Thursday, June 27, 2013

Portions: Genesis 32-36

That night Jacob got up and took his two wives,
his two maidservants and his eleven sons
and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
After he had sent them across the stream,
he sent over all his possessions.
So Jacob was left alone,
and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
(Genesis 32:22-24)

Jacob looked up and there was Esau,
coming with his four hundred men . . ..
He himself went on ahead
and bowed down to the ground seven times
as he approached his brother.
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him . . ..
(Genesis 33:1, 3-4)

But Hamor said to them,
"My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter.
Please give her to him as his wife."
Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers,
"Let me find favor in your eyes,
and I will give you whatever you ask.
Make the price for the bride
and the gift I am to bring
as great as you like,
and I'll pay whatever you ask me.
Only give me the girl as my wife."
(Genesis 34:8,11-12)

Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place
where God had talked with him,
and he poured out a drink offering on it;
he also poured oil on it.
Jacob called the place
where God had talked with him Bethel.
(Genesis 35:14-15)

This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom.)
(Genesis 36:1)

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