Tag: jacob
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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….