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So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
Genesis 31:45-46 ESV

Jacob set a single stone and told the other men to pile up stones around it. Are these the nations gathered around Israel? Or perhaps the mixed multitude joined to him? Or the 12 tribes descended from him? Both names given to the marker in v47 mean “witness heap”. Perhaps they are the crowd of martyred witnesses gathered around the faithful remnant of Israel.

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Todays topic, how to be a light to the nations.

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day for these my daughters or for their children whom they have borne?"
Genesis 31:43 ESV

Although Laban had earlier claimed that he would have gladly allowed Jacob to leave with all he possessed if he had done so openly. Here, however, he claims that Jacob's wives and children were his, hinting that Jacob was right to sneak away in the night.

Same felonies mishandling documents, no charges. Same felonies with his VP/failed candidate's husband on report hush payments, no charges. Lies, minimal media coverage.

https://www.instagram.com/reel..../DDGMpv_NNPT/?igsh=d

If they are doing the same bad things, there should be the same coverage, condemnation, and prosecution.

Today's Torah Portion is called "and he left" in English. It's at least a triple entendre with the culmination being Jacob's choice to serve the Elohim of Abraham or the Elohim of Nahor.

https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/torah-portion

A day that will live in infamy. December 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor began the largest mobilization of military might in history and a complete reformation of world order. YHVH bless the Greatest Generation.

Short video from Billy Graham

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PsTqECKOUO4

Some of the family drama situations found in the OT can be confusing and very foreign to people today. I hope this will cut through some of that confusion and help you understand some of the obscure subtext in the stories of the patriarchs and ancient Israel.
#marriage #patriarchy #biblestudy

https://www.americantorah.com/....2023/08/08/seven-kin