Tag: boundaries
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Some Goodbyes Stay Cold – Genesis 31:54-55
Genesis 31:54–55Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. After all…
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A Boundary Both Men Understood – Genesis 31:50-53
Genesis 31:50–53If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; This heap be witness, and…
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When “The Lord Watch” Is Not Romantic – Genesis 31:48-49
Genesis 31:48-49And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. This is one of those verses people pull out of its setting and…
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A Line Drawn in Stone – Genesis 31:44-47
Genesis 31:44–47Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did…