1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,800 Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,280 in a year. 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:14,400 Yesterday we heard how Jacob fled from his father's house after the incident where he 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:19,440 tricks his father into giving him the blessing instead of Esau, his older brother, and how 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,560 his mother tells him to flee so that Esau doesn't harm him. 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:28,440 So he flees and on his way to his uncle's house we hear about the vision that he has 7 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,640 where there's a ladder extending from the earth to heaven and angels ascending and descending 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:37,480 and where God makes the covenant with him in that place and he calls the place Bethel 9 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:39,520 or the house of God. 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,920 Today we're going to read about what happens after he spends many years in his uncle's 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,960 house and gets married and has many children and has lots of possessions and how he ends 12 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,460 up fleeing again and deceiving his uncle. 13 00:00:53,460 --> 00:00:56,560 But this time his uncle catches up with him and we're going to hear about what happens 14 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,640 there, we're also going to hear about what happens when Esau, his brother, eventually 15 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:06,280 catches up with him and the very famous incident where Jacob wrestles with God. 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,680 Alright, let's begin. 17 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:15,620 Today's reading is from Genesis chapters 31, 32, and 33. 18 00:01:15,620 --> 00:01:17,340 Chapter 31. 19 00:01:17,340 --> 00:01:22,660 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons saying Jacob has taken away all that was our 20 00:01:22,660 --> 00:01:28,000 fathers and from what was our fathers he has acquired all his wealth. 21 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:32,400 And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban and indeed it was not favorable toward him as 22 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,400 before. 23 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,840 Then the Lord said to Jacob, return to the land of your fathers and to your family and 24 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,380 I will be with you. 25 00:01:39,380 --> 00:01:44,280 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock and said to them, I 26 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,880 see your father's countenance that it is not favorable toward me as before, but the 27 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:54,300 God of my father has been with me and you know that with all my might I have served 28 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:55,480 your father. 29 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,460 Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow 30 00:02:00,460 --> 00:02:02,000 him to hurt me. 31 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,000 If he said thus, the speckled shall be your wages, then all the flocks bore speckled. 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,780 And if he said thus, the streaked shall be your wages, then all the flocks bore streaked. 33 00:02:12,780 --> 00:02:17,260 So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me. 34 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:21,840 And it happened at the time when the flock conceived that I lifted my eyes and saw in 35 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,820 a dream and behold the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled and gray 36 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:27,820 spotted. 37 00:02:27,820 --> 00:02:32,620 And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream saying, Jacob, and I said, here I am. 38 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:38,320 And he said, lift your eyes now and see all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, 39 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,240 speckled and gray spotted. 40 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,880 For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. 41 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:48,280 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to me. 42 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,240 Now arise, get out of this land and return to the land of your family. 43 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:57,520 Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, is there still any portion or inheritance 44 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,800 for us in our father's house? 45 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,860 Are we not considered strangers by him? 46 00:03:02,860 --> 00:03:06,760 For he has sold us and also completely consumed our money. 47 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:12,760 For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children's. 48 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,520 Now then, whatever God has said to you, do it. 49 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:20,360 Then Jacob rose and set his sons and his wives on camels. 50 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,800 And he carried away all his livestock and all his possessions which he had gained, his 51 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,800 acquired livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram to go to his father Isaac in the 52 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:31,320 land of Canaan. 53 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:36,840 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep and Rachel had stolen the household idols that 54 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,560 were her father's. 55 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,560 Then Jacob stole away unknown to Laban the Syrian in that he did not tell him that he 56 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,140 intended to flee. 57 00:03:45,140 --> 00:03:47,120 So he fled with all that he had. 58 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,960 He arose and crossed the river and headed toward the mountains of Gilead. 59 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,060 And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled. 60 00:03:55,060 --> 00:04:00,000 Then he took his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days journey. 61 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,440 And he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead. 62 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,860 But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night and said to him, be careful 63 00:04:06,860 --> 00:04:10,840 that you speak to Jacob, neither good nor bad. 64 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:12,520 So Laban overtook Jacob. 65 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:17,480 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountains and Laban with his brethren pitched in the 66 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,360 mountains of Gilead. 67 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:24,960 And Laban said to Jacob, what have you done that you have stolen away unknown to me and 68 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,640 carried away my daughters like captives taken with the sword? 69 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,840 Why did you flee away secretly and steal away from me and not tell me? 70 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:37,040 For I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp. 71 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,220 And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. 72 00:04:40,220 --> 00:04:42,720 Now you have done foolishly in so doing. 73 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,880 It is in my power to do you harm. 74 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:49,000 But the God of your father spoke to me last night saying, be careful that you speak to 75 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,320 Jacob neither good nor bad. 76 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,800 And now you have surely gone because you greatly long for your father's house. 77 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,080 But why did you steal my gods? 78 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,160 Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, because I was afraid for I said perhaps you would 79 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,000 take your daughters from me by force. 80 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,320 With whomever you find your gods, do not let him live. 81 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,840 In the presence of our brethren, identify what I have of yours and take it with you. 82 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:17,560 For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them. 83 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:22,520 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent and into the two maid's tents. 