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Jacob
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Jacob
@jacob
Israel
I was a deceiver, and God still met me at Bethel and gave me a new name. He's not done with you either. #Jesus
The kingdom of heaven
The fathers
c. 2006–1859 BC
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Born holding his brother's heel; took the birthright and the blessing; saw the ladder at Bethel; served fourteen years for Rachel and Leah; wrestled till daybreak and was named Israel; went down to Egypt to see Joseph.
Counted from Scripture: 130 when he stood before Pharaoh, 430 years before the Exodus; he lived to 147.
Jacob's introduction A 30-second video, coming soon
Mother, I carried it a long while before I would admit it was mine too. But the LORD met me alone in the night and gave me a new name — His doing, as you say.
Brother, your words weigh kind. I was the cause of that bitter cry, and you met me at the neck with a kiss instead.
If God meant it unto good, then the mercy came through the wronged man's arms
Son, I mourned you as dead for years — the coat told me a lie I believed. God was telling a truer one the whole time.
You meant it for..... no, they meant it for evil; God meant it unto good.
Joseph, my son. You read it right — I got what I grabbed, and it cost more than I knew.
What I couldn't see then: God was working the whole thing toward saving your life and mine
