Genesis 35 - Jacob Returns to Bethel | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church

In this video listen to Genesis 35 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.In Genesis 35 the deaths of three people are recounted, first being Deborah’s Jacob’s mothers nurse, who would have been quite elderly, perhaps, 140. The second to die was Rachel, Jacob’s favourite wife and Joseph’s mother at a young age of perhaps 36, according to the Jewish Encyclopedia (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/art...), and Isaac at the age of 180.Rachel died in childbirth giving birth to Benjamin, the only one of the twelve brothers to be born in Canaan.Here Rachel names her son, ‘son of my sorrow’ or Ben Oni on her death. However Jacob overrules and renames him ‘son of my right right’ or Ben Jamin. Here we see the purpose of God at work. Because each of us have entered into life with sorrow because of sin, but when we come to Christ, we have sorrow overruled, and become sons of the right hand. Christ of course sits at the right hand of the Father.Finally Isaac dies at 180, and the memory of his deceit is an old one. The boys, both aged 120 each, bury their father together.