Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan.Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
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I am seeking my brothers, he said. Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock. The man said, They have gone away, for I heard them say, Let's go to Dothan. So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. they saw him from a distance. And before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him. They said to one another, here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. then we will say that a wild animal has devoured him and we shall see what will become of his dreams. Here comes this dreamer. Another translation, that dreamer's coming this way again. Come now, let's kill him and throw him into the pits. Then we shall say that a wild animal has devoured him, and we shall see, yeah, we shall see what will become, what will become of his dreams. May the Lord add a blessing to the reading and hearing of God's holy word. …
Back to verse 1. It reads, Jacob settled in the land where his father lived as an undocumented migrant. The land of Canaan. This is the story of Jacob. But verse 3 says, Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children because he was the son of his old age. This is the story of Jacob. Now Israel loved Joseph more. This is the story of Jacob. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him an ornamented robe. May the Lord add a blessing to the reading and hearing of God's holy word. You may be seated in the presence of the Most High God. I'd like to place a tag here for our teaching at this moment. I want us to deal with this idea of a consecrated contradiction. A consecrated contradiction. And if you would be so kind as to look at your neighbor at this time and say, neighbor, oh neighbor, I'm sorry to have to say this, but you're looking at a contradiction. …
… In Genesis, a book of beginnings, chapter 37, it says, Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger. This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being 17 years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lads were the sons of Bilhah and sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he's a son of his old age and he made him a coat of many colors but when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. They hated him and could not speak peaceably to him. But Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers and they hated him even more. So he said to them, Please hear this dream which I have dreamed. There we were, binding sheaves in the field, and my sheave arose and stood upright, and your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheave. …
… chapter of Genesis is the beginning of his life. Most of us know this from somewhere, either from Sunday school or from Lloyd Webber's famous musical. Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger in the land of Canaan. In Genesis 37, it says, Joseph was 17 years old. He's feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, the son of Zilpah, father's wife and Joseph brought a bad reporter to him to his father. Translate that he was a snitch. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was a son of his old age and he made him a tunic of many colors. When his brothers saw their father loved him more than all his brothers they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him. Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers and they hated him even more so he said to them hear this dream I've dreamed there we were binding sheaves in the field then behold my sheaf arose and also stood upright and your sheaf stood all around it and bowed down to my sheaf and his brothers said shall you indeed reign over us or shall you indeed have dominion over so they hated even more for his dreams and for his words. …