Study From the Book of Genesis,33

Study From the Book of Genesis,33

As I studied chapter 33 of the Book of Genesis, I chose one biblical principle and its lesson which is useful in Biblical Counselling.

For Jacob, all he knew was that Esau was coming with four hundred men to destroy his family. Jacob then aligned his family in a pattern that would protect them. He placed his favourite wife, Rachel, in the rear. However, every thing had changed when he met Jacob as Jacob bowed himself to Esau expressing his sorrow for the way he had wronged Esau.

Instead of taking his revenge, Esau welcomed Jacob with joy. The event turned into a grand family reunion. Jacob presented his gifts to his brother as if they were gifts to God.  Before, Jacob had done all he could to take Esau’s blessing. Now as a wiser man, Jacob wanted to bless his brother with what God had given him. He wanted to restore the broken relationship with his brother.

Jacob stopped the journey and built temporary shelters east of the Jordan, perhaps at Dier- Alla, one mile north of the Jabbok River. Then Jacob retracted his grandparents’ route into Canaan through Shechem. Jacob did not live in the city, because it was devoted to pagan gods. Instead, he lived outside the city in a tent.

As his grandfather, Abraham who purchased land for a burial place for Sarah, Jacob bought a parcel of land. Even though God promised the entire land to Abraham’s family, they had to buy it, one little piece at a time. Jacob, now named Israel, built an alter for worship of the Lord, just as his grandfather had done. The name he gave the alter reflected his mature faith in God, the God of Israel. The God of Jacob’s fathers was now Jacob’s personal God, for He had fulfilled His promises and protected him.  

Structure

Verses: 1- 17: Jacob and Esau meet.

Verses 18-20: Jacob comes to Canaan.

Principle 57: verse 33:11:  ---“’Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough ‘, So he urged him and he took it.”

Lesson 57: We should be glad that God does not deal with us on the basis of our own righteousness, but on the basis of His boundless grace. He blesses us because of who He is, not who we are.26/04/2026.