Ask for him also the kingdomfor he is my older brothereven for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah! Then King Solomon swore by the LORD saying, May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. Haran. 2Ki 17:27,28 In later times Bethel is named only once under the scarcely-altered name of Beitin. Jos 15:13,14; 21:13 Sarah died at Hebron; and Abraham then bought from Ephron the Hittite the field and cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb Ge 23:2-20 The cave is still there, and the massive walls of the Haram or mosque, within which it lies, form the most remarkable object in the whole city. When Isaac was about 160 years of age, Jacob and his mother conspired to deceive the aged patriarch (Gen. 27), with the view of procuring the transfer of the birthright to himself. In the same neighborhood He vouchsafed a vision to Abram (Genesis 14; Genesis 15:1) after Melchizedek had met him in the valley near Salem and Abram paid tithe of the spoils of Chedorlaomer. It matters a great deal. in 1971. (3.) S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. 3. We may, of course, resist them, but we cannot prevent them. Jacob purchased a parcel of land here in Shechem and actually made for himself a dwelling place in the land of Canaan (Gen. 33:18-20). In this experience Jacob learned a lesson which is pertinent to us as well: safety is not to be found in our own strength nor in alliances with pagans, but in the fear of God, which causes us to maintain the purity He demands. Spiritually, however, Jacob was not near to God at all. It was at Mahanaim that a host of angels came to comfort Jacob. Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him. It was about 12 miles N. of Jerusalem. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. In the context of this text, Jacob has fled from Laban, not knowing that Rachel has stolen her fathers household gods (Genesis 31:19-20). While Jacob dilly-dallied and drug his feet for ten years, he finally arrived. Succoth. Then he sent [] as a gift [] to his brother Esau 14 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 ewes and 20 rams, 15 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, and 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys. But while the guilt and condemnation are dealt with, the consequences of sin remain. It was the favorite home of Abraham. Later History: Probably during the captivity Hebron came into the hands of Edom, though it appears to have been colonized by returning Jews (Neh 11:25); it was recovered from Edom by Simon Maccabeus (1 Macc 5:65; Josephus, Ant, XII, viii, 6). To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4,5) makes reference. 1653 Jacob is 147 years old. E. of this mount stands the ruin Tel er Rijmah, "the mound of the heap," answering to Ai or Hai. Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. This, say some, is the very tree beneath which Abraham pitched his tent, and it still bears the name of the patriarch. Jacob actually purchased a some land at Shechem. The Canaanites feared any military action or resistance because they were convinced of the fierceness of the sons of Jacob and of the might of their God. 19:2; 1 Chr. God got it right, down to the last detail. [2][3] Before the birth of Benjamin, Jacob is renamed "Israel" by an angel, the name after which the modern nation of Israel is named. [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? Jacob came to Shechem following his reunion with Esau after a 21-year exile in Haran. But here we are told that the possession of such gods was much more common in the camp of Jacob than by just Rachel. The water is excellent, and grass with crocuses and lilies abounds. "Summer and winter houses" too, and "great houses" and "houses of ivory." Shechem son of Hamor, the king of the city of Shechem, saw her and fell in love with her. This is our first indication that God wanted Jacob to complete his vow at Bethel when He told Isaac's son to leave Laban's country (31:13). Hebron was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Ch 11:10). Simeon (son of Jacob) - Wikipedia Jacob's son Joseph is later buried in this tomb when his body is brought back from Egypt in c.1405BC (see Joshua 24:32). Jacob seems to have little desire to do the will of God which he knows. It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. Yes, Jacob does mislead his brother. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es- Seba, i.e., "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two principal wells and five smaller ones. This rendering creates an unnecessary conflict with what Jacob actually does. H. C. Leupold, Exposition of Genesis (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1942), II, p. 914. Jacob reunites with Esau (Genesis 33:1 - 33:20) - Bible Blender Man cannot first choose God, for he is born at enmity with God. During the civil war with Benjamin the tribes took the ark thither to consult God (compare 1 Samuel 10:3). Q. His sons were with his livestock out in the open country, so Jacob kept quiet until they came home." - Genesis 34:3-5 GOD'S WORD Translation (GW) "The mount of the Lord" (Genesis 22:14) means almost always Mount Zion. Name. Genesis 33:18-35:29 NASB - Jacob Settles in Shechem - Now Jacob - Bible Jehovah's vision to David in the same spot, before the preparation for building the temple there, revived the name Moriah (2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Samuel 24:24-25.) However, Abraham did not settle in Shechem. Shechem, Jacob's Well, Samaritan Woman, Mt. Gerizim, Mt. Ebal, Joshua 36. The Way Back (Genesis 35:1-29) | Bible.org Timeline. It lay South of Shiloh (Jdg 21:19). Choice. In obedience to the command of God, Jacob finally returned to Bethel, and there he built an altar, calling the place El-Bethel, for the God of Bethel had revealed Himself there. Jacob was correct in his assessment of the danger of staying in that area (cf. Genesis 37: Jacob and His Brothers - Swedenborg Digital Library Jacob had left Padan-aram where he had lived for twenty-one years, marrying both Leah and Rachel ( Genesis 29:16-30 ). Strange to say, Isaac lived to witness Jacobs grief over Joseph. Leupold, Genesis, II, p. 929. Jacob has many faults, but he is committed to serving the Lord. [See MOUNT MORIAH] 2. 