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Old Testament

Week 9: Isaac and Jacob

Hurricane Utah Adult Religion Class

Customs of the ANE


Genesis 24:4. But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Kinship marriage. Arranged marriage. Oath-taking.

Oaths in the ANE


The oath is the one thing that is most sacred and inviolable among the desert people and their descendants. But not every oath will do. To be most binding and solemn an oath should be by the life of something, even if it be but a blade of grass. The only oath more awful than that by my life or (less commonly) by the life of my head isby the life of God or as the Lord liveth. Anciently it was an awful thing, as it still is among the desert people. Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon, 12829
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Terah Nahor Bethuel Laban Rebekah Abraham Isaac

Customs of the ANE


Genesis 24:16. A virgin, neither had any man known her.
Virgin = ( bethuwlah)= a young woman of marriageable age.

Genesis 24:22, 53. Gifts for Rebekah:


Gold nose ring, about 2/5 of an ounce (beka). Two gold bracelets, about 4 ounces (ten shekels). Gold, silver, clothing = bride-price.

Genesis 24:65. Bridal veil.


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Twin sons
Isaac + Rebekah
Esau
Reddish = (admoni), sounds like Edomite. Hairy = (sear), sounds like Mount Seir, home of the Edomites.

Jacob ( aqev), may he protect


(as a rearguard).

Jacob obtains the birthright


Genesis 27:117. Doing the wrong thing for the right reason? Genesis 27:33b. Isaac affirms the blessing. Genesis 27:4144. The fallout.

Jacobs first vision


Genesis 28:1016.
A ladder or stairway to heaven. Jacob receives the covenant promise. Meaning of the vision?

Terah Nahor Bethuel Laban Leah Rachel Rebekah Abraham Isaac Jacob

Jacobs second vision


Genesis 32:2430. Jacob wrestles with an angel? God? and receives a blessing. ( Israel) = God fights.
Fights on behalf of? Fights with?

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Next week:
Joseph and the sons of Jacob

Genesis 3750

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