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Jacob did lots of sketchy things but God remained faithful in spite of him.
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He had a dream that his brothers would bow down to him, and was his father's favorite. The brothers were jealous of him and sold him into slavery. http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/e3.htm
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http://www.apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=82&article=1272
He's testing Abraham's faith and showing that he is in charge of everything, and decides whether to give or take away, even such things as his son. -
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hebrew-alphabet Pictographic
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https://bibleview.org/en/bible/genesisparttwo/deathofjacob/
In Genesis 30, it focuses a lot on who gave birth to which of Jacob's sons. Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah were the mothers of these twelve sons. It makes their names clear, telling us that Judah was one of Leah's six sons. Jesus from the New Testament descended from Judah. It relates because it shows how God never forgot Leah and because in her life people didn't appreciate her he blessed her by putting Jesus under her line. -
Moses compiled Genesis.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_678.cfm
Themes and Structure:
Creation, death, flood, covenant, providence
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In Matthew 1, we can see that Jesus was born in Judah's line. From the first part of the typology, we know Judah was Leah's son. This means that even though everyone thought Leah was the uglier one and didn't love her, God still did and gave her more babies, and even let the Messiah be descended from her.
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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53cfd0e5e4b057663ea1bc61/t/57b1e0b746c3c406dd172afd/1471275383444/Oral+Traditions+of+West+Africa.pdf
https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&ei=W_VPXJLdOYj4hwO-upWYDQ&q=when+was+oral+tradition+used+in+west+africa&oq=when+was+oral+tradition+used+in+west+africa&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i22i29i30.10862.12505..12704...0.0..0.143.1358.18j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j33i21j33i160.qGz5ryzW2pM -
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My parents prepared to have their lives slowly taken over by my existence. Source: Mom
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Source: my memory
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https://www.pewresearch.org
Christianity is the largest population in the world, Muslim second. Together, they take up 55.3% of the whole world in religion. Genesis 17:5-6 said that Abraham would become a father of a great nation, which can be seen through his sons today. In Genesis 17:20, God promised that Ishmael would be a great nation, which is why Islam is so popular. Exodus 2:24 said that God's covenant was with Isaac, which explains why Christianity is so big. -
I can identify with Genesis 32:22-30 because this literal idea of wrestling with God very accurately describes my spiritual journey. It says that a man wrestled Jacob in verse 24. I also am like that, because I don't let God overcome me. Jacob wanted him to bless him (verse 26), just as I want God to stop sufferings in the world. Like Jacob, my wrestling is because of something I believe God has not fulfilled.