Genesis #21 Ch. 35-37 Joseph, the Dreamer — Chuck Missler

Welcome to the 21st study in the book of Genesis conducted by Chuck Missler. The subject of this tape Genesis chapters 35 through 37.

Alrighty, let's stand for a word of prayer. I assume you would like to stretch Heavenly Father we praise you. We just thank you for the privilege the unspeakable privilege of gathering together in the name of Jesus Christ to open your word to us.

We just pray father that you would indeed do that to our hearts and our minds. And we might behold those things that you've placed here for our learning. We just ask in accordance with your promise father that you just send your teacher the Holy Spirit.

To open our understanding that we might behold those very specific things that you've placed here for our feeding this night. And to his glory amen. Okay, we're in Genesis and. And we're finishing up what is can be regarded can be regarded as a second major section.

The Major Sections of Genesis

The first major section of the book of Genesis is typically considered by many the first 11 chapters the pre Abraham section the creation the flood and Noah and Babel and all of that and. The first 11 chapters usually are treated as a unit many people who undertake a commentary will deal with that totally separately from the rest and of course we've covered that the next major section starts really with a call of Abraham chapter 12 verse 1 on and that's what we've been into in effect with Abraham and then Isaac and Jacob and.

We are in the last couple of chapters here that have their intense focus on Jacob. It's Tempting to take the couple of chapters here of Jacob and pick up one more chapter late in the book chapter 49 because that where Jacob will reappear in prominence and prophesy over the twelve tribes.

Since that that in itself in is a study in its own, right? It's my thought we'll do that when we get to chapter 49. But if I was to take chapter 49 and tie it to what we have tonight, we'd sort of put a ribbon on Jacob setting the stage for Joseph and.

So it's our real intention and I just sort of tie off in a sense Jacob. The only thing I'll leave loose if you will is we'll leave 49 when we get there it'll be Probably better if for no other reason it won't confuse the tape librarians.

Okay, we are in chapter 35 and In chapter 34 you may recall we had. Well Jacob you realize was called back to Bethel and instead he hangs around Sukkoth and Shechem and so on and he ends up being in a real mess as Exemplified by this mess with Dinah his daughter was violated by Men of Shechem and a couple of the of his sons.

Get pretty barbaric in their handling of that situation. They become murderers and and slaughter Hemar and all the Shechemites and You may wonder why is that grisly story placed right there it if for no other reason Than as an indication of the exposure that one has when he's not where God really wants him.

And I think we covered that adequately last time tonight. We're going to see Jacob finally get it together. He has been. Let's just jump in and see verse chapter 35 verse 1 and God said unto Jacob arise go up to Bethel and Dwell there and make there an altar unto God.

Who appeared unto thee when thou fled us from the face of Esau thy brother? Notice what verse 2. I want to take one more verse and we'll sort of tie together. Then Jacob said unto his household and to all that were with him put away the foreign gods that are among you be clean and Change your garments.

Let us arise and go up to Bethel and I will make there an altar unto God and so forth. You know, it's something I think verse 2 helps us understand verse 1 this whole Command by God to arise and now go up to Bethel is in the form of a reproof.

Jacob was not where God wanted him as evidence of that. He is Among all these strange gods. Rachel, of course had taken the tariff him. We studied that right? It's also interesting that his sons are also Idle worshipers here.

They had all kinds all manner of household gods. Demonic contrivances. The leprosy of sin in the beginning with Rachel it had spread throughout the family and Jacob hadn't done anything about it. He may have meant well.

Who's the high priest of the family? Jacob incidentally very officially. What is the rights of the firstborn? What is the birthright actually. I didn't mean to say firstborn. The birthright that falls in the firstborn unless there's a forfeiture, right?

What is the birthright? Double portion inheritance. Head of the household and priest of the family. Who's out of Jacob. Hey, you done a decent job. No, what does God say because you didn't do a decent job.

I cast you out at all. He says arise Jacob right and go up to Bethel. God has God perseveres. We saw him wrestle Jacob to the ground a Chapter or so back and we hear we have him still calling but he says arise and go up to Bethel.

He's calling him out of where is it where he's at? Where is he and check him? Yes, but where else is he in the world in? The world look what happened to Diana. Look at the whole mess. He is he is. In an he's analogous to being in Egypt.

What's the only cure for worldviews? Separation. Separation doesn't have to be a geographic necessarily but separation from the world. We could make a whole study tonight on that if you like now God has an objective for Jacob.

