Genesis 29
- correlations: Jacob vs. Esau, Leah vs. Rachel, Joseph vs. his older brothers etc. all correspond with Jesus’s rule for Kingdom of Heaven (the last shall become the first, the rich will become the poor, the servant shall become the master)
Genesis 31
- Rachel stole Laban’s gods à people may have practiced multiple religions
Genesis 32
- Israel: “God contended,” “he struggles with God”
- Jacob retained in his body (permanent hip injury), and Israel in her dietary practice (do not eat tendon attached to the socket of the hip), a perpetual reminder of this fateful encounter with God.
Genesis 35
- Jacob: “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.” à worshipping any god other than God the Father is wrong and unclean, hence here, Jacob rectifies the situation (i.e. Rachel stealing Laban’s gods).
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