the sons of the Elohim there are three principal interpretations: the first, that of the Targums and the chief Jewish expositors, that they were the nobles, and men [19:21] He said to him, "Very well, I grant you this favor too, and will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. [9:2] The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered. [34:9] Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. [27:24] He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" [1:6] And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." [1:4] And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. [14:13] Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram. [4:13] Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear! Individual subscriptions and access to Questia are no longer available. By way of His grandfathers faith, he was in the lineage of those who would multiply into many nations. [41:19] Then seven other cows came up after them, poor, very ugly, and thin. Verses 1-8 The angels of God appeared to Jacob, to encourage him with the assurance of the Divine protection. [45:27] But when they told him all the words of Joseph that he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. [7:19] The waters swelled so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered; [7:20] the waters swelled above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. [42:22] Then Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to wrong the boy? [20:15] Abimelech said, "My land is before you; settle where it pleases you." [49:33] When Jacob ended his charge to his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. Gen.32:30 We saw Jacobs journey begin as a young man at Bethel. [15:6] And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him as righteousness. Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? [11:22] When Serug had lived thirty years, he became the father of Nahor; [11:23] and Serug lived after the birth of Nahor two hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my fathers house. But the Lord said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man. So Gideon said to Him, If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me. And he blessed him there. [26:4] I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and will give to your offspring all these lands; and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring, [26:5] because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." Proud member 9ff. [26:14] He had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. [24:57] They said, "We will call the girl, and ask her." Daniel is eventually made a vampire by Armand who doesn't want to lose Daniel and together they both go to the concert of "The Vampire Lestat". A lively sense of danger, and quickening fear arising from it, may be found united with humble confidence in God's power and promise. He served Laban for another seven years. [13], As a result of the hip injury Jacob suffered while wrestling, Jews are prohibited from eating the meat tendon attached to the hip socket (sciatic tendon),[14][15][16] as mentioned in the account at Genesis 32:32. In the tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.' [26:12] Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in the same year reaped a hundredfold. [24:22] When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold nose- ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, [24:23] and said, "Tell me whose daughter you are. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 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