Why does he want him in Bethel? What does he want him to do in Bethel? True. What's more important. Close build an altar? Yes, it is. But what else? God said unto Jacob arise go up to Bethel and do what?

Dwell there. Do well there virgin. What's God's goal. Fellowship fellowship? You know, it's very very interesting. I think one of the most important lessons in the scripture. To really understand God's motives.

What's he after? And I'm fascinated with the contrast between David and Solomon. If you and I were writing a report card for Solomon and David Solomon we'd give him straight. A's. What did Solomon do man of peace right.

Not war sounds pretty good. Built the temple. Well, that's a big deal. Built the temple. Temple of Solomon, you know, it's obviously a Major milestone and not just not in a secular sense in God's sense to.

I mean, you know David wandu and God wouldn't let him. It's too important. Had to be man of peace your son Solomon will do it. David says that's okay. I'll pay the bills in advance which so David even though Solomon gets all the credit really David.

It's made most of the arrangements. But Solomon built the temple. Terrific. Who ushered in the highest? Pinnacle of Israel's commercial and foreign relations prominence in its entire history. Solomon by treaties and by commerce and by terrific, right.

Queen of Sheba heard these wild stories. Couldn't believe it. So she travels there to see for herself and she says the half of what was not told me. Whether recorded twice in Scripture. So you and I if we were evaluating kingship We would put Solomon pretty high.

We all know what's you know what Solomon asked for? Guys, I saw what would you like? And we all know what Solomon asked for riches for power. No. For wisdom that he might rule the people better. So God says you got that and you get wisdom and power and you get the riches and power also.

So we all know the story how Solomon asked for the right things and he got a pat on the back and and he had this incredible Reign in Israel, right? How does the scripture deal with Solomon's right? Do you ever find it mentioned not very often and When you do.

You find it always the adverse side of a comparison. Salt the reign of Solomon is not looked upon in the scripture as a big deal except. Yes, it was prosperous. We look at Solomon and we're Disappointed the Lord said if speaking of the lilies of the field Solomon and all his glory was not arrayed as one of these right.

You guys find Solomon's you the other the reign of Solomon's used as a yardstick. But in an adverse sense, you know something that doesn't that the evening season. Now, let's look in contrast to that David.

We look at David and we can write a report card David and we wouldn't be too impressed. Poet shepherd Warrior Spending most of his time running. What kind of a reign did he have led the Civil War had murder in the sword didn't depart.

He committed adultery murdered the husband. Conspired to cover it up. His own household was a disaster of Intrigue and strife and double dealing and the whole bit right a mess. We look back at David's reign as human beings we say that's terrible.

Yet there's something very strange in the scripture every page of the Bible almost every page makes reference to the throne of David not the throne of Solomon throne of David and Every place you go God was out of his way to extol David right.

Okay. What did David ask for when he was to be king. We all know what Solomon asked for because it's recorded so nice and neat in the in the narrative. What did David ask for that? I might dwell in the house of the Lord forever and that was a higher thing to be asked for.

David's passion was to dwell with the Lord. Lord the Lord honored that the Lord said after David. He's the only he's the only one that said that he said man after my own heart. And we discover in all of this that God isn't he's interested in us being effective.

Secondarily sure he wants us to be an effective king or in Charles salesman or whatever it might be that we're called upon. Sure, he wants us to be effective, but that's down the list a bit. What's the number one thing he would have of us?

Give to the poor. No fellowship. Fellowship, that's what it's all about and. What's the greatest commandment. Love a very specific thing. Deuteronomy 6 I shall love the Lord thy God with all my heart with all my soul all my strength.

And if you could do it the way Christ quoted he added a phrase and all thy mind. There's a whole study in that that doesn't appear in the Old Testament doesn't the new of the mind of Christ and so forth.

Point is that's his number one command. That's even more than love your neighbor. That's the second commandment right. What's the number one commandment. Now my thesis is that if you do that then you have them all.

That's catch -23 or something. How do you do that? We're a little off the subject, but yet. We're not really how do you keep the greatest commandment? That's a tough by the way. That's that is not an easy command.

It's tougher than all the rest. It's probably easier not to commit adultery not to steal not to murder or be angry. How do you love the Lord with all? Not most of all. Your heart and soul and strength and mind.

