The town has no walls; but the main streets opening on the principal roads have gates. 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. 1. Jacob revisited the place on his return from Paddan-aram; here Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under "the oak" (Gen 35:6 f). Jacob agreed to allow his children to inter-marry with the Canaanites in order to preserve peace and to enhance his prosperity (34:8ff.). Its Position: Geographically Beersheba marked the southern limit of Judah, though theoretically this extended to the "river of Egypt" (Gen 15:18)--the modern Wady el`Avish--60 miles farther south. or from Beersheba to. This is probably due to a combination of two factors. After the lapse of twenty-one years he returned from Padan-aram with two wives, two concubines, eleven sons and a daughter, and large property. The family of Hebronites sprang from him. Finally this idolatry had to be reckoned with. The Hebrew maqom, like the cognate Arabic maqam, denotes a sacred place or sanctuary. 1Ch 15:9; 23:19 2. The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. 1. Jacobs condition is not that different from many Christians in our own time. A town in the south of Judah (Josh. Hosea 2:13), were collected and buried under the oak tree near Shechem. Paul described this condition as holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power (II Timothy 3:5). It was David's first capital. He kidnapped her and forced her to stay and live with him. Ritter makes Medinet Gai answer to Ai. Isaac at the time was 60 years old. It was afterwards known as Mamre. Jacob was to return to the place of his beginnings, spiritually speaking, and to dwell15 there. By the time Jacob was in Shechem, Dinah was of a marriageable age (cf. A city of the tribe of Judah, south of Jerusalem When built Nu 13:22 Fortified 2Ch 11:10 Called KIRJATH-ARBA Ge 23:2 ARBA Ge 35:27; Jos 15:13 Abraham lived there and Sarah died at Ge 23:2 Hoham, king of, confederated with other kings of the Canaanites against Joshua Jos 10:3-39 Descendants of the Anakim live at Nu 13:22; Jos 11:21 Conquest of, by Caleb Jos 14:6-15; Jud 1:10,20 A city of refuge Jos 20:7; 21:11,13 David crowned king of Judah at 2Sa 2:1-11; 3 David crowned king of Israel at 2Sa 5:1-5 The burial place of Sarah Ge 23:2 The burial place of Abner 2Sa 3:32 The burial place of Ish-bosheth 2Sa 4:12 The conspirators against Ish-bosheth hanged at 2Sa 4:12 Absalom made king at 2Sa 15:9,10 Jews of the Babylonian captivity lived at Ne 11:25 Pool of 2Sa 4:12 -3. As the child was being born the midwife tried to encourage Rachel by informing her that it was the son she wanted so badly. 2. God got it right, down to the last detail. Visual reminders had a great place in Old Testament times, not to mention the present (cf. 4. I hope you find it helpful as you contrast these two very different men. We are not told why or when she came to stay with Jacob. 3. The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (2 Chr. History: Bethel was a royal city of the Canaanites (Josh 12:16). While living here in Hebron he made the multi-colored coat for his son Joseph, and later Joseph's brother became jealous of this and Joseph's ability to interpret dreams and Joseph was betrayed by his brothers and sold to the Midianites who took him to Egypt to be sold as a slave (Gen. 37:1-36). [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. 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. And he put the maids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and violated her. Only due to the urging of Bathsheba did David designate Solomon, her son, as the heir to the throne. The chickens, I am compelled to remind you, do come home to roost. Near Hebron was the cave of Machpelah, where he and Sarah were buried. Surely there is a principle here for all Christians pertaining to Gods will and mans. This report is given to us here because it fits into the chronological scheme at this point, and it prepares us for the time when Jacob will take away from Reuben the rights of the firstborn (Genesis 49:34). Hebrew). He was about to enter into a relationship with the Canaanites which would undermine the purity of this chosen race. I believe it is precisely for this reason that our Lord has commanded believers to frequently and systematically observe the ordinance of the Lords Table.23 It is here, week after week, that we are taken back to our initial encounter with our Lord and reminded that all we are, all that we will be, and all that we will ever accomplish of any eternal value will be on the basis of that which took place on the cross of Calvary 2,000 years ago. Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. Christians can choose to sin by disobeying the revealed will of God (I John 1:8-9), as countless examples in Scripture evidence, but ultimately we cannot thwart the purposes of God. Soon after his acquisition of his father's blessing (Gen. 27), Jacob became conscious of his guilt; and afraid of the anger of Esau, at the suggestion of Rebekah Isaac sent him away to Haran, 400 miles or more, to find a wife among his cousins, the family of Laban, the Syrian (28). And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.2 Chronicles 30:5 - So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such sort] as it was written.Genesis 46:5 - And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.2 Chronicles 24:1 - Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. The Cross And Separation From The World (1 Peter 4:1-6), 7. Jud 20:18,26,31; 21:2 Authorized Version, "house of God." Under the oak18 her body was buried. It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. JACOB. The Incredible Bible - First in the BKA Series. Jacob leaves Beersheba and flees to Haran in c.1703BC. (2.) One Step Forward(33:1-16) Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. Gods Word is not always obeyed (sometimes we would better say, not often obeyed), even though God commanded it. In response to this charge Jacob hotly retorted: The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our kinsmen point out what is yours among my belongings and take it for yourself (Genesis 31:32). 7:32). Exodus 14:13-14; Proverbs 8:13; 10:27; 14:26; Isaiah 8:13-15). (3.) Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More. 13:22). The name of Shechem means "shoulder," probably because the city was built mainly on the slope, or shoulder, of Mount Ebal. What would have been done with it? (For further information on this subject, consult the series Guidelines For Guidance, which I did some time ago.). Jacob Settles in Shechem (33:18-20) Now, after several years, Jacob and his family move to Shechem, to the west of the Jordan in Canaan. It was originally called Kirjath-Arba, " The city of Arba." 