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IN ENCOURAGING JACOB AND PREPARING HIM FOR HIS TRIAL.

GEN. xxxii. 1, 2.

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

IN JACOB'S GREAT EXTREMITY.

GEN. xxxii. 6, 7.

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed.

JACOB'S WONDERFUL DELIVERANCE IN ANSWER TO PRAYER.

GEN. XXXiii. 1-4.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children

unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him and they wept.

IN EXTRICATING JACOB AND HIS FAMILY FROM IMPENDING DANGER, AND REMINDING HIM OF HIS UNFULFILLED VOW.

GEN. XXXV. 1-5.

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change

your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

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IN MEETING JACOB AT BETHEL, AND BLESSING HIM.

GEN. XXXV. 9—13.

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am

God Almighty be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; and the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

JACOB'S GRATEFUL MEMORIAL.

GEN. XXXV. 14, 15.

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

IN PRESERVING THE LIFE OF JOSEPH WHEN HIS BRETHREN HAD CONSPIRED HIS DEATH.

GEN. Xxxvii. 23, 24.

And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript

Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours, that was on him; And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

THE LORD'S GRACIOUS INTERPOSITION.

GEN. xxxvii. 25-28.

And they sat down to eat bread and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and

carry it down to Egypt.

unto his brethren, What

myrrh, going to And Judah said

profit is it if we

slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, and our flesh and his brethren were content. Then there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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