With the disruption of the kingdom came Bethel's greatest Maps are essential for any serious Bible study. [] He told his servants, "Pass over before me, and keep some distance . But Esau has long since forgiven Jacob and is delighted to see him. 10:36, 37; 12:10; 14:13). Here he pitched his tent under the oaks of Mamre, by which name it came afterwards to be known; and here Sarah died, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 23:17- 20), which he bought from Ephron the Hittite. Along the way he saw in a dream a ladder reaching to heaven with angels ascending and descending which proved to be a type of Jesus. Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. Psalm 20:7, 33:13-22; Isaiah 30:1-3, 15, 31:1, 41:10-16; Jeremiah 5:17, 17:5-8). 67, 113, 98 and 4). Jacob, in his 78th year, was sent from the family home to avoid his brother, and to seek a wife among his kindred in Padan-aram. Surely there is a principle here for all Christians pertaining to Gods will and mans. Jacob's other children are between 56 and 63. As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. Not only did Jacob live here and dig a well. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. He divided the children between Leah and Rachel and the two maidservants. A city in the hill country of Judah, originally Kirjath (the city of) Arba (Joshua 15:13; Joshua 14:15). Solomon knew it also and had him put to death for treason. And it came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine; and Israel heard of it. I suspect that this is for two reasons. Shechem was a place of man's sin. These Canaanites undoubtedly kept their gods with them (or made new ones) when they were taken captive. This accounts for a school of prophets of Jehovah being there in Elijah's time (2 Kings 2:2-3). Luke 9:57-62). Shechem asks his father, Hamor, to negotiate marriage terms. 1653 Jacob is 147 years old. Isaac at the time was 60 years old. Jacobs condition is not that different from many Christians in our own time. 21:2; 2 Sam. JACOB. Then he sent [] as a gift [] to his brother Esau 14 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 ewes and 20 rams, 15 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, and 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys. Visual reminders had a great place in Old Testament times, not to mention the present (cf. The southern limit of the Holy Land, as Dan in the N.: "from Dan to Beersheba" (compare in David's census, 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Samuel 24:2-7) comprehends the whole. PDF TIMELINE FOR ABRAM (ABRAHAM) from the promise given at age 70 (Gen. 12: And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set for the kings mother, and she sat on his right. 5:5); and here he was anointed as king over all Israel (2 Sam. And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers, and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (Genesis 35:9-15). The population is about 8000, of which about 600 are Jews; the remainder Turks and Arabs. 34:30). First, from the age of Dinah in Shechem as compared to her age at the time of Jacobs departure. 1. northeast of Tel Aviv. According to Acts they were all buried at Shechem in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor. It is found by Isaac's servants just after the covenant made between him and Abimelech. Near it was the oak or terebinth, a place of pagan worship. (Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of . The birthright secured to him who possessed it (1) superior rank in his family (Gen. 49:3); (2) a double portion of the paternal inheritance (Deut. From Dan to Beersheba (2 Sam 17:11, etc.) Bethel became the king's chapel" (sanctuary) "the king's court" ("house of the kingdom") (Amos 7:13; Amos 3:14-15). One Step Forward(33:1-16) Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. The meeting was of a painful kind. There was much needless heartache and sorrow in Jacobs life because of his waywardness. It states that even after Simeon and Levi slew the city of Shechem, Dinah refused to leave captivity. Old Testament Esplin Midterm Flashcards | Quizlet In Genesis 30:22 God remembers Rachel's prayers. He, like Adonijah, could, by this act of possessing the harem, assume the headship that seemed to be his by virtue of being the eldest brother. I hope you find it helpful as you contrast these two very different men. After the lapse of twenty-one years he returned from Padan-aram with two wives, two concubines, eleven sons and a daughter, and large property. The children were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, daughter Dinah, Joseph, and Benjamin. The explanation is to be found in the great terror that came from God. 3. He did not live there long, but moved southward. And the LORD said unto him, Go up. The naming of Bethel Jacob repeated more publicly on his return home, 20 years