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Esau Marries Ishmael’s Daughter
The next eight chapters of Genesis is about Jacob. We see God saving Jacob (Chap. 28), subduing him (Chap’s. 29-32), separating him (Chap’s. 33-34), and sanctifying him (Chap. 35). Isaac basically had two words for his son, one social and one spiritual. First he dealt with the …

Jacob’s First Encounter With God
Jacob goes from Beersheba and stops in a rocky spot for the night. He was on his way to his uncle Laban’s house. (vv. 10- 11). During the night he has a dream and sees angles on a stairway to heaven. (v. 12) In this dream he was reminded that the God of Abraham, his grandfather, …