How do you do that? There's only one way I know of and it's a secret. We know that if we pray and we're in the will of the Lord. He will answer that prayer, right? Sometimes you pray for something you thinks pretty good, but it might not be in his will it may not be hurt.

You pray for the Holy Spirit? To help you keep that commandment. Is there any way he could refuse? Is there any way he can say you're not in his will? Hey father send the Holy Spirit by your supernatural power.

Help me keep the first commandment. Period carriage return end of message. It's all I need father. I have only one request. That one in the morning. You don't want to go through devotions. I'm tired if there's nothing else really burning in my mind.

That's my favorite prayer. This day father to the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit help me keep that first commandment. Deuteronomy 6 5 and 6 if you're. Put it that way. Very interesting interesting thing because I submit to you that if you do that the rest will fall into place.

It's very very interesting. I think that's the secret of David's throne. Was he a neat King? No, he was all screwed up. He really was. I mean as a rain if you look at you know, we look at it, you know by the archdicks he's.

Why is he so important because God made him important? And the greatest name in Israel save the Messiah zone himself and. And in contrast that Solomon whereby all our yardsticks would be a big deal and yet it's interesting.

He ain't. He sort of becomes something quite antithetical quite antithetical to Do that and there's a whole prophecy thing that we won't get into tonight that's another story but Here we have Jacob. Here we have Jacob and God is saying to Jacob arise go up to Bethel and dwell there.

I See that very seriously as a call to fellowship a Call to fellowship that should be your highest ambition the highest ambition you have. The fellowship with him not to witness more. Not to help raise funds for this project or that project.

Or to you know, like you make it you make your own list of neat things to do. Very dangerous ground. Very easy to get into legalism or on a work strip or to try and help God. Boy, there's lots of stories if she known others where he tried to help God do his thing.

He doesn't need your help not in that sense. But does he need what does he create you for fellowship? That should be your number one goal. The rest will follow as a love gift. Fellowship number one. How do you do that?

Well, one way is to Invoke Deuteronomy 6 by the Holy Spirit. He'll find lots of other ways to communicate about the rest because if you're in fellowship then you have communion one with the other. Okay.

Arise go up to Bethel and dwell there and make there an altar unto God. Who appeared unto thee when thou fled us from the face of Esau thy brother? We're gonna get it. We're gonna come across a very interesting idea here.

I'm going to suggest to you that Before the chapter is over that there are there are some 30 years lost out of his life all the years at Patamaran. And Shechem and Zuko were lost. Put away. You're out of fellowship and we'll cut we'll come to a little side study on that.

But I'll sort of give it I mentioned now as we go, but God is saying, you know for the time You first appeared to him When you fled from the face of Esau thy brother, it was a long time ago. And where did he appear to him right here at Bethel?

That's where he's caught being called to return. First you then Jacob said to his heart notice. Jacob didn't mess around this time. Something's happened. What's happened? Manuel and the rest. God has appeared to him.

God said in him. So for Jacob said unto his household and All that were with him put away. The foreign gods that are among you and be clean and change your garments. Put away strange gods. Gee, we could take off on this one, too.

Put away strange gods. Someone in the back room saying the God of the Ferraris as well as the God of the Porsches, right? Put away the strange gods that are among you and be clean and change your garments.

It's interesting how Garments are a symbol in the scripture. What are they symbol of? Righteousness. And we're the classical passages as a 64 6 your righteousness are as what? Filthy rags if you want to use the polite translation.

Used menstrual clause if you want to use a literal Hebrew in other words. The whole issue of us being clothed in in our righteousness, which is as filthy rags. What's the Lord clothes we learned last night Psalm 104?

What's he clothed in? Light you betcha. And how is the church going to be clothed in Revelation 19 and so on? White. Without one spot or wrinkle. Because she's clean now it's Christ provided for her to be the Clothed that way.

Another concept that's interesting just to sort of throw things out as we go here. You notice that They're always changed or replaced. Your hearts not healed it's created anew. Why it is incurably wicked.

Jeremiah says it's interesting here. The idiom too is to change your guns. Change. Exchange you know the old for the new. Well, let's keep going in verse 3 and let us arise and go up to Bethel. And I will make there an altar unto God who answered me in the day of my distress.

Who answered me in the day of my distress? And was with me in the way, which I went. And They gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hand and all their earrings. Which were in their ears?

And Jacob hid them under the oak which is by Shechem. These you know if you really want to get into a side trip. And you want to lay a lay a trip us on about earrings can do a study on earrings in the scripture.