84 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,040 But he did not find them. 85 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,340 Then he went out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's tent. 86 00:05:27,340 --> 00:05:31,960 Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put them in the camel's saddle and sat on 87 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:32,960 them. 88 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,120 And Laban searched all about the tent but did not find them. 89 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:40,480 And she said to her father, let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise before you, for 90 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,400 the manner of women is with me. 91 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,880 And he searched but did not find the household idols. 92 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,520 Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban. 93 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:53,360 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, what is my trespass? 94 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,880 What is my sin that you have so hotly pursued me? 95 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,880 Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you 96 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:02,080 found? 97 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:07,360 Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both. 98 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,440 These twenty years I have been with you. 99 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:14,840 Your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young and I have not eaten the rams 100 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:16,520 of your flock. 101 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,720 That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you. 102 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,240 I bore the loss of it. 103 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,760 You acquired it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 104 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:26,760 There I was. 105 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:32,840 In a day the drought consumed me and the frost by night and my sheep departed from my eyes. 106 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,320 Thus I have been in your house twenty years. 107 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,440 I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock. 108 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,160 And you have changed my wages ten times. 109 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:48,440 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the fear of Isaac had been with me, surely 110 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,080 now you would have sent me away empty handed. 111 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,760 God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night. 112 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:01,280 And Leban answered and said to Jacob, these daughters are my daughters and these children 113 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,560 are my children and this flock is my flock. 114 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,720 All that you see is mine. 115 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:12,320 But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne? 116 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:17,040 Now therefore come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between 117 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,760 you and me. 118 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,720 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 119 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,840 Then Jacob said to his brethren, gather stones. 120 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:26,920 And they took stones and made a heap. 121 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,680 And they ate there on the heap. 122 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,600 Leban called it, Jagar Sahaduta. 123 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,920 But Jacob called it, Galid. 124 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:38,400 And Leban said, this heap is a witness between you and me this day. 125 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,540 Therefore its name was called Galid, also Misbah. 126 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:48,140 Because he said, may the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another. 127 00:07:48,140 --> 00:07:52,680 If you afflict my daughters or if you take other wives besides my daughters. 128 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:58,000 Although no man is with us, see God is witness between you and me. 129 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,840 Then Leban said to Jacob, here is this heap and here is this pillar which I have placed 130 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,840 between you and me. 131 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:09,400 This heap is a witness and this pillar is a witness that I will not pass beyond this 132 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:15,420 heap to you and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me for harm. 133 00:08:15,420 --> 00:08:20,360 The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor and the God of their Father judge between us. 134 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,440 And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. 135 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,400 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his brethren to eat bread. 136 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,100 And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain. 137 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:36,400 And early in the morning Leban arose and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. 138 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,480 Then Leban departed and returned to his place. 139 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,000 Chapter 32 140 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,100 So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him. 141 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:48,800 When Jacob saw them he said, this is God's camp. 142 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,920 And he called the name of the place Mahanim. 143 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:56,720 Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country 144 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:57,720 of Edom. 145 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,360 And he commanded them saying, speak thus to my lord Esau. 146 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,320 Thus your servant Jacob says, I have dwelt with Leban and stayed there until now. 147 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:12,040 I have oxen, donkeys, flocks and male and female servants, and I have sent to tell my 148 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,040 lord that I may find favor in your sight. 149 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:19,720 Then the messengers returned to Jacob saying, we came to your brother Esau and he also is 150 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,240 coming to meet you. 151 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,200 And four hundred men are with him. 152 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,960 So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. 153 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,680 And he divided the people that were with him and the flocks and herds and camels into two 154 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:32,000 companies. 155 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,900 And he said, if Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the other company which 156 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:38,920 is left will escape. 157 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:44,280 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said 158 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,920 to me, return to your country and to your family and I will deal well with you. 159 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:53,640 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which you have shown 160 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:54,640 your servant. 161 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:59,960 For I crossed over this Jordan with my staff and now I have become two companies. 162 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:04,680 Over me I pray from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him lest 163 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:08,080 he come and attack me and the mother with the children. 164 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,080 For you said I will surely treat you well and make your descendants as the sand of the 165 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,420 sea which cannot be numbered for multitude. 166 00:10:15,420 --> 00:10:20,640 So he lodged there that same night and took what came to his hand as a present for Esau 167 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:21,640 his brother. 