Posts Tagged ‘Esau’
Jacob- Part 3- A Changed Man
DAILY DISCIPLINE #53 By Colleen M. Donahue In our last study of Jacob, we followed him from having to flee his home in Canaan to the land of Haran where his mother’s relatives lived. He had fled from home to escape the wrath of his brother Esau whom Jacob had tricked out of his birthright.…
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DAILY DISCIPLINE #52 By Colleen M. Donahue Our study continues with the life of Jacob. After deceiving his brother Esau out of his birthright, Jacob, at the advice of his mother, flees Canaan to escape the wrath of his brother. This sudden decision to leave home is misrepresented to Isaac (his father) who thinks his…
Read MoreJacob-Part 1- A Diamond in the Rough
DAILY DISCIPLINE #51 By Colleen Donahue “Jacob have I loved.” Malachi 1:2 The Bible says relatively little about Abraham’s son Isaac – but about Isaac’s son Jacob, we have great detail from the beginning to the end of his life. In Jacob, we will see much of ourselves, for he is an illustration of our…
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