later, with his family purified of idols, when God again appeared to him, and confirmed his change of name to Israel (Genesis 35:1-15; Genesis 32:28). The example of Jacob is quoted by the first and the last of the minor prophets. Shechem son of Hamor, the king of the city of Shechem, saw her and fell in love with her. Bethel. It should be noted that the personal names `Aqqubh and Ya`aqobhah (accent on the penult) also occur in the Old Testament, the former borne by no less than 4 different persons; also that in the Palmyrene inscriptions we find a person named `ath`aqobh, a name in which this same verb `aqabh is preceded by the name of the god `Ate, just as in `Aqabhyah it is followed by the name YahuJacob in Wikipedia (pronounced /dekb/; Hebrew: , Standard Yaakov; Septuagint Greek: ; "heel" or "leg-puller", Arabic: Yaqb), also known as Israel (Hebrew: , Standard Yisrael, Isrl; Septuagint Greek: ; "persevere with God"[1]), as described in the Bible, was the third patriarch of the Jewish people, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, named after his descendants. [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? In the context of this text, Jacob has fled from Laban, not knowing that Rachel has stolen her fathers household gods (Genesis 31:19-20). There is not so much as a hint that Esau still intended to carry out his threat from years past that he would get even with Jacob once his father died (cf. From outward appearances Jacob was not that far from Godonly thirty miles distant from Bethel. 20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. After the death of Saul, David was here anointed king (2 Sam 5:3) and reigned here 7 1/2 years, until he captured Jerusalem and made that his capital (2 Sam 5:5); while here, six sons were born to him (2 Sam 3:2). His messengers told him the news of Esau's coming (Gen. 32:6-8) and Jacob became troubled and prayed for help and deliverance (Gen. 32:9-12). also I Corinthians 11:26). When Jacob came hither on his way to Paddan-aram we are told that he lighted upon "the place" (Gen 28:11. Consequently, ownership of this real estate reverted back to Hamor's family. The Torah does not tell us anything about what happened to her for the remainder of her life, nor if she ever married and raised a family. His mother's name also [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.Amos 8:14 - They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.1 Chronicles 21:2 - And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know [it].Genesis 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.2 Kings 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. the pestilence. when he was younger, he cheated Esau out of his birthright (see Genesis 27:1-40). Rachels death should be viewed from the vantage point of two previous events: Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die (Genesis 30:1). about 108 years. We may be like those in the church at Ephesus, who have lost their first love (Revelation 2:4), or those at Laodicea who, due to their wealth and security, considered themselves to be doing well spiritually when they were destitute, cold, and indifferent (Revelation 3:15-17). And it was over thirty years since he had made his vow to return to Bethel and acknowledge Gods hand if he were brought back in peace. W. H. Griffith Thomas, Genesis: A Devotional Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1946), p. 329. Josiah, as foretold, defiled the altar with dead men's bones, but disturbed not the sepulchre of the prophet of Judab when he discerned its title. These wells are in constant use today. The story of Dinah recounts an episode in which the girl (or young woman) goes out to see the "daughters of the land" (34:1) but is raped, seduced, and/or abducted by Shechem, a Hivite prince, who subsequently falls in love with her. The tragic and painful events of chapter 34 greatly improved Jacobs ability to hear and obey God. of Zion. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed the life of a shepherd, while his brother Esau became an enterprising hunter. Jacob's Well is also about 250 feet from the archaeological ruins of ancient Shechem. For shortly after this, when Joseph was sold into Egypt, he was seventeen years old. It matters a great deal. Oak. So Jacob come to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. Joseph's bones are symbolic of the promises of God for our lives. Jacob arrives at Shechem in c.1691BC (see Genesis 12:6-7 . 