168 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:28,600 Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty male 169 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:35,760 camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. 170 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,760 Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants. 171 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:43,680 Every drove by itself and said to his servants, pass over before me and put some distance 172 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:46,020 between successive droves. 173 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:51,600 And he commanded the first one saying, when Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying 174 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:56,680 to whom do you belong and where are you going, whose are these in front of you, then you 175 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:02,440 shall say, they are your servant Jacob's, it is a present sent to my lord Esau. 176 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,440 And behold he also is behind us. 177 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:10,720 So he commanded the second, the third and all who followed the droves saying in this 178 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,040 manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him. 179 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,740 And also say, behold your servant Jacob is behind us. 180 00:11:17,740 --> 00:11:22,760 For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me and afterward I will see 181 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,480 his face, perhaps he will accept me. 182 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:32,240 So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp. 183 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:37,440 And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons 184 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,320 and crossed over the ford of Jabak. 185 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:44,240 He took them, sent them over the brook and sent over what he had. 186 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:49,440 Then Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of day. 187 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:54,560 Now when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip and 188 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:58,680 the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as he wrestled with him. 189 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,880 And he said, let me go for the day breaks. 190 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,760 But he said, I will not let you go unless you bless me. 191 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,800 So he said to him, what is your name? 192 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,720 He said, Jacob. 193 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,840 And he said, your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. 194 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,680 For you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed. 195 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:21,040 Then Jacob asked saying, tell me your name, I pray. 196 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,280 And he said, why is it that you ask about my name? 197 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:25,800 And he blessed him there. 198 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,960 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel. 199 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,360 For I have seen God face to face and my life is preserved. 200 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:39,640 Just as he crossed over Peniel, the sun rose on him and he limped on his hip. 201 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:44,080 Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is 202 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:50,880 on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank. 203 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,880 Chapter 33 204 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,120 Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there Esau was coming. 205 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,440 And with him were four hundred men. 206 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:03,880 So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maid servants. 207 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,800 And he put the maid servants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and 208 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,200 Rachel and Joseph last. 209 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,360 Then he crossed over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times until he 210 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,600 came near to his brother. 211 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:22,120 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him. 212 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,400 Then they wept. 213 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,920 And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children and said, Who are these with you? 214 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,760 So he said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant. 215 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,800 Then the maid servants came near, they and their children, and bowed down. 216 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,520 And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. 217 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:43,720 Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down. 218 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,940 Then Esau said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? 219 00:13:47,940 --> 00:13:52,960 And he said, These are to find favor in the sight of my Lord, but Esau said, I have enough 220 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,080 my brother, keep what you have for yourself. 221 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:01,080 And Jacob said, No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my 222 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:02,840 present from my hand. 223 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,640 Inasmuch as I have seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God and you were pleased 224 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:08,760 with me. 225 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,720 Please take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with 226 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,000 me and because I have enough. 227 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,480 So he urged him and he took it. 228 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:22,100 And Esau said, Let us take our journey, let us go, and I will go before you. 229 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:26,800 But Jacob said to him, My Lord knows that the children are weak and the flocks and herds 230 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:31,520 which are nursing are with me, and if the men should drive them hard one day, all the 231 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,120 flock will die. 232 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:38,080 Please let my Lord go on ahead before his servant, and I will lead on slowly at a pace 233 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:43,780 which the livestock that go before me and the children are able to endure until I come 234 00:14:43,780 --> 00:14:45,960 to my Lord in Sare. 235 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,400 And Esau said, Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me. 236 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,840 But he said, What need is there? 237 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:54,720 Let me find favor in the sight of my Lord. 238 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,480 So Esau returned that day on his way to Sare. 239 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:03,360 And Jacob journeyed to Sukkoth, built himself a house and made booth for his livestock. 240 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,280 Therefore the name of the place is called Sukkoth. 241 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:11,160 Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came 242 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,620 from Paddan Aram and he pitched his tent before the city. 243 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:19,960 Then he brought the parcel of land where he had pitched his tent from the children of 244 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,240 Hamor Shechem's father for one hundred pieces of money. 245 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:33,120 Then he erected an altar there and called it El Eloi Israel. 246 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,720 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you 247 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:38,800 again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 248 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:48,960 God bless you and have a great day.