Season 5 Episode 9 – Genesis 32: Wrestling with My Past (and God)

Coming Up!! - 0:00

Intro - 2:56

A’ight So Boom!! - 3:31

Read Genesis 32:1-2 - 9:00

• The Angels of God

• As Jacob goes on his way, the angels of God meet him.

• Jacob’s response: "This is God's camp!"

• He names the place Mahanaim (meaning "two camps" or "two hosts").

• What are the 2 camps? His camp and the camp of God? 

Read Genesis 32:3-8 - 13:32

• The Scouting Report

• Jacob sends messengers ahead to Esau in the land of Seir.

• The Message: Humble and submissive ("Your servant Jacob").

• Explains all that he has (willing to share? Compensate Easu for stealing his birthright and blessing) 

• The Report: The messengers return with terrifying news—Esau is coming to meet Jacob with 400 men. 

• More man than Abraham had to get lot back

• Jacob’s Panic

• Jacob is "greatly afraid and distressed."

• He divides his people and flocks into two camps. If Esau attacks one, the other can escape.

Read Genesis 32:9-12 - 26:12

• Jacob’s Prayer 

• He addresses the God of his fathers, Abraham and Isaac.

• "I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies."

• "Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother."

• He throws God’s own words back to Him: "You said, 'I will surely treat you well...'".

Read Genesis 32:13-21 - 30:06

• The "I'm Sorry" Gift

• Jacob prepares a massive bribe (appeasement gift) for Esau:

• 200 female goats, 20 male goats.

• 200 ewes, 20 rams.

• 30 milking camels with their colts.

• 40 cows, 10 bulls.

• 20 female donkeys, 10 male donkeys.

• He sends them in separate droves, telling each servant to say, "They belong to your servant Jacob; it is a present sent to my lord Esau."

• 6 sets of gifts coming at a staggered pace. 

• Sends everything ahead of him and stays the night at the camp

Read Genesis 32:22-26 - 36:32 

• The Midnight Match

• Jacob sends his wives, servants, and eleven sons across the ford of Jabbok.

• Jacob is left alone.

• The Wrestling Match: A "Man" wrestles with him until daybreak.

• We think Jacob is strong from him rolling the stone off the well 

• The Man touches Jacob’s hip socket, putting it out of joint.

• Jacob’s tenacity: "I will not let You go unless You bless me!"

Read Genesis 32:27-32 - 44:49

• The Name Change

• The Man asks his name: "Jacob" (Heel-catcher/Supplanter).

• The New Name: Israel ("For you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed").

• God Prevails 

• Jacob asks the Man's name, but the Man responds with a question and blesses him there.

• The Aftermath

• Jacob names the place Peniel ("For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved").

• Facing God or Face of God

• Note: Jacob limps because of his hip—this is why the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip to this day.

  
  

  
  

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