2010-10-07T09:13:56-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/jacob/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/that-life-changing-limp-6194 2010-10-07T09:13:56-05:00 If God has given you a painful reminder of the futility of self-reliance, the price of sin, and the glory of His work in your life, then thank Him for it. Let the "limp" that God gave you when you wrestled with Him make you strong for the rest of your life! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2049:1-28&version=NIV 2009-10-02T15:07:37-05:00 In this passage Jacob blesses each of his sons and their families. These were to be the twelve tribes of Israel. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+32:28&version=NIV 2009-09-30T18:17:20-05:00 The Israelites descended from Jacob. Jacob received the name Israel from an undercover angel after he wrestled with him. Israel means, he struggles with God. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2029:1-30&version=NIV 2009-09-25T09:35:05-05:00 The story of Rachel's courtship. After working seven long years to earn the right to marry Rachel, Jacob was tricked into marrying her older sister Leah. Jacob was allowed to marry Rachel in the end, but only after pledging to work seven more years. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2030:14-18&version=NIV 2009-09-14T13:16:33-05:00 Leah's son, Reuben, picked some mandrakes for her one day. Rachel wanted them and Leah exchanged the Mandrakes in order to have the night with their shared husband, Jacob. She conceived and bore a son. They named him, Issachar, which translates as Reward. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2028:10-22&version=KJV 2009-09-11T10:19:49-05:00 The famous story of Jacob and the ladder to heaven. In his dream, Jacob saw the ladder and a host of angels descending it from heaven. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2025:29-34&version=NIV 2009-09-11T10:05:39-05:00 In this famous Old Testament story, Jacob convinces his brother Esau to give up his birthright. It was a foolish decision, and a testament to Esau's desperation and short-sightedness. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2050:5-14&version=NIV 2009-09-03T10:44:29-05:00 In this passage in Genesis we read of the funeral of Jacob, father to Joseph. Joseph followed all of the customs for a proper burial, including Jacob's request of a resting place. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2032:28&version=NIV 2009-07-27T16:13:45-05:00 After wrestling with God, Jacob is renamed "Israel." His descendants would go on to become a mighty nation blessed by God. Their story is told throughout the Old Testament. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2025:19-34&version=NIV 2009-07-17T10:12:37-05:00 Jacob is one of the Old Testament's most colorful characters. We're first introduced to him and his brother Esau in this passage--and the tension between the two brothers is evident from the very beginning. Jacob's wily manner comes through in his bargaining with Esau over, of all things, a pot of stew.