Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
Leah was the oldest daughter of Laban. However, by the time she met Jacob he was already in love with her sister, Rachel. Leah is described as having “weak” eyes. {Genesis 29:17} As the older daughter, she should have been married first. So, when it came time for Rachel to marry Jacob, Laban replaced the younger sister with older. Jacob […]
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When Jacob arrives at his Uncle Laban’s, the first person he meets is his cousin, Rachel. {Genesis 29} Rachel is the younger of Laban’s two daughters. Rachel is described as “beautiful in form and appearance.” {Genesis 29:17} Jacob loved Rachel and agreed to work seven years for her. “But they seemed to him but a few days because of the […]
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Jacob is the son of Isaac and Rebekah and has a twin brother, Esau. “Jacob is an outstanding illustration of the presence and conflict of the two natures within a believer. Similar to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story, Jacob is good and bad; he rises and falls, yet in spite of his failures was a […]
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Jacob fled to his Uncle Laban, where he met his cousins. He immediately fell in love with Rachel and worked for her 7 years, which felt like no time. However, he was tricked into marrying Leah. After their wedding week finished, he also married Rachel. Rachel was jealous when her sister provided Jacob with children and she could not. She […]
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Jacob Daniel DeShazer was born on November 15, 1912 in West Stayton, Oregon. He grew up a farm boy, who always wanted to be a pilot. After graduating high school, he eventually enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940. “On Sunday December 7, 1941, while peeling potatoes, DeShazer heard news of the attack on Pearl Harbor over the […]
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Jacob is the third generation of the great patriarch’s of the Old Testament and Israelite’s. He is the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. Jacob means “holder of the heel” or “supplanter”. When he was born he reached out holding onto his twin brother’s, Esau, heel. Even when they were both in the womb we are told “the children […]
Read more The story of Jacob takes up half of the book of Genesis in the Bible. He is the patriarch of the Israelites. Jacob comes into the world grasping the heel of his brother, Esau. God revealed to their mother, Rebekah that the two struggled in the womb. This is a struggle that would continue not only for the rest of […]
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Jehovah-‘Uzam means the Lord is our strength in trouble I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” Isaiah 49:26
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Jehovah Yasha means the Lord my Savior I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Jehovah Moshiekh means the Lord your savior I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.Then all mankind will knowthat I, the Lord am your Savior;your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. Isaiah 49:26
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Jehovah Raah means the Lord my Shepherd Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Psalm 80:1 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the […]
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Jehovah Goelekh means The Lord thy Redeemer You will drink the milk of nationsand be nursed at royal breasts.Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior,your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. Isaiah 60:16
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Jehovah-Go’el means the Lord my Redeemer I will make your oppressorseattheir own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” Isaiah 49:26 You will drink the milk of nations and be nursedat royal breasts.Then you will knowthat I, the Lord, am your […]
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Abraham decided his son needed to marry but did not want him to choose among the women where they were living. So he sent a servant back to his {Abraham’s} kindred to find a wife. The servant went to the city of Nahor and prayed the woman who was meant to be would also offer to water the camels. Rebekah […]
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Elohe Yakob means God of Jacob or God of Israel. Other forms also include Elohe Yakov, Elohe Ya’akov and Elohe Yisrael. May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. Psalm 20:1
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Elohai means My God. “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” {Exodus 3:16; Acts 3:13}
Read more Elohe Yakob means God of Jacob. May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob (Elohe Yakob) protect you. Psalm 20:1
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On his way to Samaria, Jesus stops in Sychar to rest at Jacob’s well. While there, a woman comes in the middle of the day. {John 4:1-42} Jesus ask the woman for a drink, which surprises her that a Jew would ask a Samaritan woman. He explains that if she knew who he were, she would ask Him for living […]
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While living in Egypt, Joseph took a wife and had two sons. His sons were Manasseh which means to forget and Ephraim, meaning fruitful. The most we learn about Joseph as a father, is when he takes them to visit his own father Israel {Jacob}. “The time drawing nigh that Israel must die… Joseph, hearing of his father’s sickness, goes […]
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Judah was one of the sons of Jacob and is the line from which the Messiah descends. But, what do we know about him as a father? “here Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua {means cry for help}. He married her and made love to her.” {Genesis 38:2} She had three sons: Er—means watchman Onan—means pain, force […]
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