Tag: jacob
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Do Malachi 1:2-3 & Romans 9:13 refer to God Loving Jacob & God Hating Esau as hyperbole or a figure of speech, not Calvinism/predestination doctrine?
Calvinist/Reformed Baptists often cite the the following verses associated with Jacob being selected as opposed to Esau as examples of supporting the Doctrine of Calvinism/Predestination(i.e. Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, etc….
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Is there a chronological issue in Genesis 25,26 and 27?
In Genesis 25 we meet Isaac who marries Rebecca. Rebecca conceives and gives birth to twins Esau and Jacob. Isaac is above sixty years of age when the chapter closes. Genesis 25 NASB 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, …
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How long did Jacob stay in Harran?
How long did Jacob stay in Harran? The answer seemed to be in Genesis 31:38-41 (NIV) 38 “I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. 39 I did not bring you a…
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Time span between Genesis 15:13 and Genesis 46:6
Is it possible, on the basis of the text, to establish the approximate time span between God’s prophesy to Abraham about his descendants’ being mistreated in Egypt: "And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a s…
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Why does Jacob say that Benjamin “shall ravin as a wolf” and “divide the spoil” (Genesis 49:27)?
The prophecy reads (KJV): Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. (Genesis 49:27) What does this mean, and was it fulfilled?
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What is the meaning of the passages where someone concealing something is overtaken or ambushed on the road?
I think I have found a thread in the Bible where a traveller is tested while on the road. They are usually overtaken (sometimes ambushed) by someone in disguise or they are carrying a hidden item. Are these passages actually linked, and if…
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And Jacob was left alone
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. – Genesis 32:24 Jacob was ambitious….