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    The Book of Hosea is one among the several books of the Hebrew scripture and appears as the first in the order of the twelve Minor Prophets. The term ‘minor’ refers to the length and not the importance of the books when compared to the books of Ezekiel, Isaiah and Jeremiah. All the twelve minor books are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Haggai & Malachi (Feinberg, 1990). Hosea was instructed by God to marry a prostitute, by the name of Gomer, who symbolized

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    Now that Job’s interview was over. It was time was Jacob to share his story with Maxwell. When Jacob enter the room to tell his story. Maxwell could not help, but notice the height of Jacob. He looked to be a tall, strong man, with broad shoulders and thick muscular limbs. Before, he began his interview Jacob clarified his different identity to Maxwell. He stated “I have been known by many names: heel catcher, deceiver, father of the tribes. My favorite name is the one God Himself gave me: Israel

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    Abraham and his wife, Sarah, have a son, in 2066BC, whose named Issac. Issac and his wife, Rebecca, have two sons named, in 2006BC, Jacob and Esau. Jacob with his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and his wives two handmaidens Bilhah and Zilpah, fathers a total of 12 sons and one daughter, sometime around 1921BC. Later on, his named is changed by God into Israel and the families of his 12 children become the Twelve Tribes of Israel, which later on they became known as the Israelites. The Old Testament

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    A: Jacob had twelve sons. The sons of Leah were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. They lived in the land of Canaan. When Joseph was seventeen he took care of the sheep and goats with his brothers. Jacob (Joseph’s father) loved Joseph more than all of his sons because Joseph was born to Jacob when he was old. When all of Joseph’s brothers saw that their father (Jacob) loved him more than he loved them, they started to hate Joseph so much

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    can go fast in time and try to evade it. Jacob failed and got hit by the old man's blade by a bit and cut his hand open. The old man told him that he was too slow and that he can do it faster. As Jacob argued with him saying why he did that, the man got bandages and covered him up. The old man left and ignored Jacobs yelling, as he left Jacob yelled at him telling where he can find him. The old man said he can find him in the same spot tomorrow. As Jacob was lonely once again he seen the area that

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    Don’t your wonder how Rachel felt as she waited for Jacob to arrive to consummate their marriage. What a week Rachel endured. Her father betraying her by ignoring the ketubbah (marriage contract), and giving Leah to Jacob on the night Rachel was to consummate her marriage to Jacob. Her father is always involved in treachery, but Leah’s participation in this clandestine scheme hurt the most! Unforgivable. Rachel first met Jacob on a day she was late to the well. The others were waiting on her because

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    3.13b-14a Analysis

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    God satisfies the needs of his faithful by providing them with drink and strength in v. 11b-c, he will also feed them with the inheritance of their father Jacob. The land promised to Jacob in Genesis 28:13-14 now becomes the possession of the people.117 In other words, the rewards are the abundant and secure life in the land promised to Jacob. The inheritance promised to the servants seems to follow the thematic pattern similar to that of 57:13b. As the prophet promises the land and God’s holy mountain

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    brothers. As a result, Joseph's angry brothers planned to kill him, but ends up in slavery due to his brother Rueben trying to save him. Therefore, God uses Joseph's hardships to allow the Israelites to end up in Egypt. Shortly after presenting Jacob and his family's background, the Book of Genesis shares a few of Joseph's dreams and his brothers disliked him even more. As Kruschwitz says, “The brothers reportedly hate him not because

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    Introduction Throughout our lives obedience to Gods will in all areas of our life can be a struggle. The people of ancient Israel stood as testament to this. However Gods promise to the Israelites is seen in this passage promising his blessings if they stood true to his law. This essay will explore the relationship between obedience to the law and Gods blessing using Jacqueline Grey’s Them, Us & Me principle of looking at the bible. Them The book of Deuteronomy was written while Israel was in

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    The Death Of A Great Deal

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    narrative his brothers have just arrived on the scene. Backing up a tad, at the outset of Genesis 42, Jacob is admonishing his eleven sons to head to Egypt to buy food. They agree and all head to Egypt save Benjamin, Joseph 's only full blood brother. Benjamin did not make the trip because his father worried excessively over him. They made it to Egypt and

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