These were some cold hearted people. If they treat their own family members that way, imagine how they would treat strangers? And Jacob was smart and sneaky. Were they all politicians? Democrats? God is against liars and thieves, but He is forgiving to those who stop, but not necessarily against shrewdness. “He saith unto him, […]
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A dream like that would be a shocker, especially with You talking. So did Jacob really work for seven years for Rachel? Once the seven years were up they celebrated and that night Laban had Leah sleep with Jacob, and they had sex. In the morning when Jacob realized that it was Leah and not
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I can understand Esau’s hatred towards Jacob. Jacob ‘s a conniver, he would do well in politics. He probably inherited that from his grandfather because he was a 1 politician, but not a conniver. His shrewdness was probably in the bloodline. He inherited the conniving ability from his mother, but the ability to negotiate
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So what’s up with Esau and his wife? “And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now,
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Jacob seems like a scammer. I don’t understand why You allowed Jacob to buy Esau’s birthright? “And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go
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