Jacob And Esau Reconciled, Dinah Is Defiled

[Walter and Deborah]

Monday 11-2-20 Cheshvan 15, 5781 2nd. day of the weekly cycle,
42nd. Fall Day

 

Jacob And Esau Reconciled: Genesis Thirty Three:1-20

 

◄ Genesis Thirty Three ►

 

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Jacob Meets Esau

 

1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

 

4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 

 

9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

 

12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

 

15And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

 

Jacob Settles in Shechem

 

18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.

 

Genesis Thirty Four:1-31    Dinah Is Defiled

 

Love always, Walter and Debbie

Edited November 2, 2020 by Walter and Deborah
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[Tzephanyahu]

Shalom @Walter and Deborah,

The exciting climax of this portion of Scripture couldn't have concluded better.  Esau arrives with a smile and an embrace, leaving the reader just as surprised as Jacob.

Is Esau the bigger man, able to forgive and forget? Possibly.  Although I think it is what we have seen before with Abraham, and summarised in Proverbs 16:7:

"When a man's ways pleases Yahweh,  He makes even his enemies be at peace with him"

Perhaps there is hope for some of us reading this who fear an impending day of confrontation, either on a personal matter or for the sake of being a Christian.  

Never give up hope, trust in Yahweh always, and be brave in the face of adversity. All things are possible with Him.

Love & Shalom