Identifier: bibleprimeroldte00hult (find matches)
Title: Bible primer, Old Testament, for use in the primary department of Sunday schools
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Hult, Adolf, 1869-1943 Augustana synod. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Rock Island, Ill., Augustana book concern
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Then all^vould eat and Isaac would bless Esau.Ah, Esau had no right to the blessing! But Rebekah lovedJacob. She wished Jacob to have the blessing. She toldJacob to go out and kill two kids, then take the skins of thekids and put them on his hands. Then the blind Isaac wouldthink Jacob was Esau. How wrong of Rebekah! Jacob didas he was told. With the skins on his hands, he brought toIsaac the food his mother had made ready. Come, let mefeel, said Isaac, if you are my son Esau. The voice isJacobs, but the hands are Esaus. So Isaac ate the meatand blessed Jacob. Now here comes Esau! When he finds that Jacob has re-ceived the blessing, he cries aloud and is broken-hearted.Too late! Isaac gives Esau only a little blessing. Esaugrows angry and says, I will kill Jacob! But Rebekahquickly sends Jacob to his uncle far away. Oh, the sorrow that comes of this lie of Rebekah andJacob! But the blessing had to stay with Jacob. That wasthe way in those times. And God led all for the best. Gen. 27.
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BIBLE PRIMER 31 13. JACOBS LADDER. You can see Jacob, can you, traveling day after day, alone,on his way to his uncle Laban far away? Jacob often looksbehind him; Esau might be coming! The sun sets as he walks along tired. Night comes; dark-ness falls. Stars twinkle in the sky. Has Jacob a pillow tosleep on? No, only a hard stone. Is he lonely? Does henow feel sad that the stole the blessing? Perhaps he praysGod to forgive him? I believe so. Soon Jacob is asleep onthe ground. He has a wonderful dream to-night. He dreamed, and look, a ladder set on the earth, the top ofit reaching to heaven; and, look, the angels of God going upand down. And, look, the Lord God stood above the ladderand said: I am the Lord, the God of Abraham and of Isaac.I will give this land to thee and to all thy children. And inthee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Jacob awakens. Oh, he says, this is a holy place. Thisis the gate of heaven! He takes the stone from under hishead and raises it up. Then he

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