21 . (3.) Jacobs condition is not that different from many Christians in our own time. It was originally called Kirjath-Arba, " The city of Arba." No doubt, there was . The final lesson is what we might call the certainty of sanctification. Jacob lives in Egypt for seventeen years after his arrival (Genesis 47:28). What is the importance of Shechem in the Bible? And he put the maids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. 1Ki 16:34 3. Isaacs death is now reported, though it did not take place for another twelve or thirteen years. Indeed, Theodor Herzl's utopia Old New Land could be viewed as a. It was in the city of Beersheba where Jacob deceived his brother Esau and the strife developed, Jacob departed from Beersheba to go to his family in PadanAram, to the city of Haran (Gen. 25:28-34; 27:1-46). Jacob to Shechem. Gods will can be resisted for a season and at a great price, but ultimately God will create an atmosphere in which we will gladly hear and obey. Now I want to be very clear that Jacob did not suffer the penalty for his sins. Joshua 24:1-25 NLT - bible.com We should recall that Joseph, the name she had given her first son, meant, literally, add to me (Genesis 30:24), expressing her desire for yet another son. of Bethel. Conflict, covenant and choice - lessons from Shechem The Cross And Our Response to Trials (1 Peter 4:12-19), 8. 1. Oak. Gen 32:4 Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, 32:5 and instructed them as follows, "Thus shall you say, 'To my lord Esau, thus says your servant Jacob: "I stayed with Laban and remained until now; 32:6 and I send this message to my lord in the hope of gaining your favor.'". We cannot thwart the purposes of God for our lives. 19:28).Hebron in Fausset's Bible Dictionary 1. Jacob knew that there could be no approach to God in an impure condition. One Step Forward(33:1-16) Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. The Days of the Monarchy: David, when a fugitive, received kindness from the people of this city (1 Sam 30:31); here Abner was treacherously slain by Joab at the gate (2 Sam 3:27), and the sons of Rimmon, after their hands and feet had been cut off, were hanged "beside the pool" (2 Sam 4:12). No doubt Deborah was one to whom Jacob felt very attached, especially if he knew that his mother had died. Verse 9 is unusual in that it almost seems to overlook the time which lapsed between Jacobs departure from Paddan-aram and his going up to Bethel. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley running from N. to S. (probably that of Eshcol, whence the spies got the great cluster of grapes, Numbers 13:23), surrounded by rocky hills, still famed for fine grapes. It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. Nowhere are we told that Jacob gave a tithe, as he had promised years before (28:22). The Human Face on the Divine Chariot: Jacob the Knight, Jerubaal, Jacob, and the Battle for Shechem: A Tradition History,, The Northern Tribal Tradition of Settling the Land,, The Rape of Dinah, Added as a Motive for the Sack of Shechem,, Jacobs merit is why his descendants are given the land (Ramban, 1, Jacob performed a ritual act in which he threw arrows towards the land in order to possess it by magic, which eventually comes true when the Israelites conquer the land hundreds of years later (Ramban 2. Egypt. Jacob Settles in Shechem. 11 Bethel was only thirty miles away from Shechem, and yet it was quite ten years since Jacobs return into Canann. Jacob's Well is also about 250 feet from the archaeological ruins of ancient Shechem. It appears to have been captured by Joshua (8:7), and it was allotted to Benjamin (Josh 18:22). 16:1; 1 Sam. 12 We can deduce that some time has passed from two lines of inquiry. Jacob's parents had been married for 20 years before the birth of these twins, their only children, in 1858 B.C.E. The blessings spoken by God are remarkably similar to those given to Abraham in Genesis 17:4-7. Abraham saw Moriah at some little distance (Genesis 22:4) on the third day; the distance, two days' journey from Beersheba, would just bring him to Zion, but not so far as Moreh and Gerizim (Genesis 12:6) where some fix Moriah. The town was situated in a narrow valley - the "Valley of the Eschol; " whose sides are clothed with vineyards, groves of olives, and other fruit trees. God does not, like many of us do as parents, yell and holler, fuss and fume, over the disobedience of His children. Jacob shows us, Matthew Henry writes, that "where we have a tent God must have an altar, where we have a house he must have a church in it.". One of the largest oaks in Israel is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. 