Genesis 31:43–55

Genesis 31:43–55

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Laban’s Covenant with Jacob

43 And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and this flock is my flock; all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne? 44 Now therefore, come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”

45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. 46 Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed, 49 also Mizpah, because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another. 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”

51 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Here is this heap and here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you, and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain. 55 And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.

The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ge 31:43–55

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  Little LD belly this morning. I woke up. It's it's pretty early in the morning so and I woke up and little Ellie belly was up and she said, Daddy, can I go to coffee with you? So, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to Coffee and devotion this for every day, or every weekday, you and I we get together. We have a little bit of coffee, we get into God's word and we grow in our love for the Lord together. And this year 2023 Lord willing, we'll make it from the book of Genesis, all the way through the book of Acts and Acts woof, that'd be off the hardwood Jesus through X. Genesis through Leviticus where we have some coffee because I think Daddy needs coffee. What about you? Oh, you want coffee? Okay, well, we'll see how this goes. Oh, you liked it? Black coffee. Okay, she must be my daughter. Okay, so you're going to pray. Okay, let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for this day. Thank you for the blessing. It is to get to read your word. And we pray that You would help us to understand it and apply it to our lives today in Jesus's name, Amen. So we're at Genesis 31. Genesis chapter 31. Open roots and things around here help us out Genesis chapter 31. And we'll begin at verse 43. You ready to listen? Okay. And Laban answered and said to Jacob, these daughters are my daughters and these children are my children. And this flock is my flock. All that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have born? Now therefore, come let us make a covenant you and I and I and let it be a witness between you and me. So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. Then Jacob said to his breath, brethren, gather stones, and they took stones and made a heap and they ate there on the heap. Laban called it J gar. Sahadi Dusa. But Jacob called it the lead. And Laban said, this heap is a witness between you and me this day. Therefore, its name was called the lead. Also Mizpah because he said, May the Lord watch between you and me, when we are absent from one another. If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, God is witness between you and me. Then Laban said to Jacob, here is this heap. And here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me, this heap as a witness in this pillar as a witness that I will not pass beyond this heap. To you and you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me for horm the God of Abraham, God of nature, Horde, and the God of their father judge between us, and Jacob swore by his father, by the fear of his father, Isaac. Then Jacob offered to sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread, and they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain. And early in the morning, Laban arose and kissed his sons and daughters and bless them, then leave and departed, and returned to his place. Well, we have three questions you remember three questions. A, what is this about? Be what's the best verse to summarize the book book, best verse and see what are we called to do? Data my father. That is your first letter, right? Yeah, the buffalo went to buy some bread but but a banana split instead. Right? We eat that night. A few nights ago. That's right. So here there's two men. J there's two men one is called Jacob Can you see Jacob? And there's another man his name is called Laban Laban. And what this is about is there's a covenant. Can you say covenant? Good job covenant is an agreement. Right? They're agreeing with each other. And the agreement is that they're going to go their own ways. Laban is going to go back home to Putana Ron, and Jacob is going to go back to Canaan. And they're going to have a line and they say, we're not going to cross this line. We're not going to fight against each other or argue with each other. And Jacob says, I won't take any more wives. I won't take any more or add any more people to my family. It's just going to be these two, or these these daughters of yours. And so they make in an agreement, and they go their own ways. So do you remember what the agreement was called a cover? A covenant. That's right, the covenant and it's based on the fear of God? Yeah, it's based on the fear of God, right? They do it before the Lord. They make a vow before God and they call that place. The name is normally called as Misbah. So it's right on on the far side of the Jordan River. As a Kia song now the one he wanted that countdown, man thank you. Yeah, have to guarantee happy. Good job. All right. Well, I think the best first the baba best first and this is verse 49. It says May the Lord watch between you and me and be absent from one another. If you afflict my daughters or if you take in other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, seek God is witness between you and me. I have that double underline. Do you see how I have to underline sir, that I also have one underlined here. To verse 53, that God of Abraham, the God of newborn, the God of their father judge between us. So what are we called to do? What do you how do you think this applies to a five year olds life? Thank God you obey God. Okay. Does God see everything? Uh huh. And so when you make an agreement with someone, do you think that we have to keep those agreements? Oh, don't do that. Do we have to keep those agreements? Yes. If you promise someone something you have to do it. But you know that when one day when I got in Ghana bought and I didn't Pinky promise I will go in spot and I go to Nick. And he you can't get out of band. That's when you can break a pinky promise, especially Pinky. Oh, you didn't do a pinky promise? Well, we got to keep our promises. You know who always keeps His promises? Hey, God. God always keeps His promises. Is that a good thing? Do you think it's a good thing that God always keeps His promises? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, you ready to pray? Let's pray. Lord, we thank you so much for this time. And we thank you that you are a God who keeps your promises. Father, we thank you that you worked through this story to protect Jacob and his family, and that you kept the covenant line going. Lord, we pray that we would be people who would keep our promises. Please, Lord, let us be more and more like Jesus Christ. In his name we pray, amen. Well, may God bless you today. May you walk in the joy and peace that comes from Jesus Christ. You want to say goodbye. Bye. Needed Transcribed by https://otter.ai