We find earrings were used to make the golden calf and execute in Exodus that 32. Chapter 32 we also see Hosea in chapter 2 verse 13 launch out about earrings and Lest you girls get a little uncomfortable about that.

I should point out that the earrings there were apparently linked to a form of idolatry and In those passages, I mean because we also you know Lest I lay a trip on you. I'm just I Don't want to confuse you because indeed Rebecca was given what by by Eleazar Earrings sure like something there were nose rings for that matter, but that's even a little more weird for our culture to relate to.

It's interesting that they didn't take the earrings and sell them. Or trade them for goods to feed the poor. Or what have you. I can hear Judas at Jacob's elbow saying gee let's take the earrings and sell them and give the give it to the poor right.

Scripture seems to indicate that you can't divert the things of Satan to be used in the service of God. That's the suggestion examples acts chapter 19 verse 19 where they burned the books and others. In any case they take the earrings and these terrafim and whatever else was in the family.

The very fact that they're in the family is sort of startling it tells you a lot about what the 30 years were like. In any case and they bury them in the under the oak which was by Shechem verse 5 and they journeyed and the terror of God was upon the cities that were around about them and They did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

Strange phrase. Don't know a lot about what it means. Indeed there was reason for them to be pursued. Because this chapter 35 follows chapter 34 and the grisly mess of chapter 34 this whole bloody episode following the violation of Dinah would be a reason enough for some of the city-states to rise in Rebellion or not rebellion, but in you know an active aggression against Jacob.

You can argue that gee maybe they were frightened frightened because of the bloody way that the sons Simeon Levi handled this thing. Don't think so verse 5 says the terror of God Was upon the cities that were around about them.

They did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. There's a couple of reasons why I think this is here. I'll come back to that at the end. There's another pattern here. I think that's interesting, but in any case just in terms of the narrative the cities are trembling.

So Jacob came to Luz which is in the land of Canaan that is Bethel. Luz is the old name. The old name meant what? Anyone remember departure. Departure new name is Bethel house of God. Bethel Bethlehem house of bread.

Bethel the house of God. He and all the people that were with him verse 7 and there he built and and he built there an altar and called the place L Bethel God Of the house of God. Because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

But Deborah Rebecca's nurse died and She was buried beneath Bethel under an oak. I don't know how you bury someone under an under an oak. I mean, I have a tough time visualizing exactly what that means.

In fact, it's sort of strange that it's phrased that way. I Mean, why would you care? I mean, here's Deborah. They didn't feel fit to mention her much. Since she was Rebecca's nurse when he first got Rebecca, right?

Hasn't been mentioned since and now there's sort of a little passing reference that she was Buried under under an oak and the name of the place was called along by Cuth the oak of weeping Deborah's obviously missed.

Deborah apparently is a very faithful nurse servant of Rebecca. So I'm not knocking her. But I do have the belief and that's the thing I'm sharing with you for you to accept or reject or sort of try on for size whatever is that nothing's here by accident.

There's a reason the scribe and I don't mean the guy that penned this I mean the Holy Spirit. Had to put this here. He's casting a view an image. He's trying to get through to us on a message. Why is Deborah?

This is Rebecca's nurse died. She's buried under under the oak. We're gonna discover there are three deaths in this chapter. The power of death is all over the chapter we have the death of Rebecca. Actually Rebecca's nurse.

We're going to have Rachel Died when she gives worth at birth to Benjamin and we're gonna have Isaac the old man also will die in this chapter and Then we have. Well, let's take one step at a time. After Rebecca.

Excuse me. Keep seeing Rebecca after Deborah Rebecca's nurse died. Verse 8 we get to verse 9 and God appeared unto Jacob again. When he came out of Pat and Aram and blessed him. Strange phrase he'd left Pat and Aram some time ago, right?

And he went to Sukkoth and Shechem it's all the same but the reference is back and Just to get get at. To show you what I'm driving at. I Believe that from the exile and Pat and Aram plus the Sukkoth and Shechem things are an interval a parenthesis of exile during which Jacob is out of favor and we're seeing that curtain close that portion of his life is being finished and the passing away of Deborah Rebecca's nurse suggests that it's also interesting that she's treated like the.

The things the idols idols and the earrings then what placed under an oak. Bury put behind them as they go to Bethel. We're sort of cleaning the decks clearing the balance sheet. Clear, you know wiping the slate clean if you will perhaps.

