The elder son of Isaac, who is the rightful recipient of the blessing but is deceived by his brother Jacob.4. RebekahIsaac's wife and the mother of Esau and Jacob, who orchestrates the deception to ensure Jacob receives the blessing.5. The BlessingA significant event in the patriarchal ...
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”New American Standard BibleThen God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an ...
This week’s parsha, Vayetze (Genesis/Bereshiet 25:19-32:3) follows the story of Yakov/Jacob after he leaves home and heads to the place of his mother Rivka/Rebeccah’s family. And like so many things concerning the Patriarchs, it is not only maximally Politically NOT-Correct, but prac...
She held in her hand a golden cup, full of abominations and of the impurities of her fornication, and upon her forehead was written a mystic name, ‘BABYLON THE GREAT, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.’ I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the sa...
Jacob, son of Isaac and brother of Esau, wrestled with an angel all through one night on the bank of the Jabbok. Why did Jacob wrestle with an angel? Like some Jewish commentators, Islamic commentators described the event aspunishment for Jacob failing to give tithes to God but making an...
Batanash, Mother of Noah-Ziasudra BAU A Nibiran (also known as Gula), Bau–huge youngest Daughter of Nibiru’s King Anu and Queen Antu–married Enlil’s son Ninurta. Bau ran a medical facility for Earthlings in Ninurta’s city, Lagash. There she chose to die with her Earthlings when...
Love is “not self-seeking;” in other words, love does not allow us to focus on the self to the detriment of others. Love is “not easily angered;” in other words, love faces adversity calmly, does not respond to threats or violence in kind, and tolerates others. “Love keeps no...
In chapter 32 of Genesis the strange and amazing battle between God and Jacob is described. While following the suggestion of his mother Jacob robbed Esau the first born blessing taking it from his father Issac. Even though Rebecca expressed the will of God at that moment for it is written ...
1:11 The Edomites and the Israelites were from the same family. The Edomites were descendants of Esau. The Israelites were descendants of Jacob. These two brothers were born at the same time from the same mother. Jacob also had the name Israel.Amos...
Sarah, also spelled Sarai, in the Old Testament, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Sarah was childless until she was 90 years old. God promised Abraham that she would be “a mother of nations” (Genesis 17:16) and that she would conceive and bear a son, but Sarah did not believe...