34). It was at Bethel that Jacob vowed he would return to the land of his fathers and worship Yahweh after He prospered him (28:1822). Laban was outraged and pursued them to Mizpah, the Lord intervened for Jacob and in Mizpah Laban made a treaty of peace with Jacob (Gen. 31:1-55). When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (Gen. 12:8); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (13:4). [2][3] Before the birth of Benjamin, Jacob is renamed "Israel" by an angel, the name after which the modern nation of Israel is named. Did Jacob mislead his brother Esau in Genesis 33:14? It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. The second lesson which Christians need to learn is that even when we do renew our relationship with God, all things will not go smoothly for us. A few centuries later, Abraham's grandson Jacob repurchased the land of Shechem from Hamor's family (Genesis 33:18-19). The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. Several lessons may be learned from the events of this chapter. Jacob knew that there could be no approach to God in an impure condition. Jacob Settles in Shechem | Reformed Bible Studies & Devotionals at According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, Jos 15:28 and then to Simeon, Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28 In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," Jud 20:1 it represents the southern boundary of Canaan, as Dan the northern. The second, at a hundred yards distance, 5 in diameter, 42 in depth. It has been supposed that the highest point of the temple hill, which is now covered by the Mohammedan Kubbetes-Sakhrah, or "Dome of the Rock," is the actual site of Araunah's threshing- floor. The Days of the Monarchy: David, when a fugitive, received kindness from the people of this city (1 Sam 30:31); here Abner was treacherously slain by Joab at the gate (2 Sam 3:27), and the sons of Rimmon, after their hands and feet had been cut off, were hanged "beside the pool" (2 Sam 4:12). He bought a piece of ground near Shechem. Jud 20:26- 28; 21:4 Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. 2. This is probably due to a combination of two factors. More altars, besides the original one were erected. Under this same oak tree, it would seem, their gods were put away, and a large stone was set up as a witness to this act (Joshua 24:19-28). What did Jacob and Laban set up as a border between the two territories? Shechem - New World Encyclopedia 23 The command of our Lord, This be doing in remembrance of Me (Luke 22:19, my translation), is a present imperative, suggesting a continuing observance through the ages, till He comes (cf. 19 For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought In the Hebrew Bible he is the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham and Sarah and of Bethuel, and the twin brother of Esau. 1. They all pour their streams into the wady es Seba, and are called Bir es seba, the largest 12 ft. diameter, and masonry round reaching 28 ft. down, and 44 from bottom to surface of the water. Jacob in Succoth and then in Shechem, from Genesis 33:18-20 commented by ASV and questions In Succoth Jacob rested for a while in Succoth, may be a year or so for all the animals and the children to recover after the escape from Laban and all these efforts when he met Esau, the camp needed to rebuild. According to the Bible, God destroys the world in a flood after telling Noah to build an ark. 3. After their dramatic reconciliation in Genesis 33, Jacob resists Esau's invitation to join him in the south (Seir) by: reassuring Esau that he'll follow at a distance, 33:14a, "Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly,." How did Jacob feel about the massacre of the males? Bethel belonged by lot to Benjamin, but was falcon by Ephraim (Bethel being on his southern border) through the treachery of an inhabitant (Judges 1:22-26). From this place the patriarch departed for Egypt by way of Beersheba (37:14; 46:1). It was here at hebron where Jacob met saw his father Isaac in his old age (Gen. 35:27) and he dwelt here in Hebron. It is named as on the northern border of Benjamin (the southern of Ephraim, Josh 16:2), at the top of the ascent from the Jordan valley by way of Ai (Josh 18:13). Finally, the Lord's intent for Jacob is made clear in 35:115, but this is probably only a direct confirmation of what Isaacs son already knew to be God's will. Patriarchal Period: Abram came and dwelt by the oaks of MAMRE (which see), "which are in Hebron" Gen (13:18); from here he went to the rescue of Lot and brought him back after the defeat of Chedorlaomer (14:13 f); here his name was changed to Abraham (17:5); to this place came the three angels with the promise of a son (18:1 f); Sarah died here (23:2), and for her sepulcher Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah (23:17); here Isaac and Jacob spent much of their lives (35:27; 37:14); from here Jacob sent Joseph to seek his brethren (37:14), and hence, Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt (46:1). Ge 28:11-19; 31:13 Jacob lived there. The tumultuous Dinah affair also occurred during Jacob's stay at Shechem. The Bible records that during Jacob's stay he purchased land near Shechem. Conflict, covenant and choice - lessons from Shechem