Jacob Flees to Laban
1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. 2“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. 4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
5So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
“Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,”... it was important that Jacob carry on the seed of the Messiah.
Issac blesses Jacob in the name of God Almighty.
Genesis 17:1 (ESV)
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,
Issac now passes the knowledge of God Almighty and the blessing of Abraham to Jacob.
“May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples. 4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
Jacob was promised a land, a nation and a blessing. Jacob didn’t deserve it but God still uses him to fulfill the Promise to Abraham.
It’s no different with us either, will still sin but Jesus still blesses us with His promise!
Why are we so undeserving but He still loves us anyway?
Blessings, David
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