All that Paul is doing is just exegeting Genesis chapter 5. The LORD said to her, (this is a most important prophecy, and as you know from reading the Epistle to the Romans in the 9th chapter, the Apostle Paul lays great stress on this to show the sovereign grace of God in divine election.

But the children struggled together within her and she said, “If it is so, why then am I this way?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived. “Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham became the father of Isaac and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. Genesis chapter 25 verse 19 through verse 26, And the first one to which he refers is found in Genesis chapter 25 and verse 19 through verse 26. You probably have noticed, as we have been reading these verses here, that Hosea is giving us something of a commentary on the life of Jacob the Patriarch, referring to several of the preeminent experiences of Jacob. Now turn back to the first book of the Bible. So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him Yes, their altars are like the stone heapsīut by a prophet the LORD brought Israel from Egypt, Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed Ī merchant (or a Canaanite) in whose hands are false balances,Īnd Ephraim said, ‘Surely I have become rich,īut I have been the LORD your God since the land of Egypt Īs in the days of the appointed festival.Īnd through the prophets I gave parables. In the womb he took his brother by the heel,Īnd in his maturity he contended with God. He will repay him according to his deeds. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,Īnd will punish Jacob according to his ways Hosea chapter 11 and verse 12,Įven against the Holy One who is faithful.” And I won’t make any comments today in order to save a little bit of time, because it will be helpful for us to read those other passages.

But let’s read first the passage in Hosea, and then we’ll read the passages in Genesis. We are turning to Hosea chapter 11 and verse 12 through chapter 12 and verse 14, but in view of the fact that this morning, the message is going to touch on two other passages in the Book of Genesis, I’d like to also read those passages as well.

For jacob have i loved