This passage tells about Jacob’s departure
Before Jacob left, Isaac said two things to Jacob. The first is a command not to marry a Canaanite woman, but to marry a woman from his uncle’s family. Second, blessings were given to Jacob. This blessing inherited the blessings promised by Abraham. Thus sent Jacob away. However, Esau saw and heard his father's instructions to Jacob. The Bible uses three words for "see", one "see" and one "listen" to express Esau's attitude towards this matter. Only then did he know that his father He didn't like Canaanite women, so he made a decision to please his father, so he went to Ishmaelina and married another wife, Mahalla, in addition to his two wives. Esau's actions were to please his father and to imitate Jacob, but the wife Esau married was still not among God's blessings because Ishmael was kicked out. Ishmael was born of flesh and blood and still could not inherit God’s promises, so the wife he married was hostile to God instead of obedient to God.
Jacob left Beersheba and went to Haran. Because it was sunset, I found a stone somewhere and slept with my head on it. Because pillowing on a stone can be used for self-defense in the countryside. When he lay down to rest, he had a dream, Genesis 28:12. He dreamed that a ladder stood on the ground, with the top of the ladder reaching to the sky, and angels of God were on the ladder, ascending and descending. Moreover, God took the initiative to confirm to Jacob the blessing (land, descendants) of his grandfather Abraham through the dream, and God also took the initiative to promise to Jacob that he would be with him until the promise was fulfilled.
Genesis 28:13. The LORD stood on the top of the ladder (Note: or “standing beside him”) and said, “I am the LORD, the God of your fathers, Abraham and Isaac; The land where you lie now will be given to you and your descendants.
Genesis 28:14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth. Blessed be you and your descendants
Genesis 28:15. I am with you, and I will keep you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land, and I will never leave you. I have fulfilled my promise to you.”
When Jacob woke up, he uttered a voice of fear to God and set up the stone on which he was lying as a pillar. commemorate. And to pour oil on it means to sanctify it. Jacob also made a vow to God here. This vow is the longest one in the Old Testament. The center of this vow is centered on Jacob himself. "I" and "I" and "in me" are mentioned 12 times. , take care of me, give me, give to me, make me, for me...etc., let us see that Jacob still worships God self-centered. However, although this wish was selfish, after him Jacob was no longer a catcher, but a giver.
Summary:
1. In many things today, we are like Esau, imitating others. However, do we examine whether this matter pleases God? Are you under God's blessing?
2. Do we encounter Christ today? When we get close to the Lord, do our lives change because of the Lord?
To be a sacrifice for the Lord?