When we consider Genesis 18 there we see God himself coming to Abraham and speaking to Him among various plans He has and how warmly He considers Abraham as His friend, and tells Him of things to come.
Mainly there they come to announce the impending judgement upon Sodom and Gomorrah and also He reaffirms Abraham about His promise of a seed through Sarah Abraham's wife. Right from the beginning Issac was a special child in the sight of God and absolutely to Abraham and Sarah. A year after the visit of God to Abraham's tent and judgement upon Sodom and Gomorrah,they have Issac the much awaited offspring,whom God promised to Abraham to make as the sand of the sea or as the stars of heaven. Then God is seen testing Abraham to offer up his only begotten son by promise,but God stops him from offering up the child providing a ram instead.
Issac grows up and a wife is sought after for him among Abraham's family. God leads Eleazar his servant to the family of Bethuel Abraham's brother's son. Rebekah decides to leave her family for her groom Issac.
Isaac and Rebekah have children after he prays for her as she was barren. They have twins. The firstborn being Esau favourite of his father and Jacob the favourite of his mother.
Once Esau sells his birthright (headship) to Jacob for a meal.
Jacob gets blessings from Issac,dressed up as Esau. Then flees away from home fearing the wrath of Esau to Laban Rebekah's brother in Padanaram.
Though Esau wept later to Issac he never got a blessing.
On the way Jacob meets God at Bethel.
Laban decieves the cunning Jacob to marry Leah his elder daughter after he serves for Rachel for seven years. They have 5 sons and a daughter.
Jacob meanwhile serves another seven years for Rachel, Laban's younger daughter,whom Jacob loved.
They had two sons Joseph and Benjamin.Rest of the sons that Jacob had were through his concubines Zilpah and Bilhah.
Totally Jacob had 12 sons and a daughter.
Reuben,Simeon,Levi,Judah,Issachar,Zebulun and Dinah from Leah
Gad and Asher through Leah from Zilpah her maid.
Dan and Naphtali through Rachel from Bilhah her maid.
Joseph and Benjamin from Rachel.
More about Joseph and the migration of Jacob and his family to Egypt and the resultant enslavement in the next post.
Mainly there they come to announce the impending judgement upon Sodom and Gomorrah and also He reaffirms Abraham about His promise of a seed through Sarah Abraham's wife. Right from the beginning Issac was a special child in the sight of God and absolutely to Abraham and Sarah. A year after the visit of God to Abraham's tent and judgement upon Sodom and Gomorrah,they have Issac the much awaited offspring,whom God promised to Abraham to make as the sand of the sea or as the stars of heaven. Then God is seen testing Abraham to offer up his only begotten son by promise,but God stops him from offering up the child providing a ram instead.
Issac grows up and a wife is sought after for him among Abraham's family. God leads Eleazar his servant to the family of Bethuel Abraham's brother's son. Rebekah decides to leave her family for her groom Issac.
Isaac and Rebekah have children after he prays for her as she was barren. They have twins. The firstborn being Esau favourite of his father and Jacob the favourite of his mother.
Once Esau sells his birthright (headship) to Jacob for a meal.Jacob gets blessings from Issac,dressed up as Esau. Then flees away from home fearing the wrath of Esau to Laban Rebekah's brother in Padanaram.
Though Esau wept later to Issac he never got a blessing.On the way Jacob meets God at Bethel.
Laban decieves the cunning Jacob to marry Leah his elder daughter after he serves for Rachel for seven years. They have 5 sons and a daughter.
Jacob meanwhile serves another seven years for Rachel, Laban's younger daughter,whom Jacob loved.
They had two sons Joseph and Benjamin.Rest of the sons that Jacob had were through his concubines Zilpah and Bilhah.
Totally Jacob had 12 sons and a daughter.
Reuben,Simeon,Levi,Judah,Issachar,Zebulun and Dinah from Leah
Gad and Asher through Leah from Zilpah her maid.
Dan and Naphtali through Rachel from Bilhah her maid.
Joseph and Benjamin from Rachel.
More about Joseph and the migration of Jacob and his family to Egypt and the resultant enslavement in the next post.
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