14. [] He told his servants, "Pass over before me, and keep some distance . You must, in biblical terminology, be born again (John 3:3); you must be saved (Acts 4:12; 16:31). Secondly, we know that Joseph was 17 when he was sold into slavery, and this seems to be not too long after Jacob went to Bethel for the second time (37:2). Here was the ark of the covenant. Jacob and Joseph Timeline - Bible Study The Babylonians - Learn about ancient Babylon and the people who lived there. No mention is made of her youthfulness or attractiveness. In Jdg 1:22 ff it is represented as held by Canaanites, from whom the house of Joseph took it by treachery (compare 1 Ch 7:28). I have been young, and now I am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Or his descendants begging bread. Jacob and his mother deceived his father Isaac into blessing Jacob and he fled eastward. Jacob learned and realized for the first time God's intention to save the whole world through the sacrifice of His only Son who would be a descendant of his, the Jewish Messiah. It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. The story of Dinah recounts an episode in which the girl (or young woman) goes out to see the "daughters of the land" (34:1) but is raped, seduced, and/or abducted by Shechem, a Hivite prince, who subsequently falls in love with her. It is possible that she came bearing the news of Rebekahs death and then stayed on with Jacob. Then she said, I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you. So she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife. And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? "Seven wells" is improbable on etymological grounds; the numeral should in that case be first. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a libation on it; he also poured oil on it. Times of Joshua and Judges: The spies visited Hebron and near there cut the cluster of grapes (Nu 13:22 f). It lay, like all threshing floors, outside the city, upon Mount Moriah, N.E. But "life-long sorrow, disgrace, and trials, in the retributive providence of God, followed as a consequence of this double union." 3. Jacob finally arrived in Haran at the home of his uncle Laban and dwelt there for 14 years. 5:5); and here he was anointed as king over all Israel (2 Sam. 34:30). Caleb drove out from Hebron the "three sons of Anak" (Josh 14:12; 15:14); it became one of the cities of Judah (Josh 15:54), but was set apart for the Kohathite Levites (Josh 21:10 f), and became a city of refuge (Josh 20:7). At the end of 20 years, Jacob had to deceive Laban (Gen 31:20) and flee for his life and left to return to Beersheba but actually settled in Shechem (Gen 33:18). Acts 13:48; 16:14; Philippians 1:6,29). 23 The command of our Lord, This be doing in remembrance of Me (Luke 22:19, my translation), is a present imperative, suggesting a continuing observance through the ages, till He comes (cf. He is persuaded to accept Jacob's gifts. After the death of Saul, David was here anointed king (2 Sam 5:3) and reigned here 7 1/2 years, until he captured Jerusalem and made that his capital (2 Sam 5:5); while here, six sons were born to him (2 Sam 3:2). It was thirty years after Jacob's vow to return to Bethel that he determined to fulfill it, and this in light of the fact that Bethel lay only thirty miles from Shechem. Ge 37:14 comp. If this explanation is correct, is this not a kind of poetic justice for his father Jacob, who so desired the headship of the family that he would cheat his brother and deceive his father? Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born and Sarah was past 90. Abram doubtless built the altar, and afterwards stood with Lot when giving him his choice of the land (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:10). The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. This accounts for a school of prophets of Jehovah being there in Elijah's time (2 Kings 2:2-3). 17 Notice that Moses wrote, . It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). 20:18, 31; 21:2). Joseph's bones being buried in the land God swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob marks the faithfulness of an eternally-faithful Promise Keeper. 34:1ff.). Psalm 20:7, 33:13-22; Isaiah 30:1-3, 15, 31:1, 41:10-16; Jeremiah 5:17, 17:5-8). 2. HEBRON is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing, and it is in this respect the rival of Damascus. Genesis 37: Jacob and His Brothers. Joseph's tomb can still be seen today in Shechem (modern-day Nablus). He had also built an altar at Shechem (33:20), so there must have been some kind of religious observance there. In the Scriptures, however, I see little of this happening, either to Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob. 8:17-19); and (4) the promise of the Seed in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gen. 22:18). As a result of a severe drought in Canaan, Jacob moved to Egypt at the time when his son Joseph was viceroy. His messengers told him the news of Esau's coming (Gen. 32:6-8) and Jacob became troubled and prayed for help and deliverance (Gen. 32:9-12). Walking the Bible . Timeline | PBS Second, it designates a specific oak, probably one that could be pointed out in Moses day (cf. From outward appearances Jacob was not that far from Godonly thirty miles distant from Bethel. I do not wish to imply that I am in favor of no military defense system or in a weak or obsolete one. II Samuel 12:9-12). For Jacob, this event served as a rededication to the God Who had set His love on Him in eternity past and Who had sought him out thirty years before when he was fleeing from Esau.
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