Notice what he said God says in because God appears to him verse 10 and God said unto him Thy name is Jacob. Thy name shall not be called anymore Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name and he called his name Israel and God said unto him I am God Almighty.

That's a very interesting word very very interesting word. Because it occurred only once before in Genesis 17 verse 1 where that word was revealed to Abraham El Shaddai. Translated in the English God Almighty.

The supplier of all your need is what it means. It's a different word for God didn't say Elohim the creator of heaven the earth. Or Yehovah or however you want to pronounce it the God of the Covenant.

Or any of several other names of God. It's it's the El Shaddai the God the supplier of all your need. Totally unique phrase here introduced to Jacob or Israel the first time Introduced to him after his name is changed to Israel here God said unto him I am God Almighty be fruitful and multiply a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee and Kings shall come out of thy loins.

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac to thee will I give it. To divide the West Bank from the East Bank and so forth. No, I guess it doesn't say that excuse me they will I give it and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him and God set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him even a pillar of stone and He poured a drink offering on it and he poured oil thereon.

First mention of a drink offering. Not found among the Levitical offerings, but we're not going to get into a whole thing on that here tonight, but. And he poured oil on it and Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him.

Bethel, let's Cover a couple of things. I have the I introduced to you the idea of lost time. The fact that your clock stops all the years with Laban were lost. The years of sucketh sucketh and sham sham were lost.

20 years of Jacob's life were wood hay and stubble. First Corinthians 3 no, I'm referring to built on either of two foundations would hate you know wood hay stubble or gold silver precious stones and The day will declare it.

They'll be tried by fire, right? Your days are gonna be tried by fire. Are your days in Bethel or are they. Are they in exile? Are they apart? Let me show you something kind of interesting. Hold your place here because we will return to Genesis eventually.

Faith, Lost Years, and God's Purpose

Hebrews chapter 11. Holy Spirit summarizes some things in Hebrews and it's interesting. Hebrews chapter 11 we've referred to many times the so-called hall of faith the summary of the great major milestones of the faithful in the Old Testament.

Recounted by the writer of the epistle of Hebrews for his purposes, but it's an interesting chronicle for many reasons. But I want you to notice say verses. Oh Well from verses 24 on for about five or six verses is about Moses.

And we get to verse 29 says by faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned. Verse 30 by faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about seven days.

Then he goes on and talks about some other examples Rahab and under Joshua and some other things. Very interesting that was just the stroke of a pen. We skip over 40 years in the crossing of the Red Sea.

Which they pass through by faith according to the writer Hebrews to the walls of Jericho falling which is by faith. It's very interesting that what's blotted out are 40 years in the wilderness of a lack of faith.

Grumblings and murmurings and lessons and and school exercises in a sense very interesting. 40 years lost. And I think that's really what we're seeing here with Jacob. We see the links with Paddan Aram severed.

The Terraphim have been put under an oak. Deborah the nurse is buried under an oak. Rachel will shortly Be buried and we're going to see in effect. It taking death in Jacob's life to set the stage. The stage it's set for is Benjamin being born who has two names.

We get to give me a little. I'm getting a little ahead of the story. Let's. Well, okay. Yeah, let's let's let's take another few verses then come back and summarize because I've left out another piece to this verse 16.

And they journeyed From Bethel and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath and Rachel travailed and she was in heart. She had hard labor and came to pass when she was in hard labor that the midwife said unto her fear not thou shalt have this son also.

Rachel wanted a son very badly. She that was one of her Concerns. It came to pass as her soul was in departing. Or she died during the trial during this event she will die but as her soul was departing that she called his name Ben oh nigh which means son of my sorrow.

The word sorrow and birth pangs are synonyms. Remember Jesus said of the great. In Matthew 24 in the Olivet Discourse all these are the beginnings of sorrows. First week first half of the week the seven of the first half of the week.

Known as the Great Tribulation the last half of which is called the Great Tribulation the first half could be as called by some commentators the beginning of sorrows. Technically the beginning of birth pangs in any case Rachel says called his name Ben.

Oh nigh son of my sorrow. But his father renames him Benjamin the son of my right hand. It's very interesting that that's the father's name for Benjamin. And what does the father call him the son of my right hand doesn't take a lot of imagination to see some things going on here.

We'll come back to that Rachel this gives now. This is the twelfth the final of the twelve sons of Jacob making up the twelve tribes. Rachel died and was buried in the way to Ephrath which is in which is Bethlehem and You can go there today and visit at Rachel's tomb.

Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. This is a pillar of Rachel's grave into this day and We're getting some other things. We have talked from time to time. About how Jacob is a type of Israel, right? You can see this particular period as perhaps the glimpse of the restoration of Israel.

Okay, he he Jacob had Left home as God had told him. And then Bethel that was back in chapter 28. Then he went into exile. For a substantial period of time now God is calling him out of exile. Arise and return to Bethel.

He has Jacob purge his family of idolatry and That's part of what's going on the Book of Revelation. He acknowledges God answered him the day of distress. To get to develop that more thoroughly. You may recall from our Zechariah studies Zechariah 12 13 14 those tapes.

We talked about how Israel as a nation will acknowledge their Messiah as a prerequisite Condition to his return. The fact that terror fell upon the surrounding Gentiles is interesting. The Shacklements.

Assuming that he built another altar. It's interesting that the links with the past are severed that God manifests himself again and That Israel shall be thy name Jacob no more. Israel shall be thy name Jacob no more.

Their new home. No, excuse me. He introduces a new name in this case. It's El Shaddai Revelation we see him introduce. Another new name even Jeremiah makes reference to that the prosperity is assured their land the land commitment is reconfirmed to them and Oil is poured out on the pillar.

Which could be seen as the Holy the Holy Spirit being poured out? And it's out of my right hand you can carry it from there yourself. Okay, let's let's keep moving. Also get in tonight. We're down to verse 22 right 21.

Verse 21 in Israel journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edah came to pass when Israel dwelt in the land that Reuben Went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. Israel heard it now the sons of Jacob were 12 the sons of now here it takes an excuse here just to oh.

Incidentally this issue of Reuben, but so I don't it's because of this incest that Reuben forfeits the birthright. Seems like a rather grisly thing just to insert here. You may wonder well while that's not a trivial thing.

It's a significant sin. There may have been lots of other sins and events occur, you know occurred occurring among this rather rough bunch of guys. But this one particularly is noted because it's the it's the reason that Reuben who was the firstborn forfeits the birthright.

We know that from Genesis 49 chapter 49 makes specific reference in the fact that it's because of this sin that Reuben losses birthright, and it's inserted here as a Precedent event to the genealogy. So there it sounds like they're unrelated issues, but they're really not sons of Leah.

Reuben Jacob's firstborn and Simeon and Levi and Judah. Now isn't that interesting? Reuben forfeits due to incest. Simeon and Levi because of this of the murders of the Shechemites and who's next Judah and we will see the scepter confirmed on Judah by Jacob in chapter 49 and Issachar and Zebulun the sons of Rachel Joseph and Benjamin.

Mostly it gives the natural parents first Leah and Rachel then the handmaidens. Sons of Bilhah. Rachel's Hammond Dan and Naphtali sons of Zilpah. Leah's handmaid Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

It's interesting that Rachel's Rachel bears to Jacob. Jacob two sons, but three tribes. Two sons, but three tribes. Because we're going to see Joseph is actually going to spawn if you will to Son Ephraim and Manasseh and they will be adopted by Jacob to become two tribes.

So out of 12 sons, you've got 13 tribes and that'll help explain some things that we'll get into a little later. Leah bore Six all together right two murderers and an incestuous fornicator and I don't know what the other guys did.

Verse 27. Jacob came unto Isaac the father. The old man now Is still alive. I assume he's in pretty poor health because he had eyesight problems when back 30 years ago so he was. Aging came to Isaac his father at Ammarah unto the city of Arba which is Hebron.

How interesting that that's so much in the news today. Where Abraham and Isaac sojourned and the days of Isaac were a hundred and four score years and Isaac died and was gathered unto his people being old and full of days and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Now that's got to be an interesting scene. We don't have much amplification of it but that Esau. And Jacob buried him now. He actually died quite a bit later than here. As far as the chronology is concerned if you're really concerned about the organization of the text.

It's a strange place to put it. He actually dies some ten years later from what we're going to read. However, it's put here to highlight that the change in leadership that the it focuses our attention that Jacob is is is the focus of.

The theme in the scripture. There's something else it's kind of interesting if you may recall, you know, we see you notice death here is. So often the scripture treated it treated so softly, you know when Rachel was when her soul was departing it said and in that but when Isaac was gathered unto his people and so forth interesting lots of lots of meaning in those phrases.