'shoulder'; Ancient Greek: , romanized: Sykhm; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: km), was a Canaanite and Israelite city mentioned in the Amarna Letters, later appearing in the Hebrew Bible as the first capital of the Kingdom . He set up a pillar, and anointed it with oil, to mark the place where God spoke with him. Was it of any value to speak again? Let us not conclude, therefore, that it matters little what we do. It is nearly midway between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.Beersheba in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Beersheba means "well of the oath". Spiritually, however, Jacob was not near to God at all. When Jacob came hither on his way to Paddan-aram we are told that he lighted upon "the place" (Gen 28:11. You see, while all of the men of the city of Shechem had been put to the sword, the women, children, and cattle had been taken as booty (34:28-29). Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El- beth-el" (q.v.). S. of the town in the bottom of the valley is a tank, 130 ft. square by 50 deep. There are four springs which yield supplies of good water. 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. God seems to have overlooked this one, too hastily made by Jacob. Bethel is where God first appeared to Jacob (28:10-22) and where he returned later with his family (35:6). Joseph's Tomb at Shechem (Nablus) ( ) Gen 34:1-31 Jacob's sons take revenge on the people of Shechem when their sister Dinah is raped. The Cross And Our Response to Trials (1 Peter 4:12-19), 8. Nowhere are we told that Jacob gave a tithe, as he had promised years before (28:22). verse 20). And he bought an allotment of the field where he had spread his tent, at the hands of Hamor's sons, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahs (lambs). Well known at Abram's entrance into Canaan, 3,780 years ago (Genesis 42:18). Our security will never come from the arm of the flesh, but only from the Sovereign God Who cares for His own (cf. (See Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10.) One of Samson's exploits was the carrying of the gate of Gaza "to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron" (Jdg 16:3). A careful look at this event suggests that there is more to the story than what is seen at first glance. Jacob was correct in his assessment of the danger of staying in that area (cf. Khalil er Rahman, "the friend of the Merciful," i.e. One cannot help but remark about Jacobs casual attitude toward separation and purity while dwelling in Shechem. 4 33 Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. Abdon is read in many manuscriptsHebron in Hitchcock's Bible Names society; friendshipHebron in Naves Topical Bible 1. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Part of the explanation for this is the fact that many foreigners had been added to Jacobs household. Consequently, ownership of this real estate reverted back to Hamor's family. 18 Now Jacob came safely to the city of () Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from () Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph" (Joshua 24:32). (4.) As a result of a severe drought in Canaan, Jacob moved to Egypt at the time when his son Joseph was viceroy. Along the way he saw in a dream a ladder reaching to heaven with angels ascending and descending which proved to be a type of Jesus. 3:1). One reason may have been that Rachel, his favorite, had set the precedent when she took with her the household gods of her father (31:19). Matthew 5:23-24). Under this same oak tree, it would seem, their gods were put away, and a large stone was set up as a witness to this act (Joshua 24:19-28). He easily negotiates the purchase of land for a favorable price and builds his residence (v. 19). His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. Virtually nothing new was promised Jacob here, and the former promises given to him at Bethel 30 years before were simply reiterated. Jacob set up a pillar there and poured oil and wine upon it (verse 14). Jacob died there 17 years later, and Joseph carried Jacob's remains to the land of Canaan, where he gave them stately burial in the same Cave of Machpelah as were buried Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca and Jacob's wife Leah (Genesis 49:29- 50:14 ) Genesis 26:18 - And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Leviticus 26:42 - Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.Deuteronomy 30:20 - That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.Genesis 25:21 - And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Genesis 35:12 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.Genesis 27:46 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?Genesis 24:14 - And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.Joshua 24:4 - And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.Genesis 49:31 - There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.Genesis 22:9 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.2 Chronicles 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.Deuteronomy 29:13 - That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Jeremiah 33:26 - Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.Deuteronomy 9:5 - Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Genesis 27:22 - And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau.Exodus 33:1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:Amos 7:16 - Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.Genesis 28:6 - When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;Exodus 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.Deuteronomy 6:10 - And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,1 Kings 18:36 - And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.Genesis 22:3 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.Genesis 28:13 - And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;Romans 9:7 - Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.Genesis 17:19 - And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.Genesis 22:2 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.Genesis 25:20 - And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.Genesis 32:9 - And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:Deuteronomy 1:8 - Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.1 Chronicles 29:18 - O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: Beersheba in Easton's Bible Dictionary well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Gen. 21:31).
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