Löydetty 2006 Tulokset: Israel's Mourning
But ever Esau bore Jacob a grudge over the blessing he had won from their father. Soon, he thought, the days will come when we shall be mourning for my father’s death; that is the time to kill my brother. (Genesis 27, 41)
Jacob, he said, is no name for thee, thou shalt be called Israel, one that prevails with God.✻ If thou hast held thy own with God, how wilt thou prevail over men! (Genesis 32, 28)
that is why the race of Israel, to this day, will not eat the sinew of the thigh, in which Jacob’s strength failed him, the sinew of his thigh that withered when it was touched. (Genesis 32, 32)
And here he built an altar, and dedicated it to the almighty God, the God of Israel. (Genesis 33, 20)
Jacob’s sons came back from the plains and heard what had befallen. They fell into a great rage; Sichem had dishonoured the whole race of Israel, and done great wrong, by violating their father’s daughter. (Genesis 34, 7)
It was at this time that Debora, Rebecca’s nurse, died; she was buried under an oak, by the spur of the hills where Bethel is, and the place came to be called, The Oak of Mourning. (Genesis 35, 8)
and assuring him, Thou shalt not be called Jacob any longer; Israel is to be thy name. (Genesis 35, 10)
So, calling to him by this name of Israel, he said to him, I am God all-powerful, and I bid thee increase and multiply; peoples shall descend from thee, whole families of nations, and kings shall be born of thy stock; (Genesis 35, 11)
Israel said to him, Thy brethren are pasturing the sheep at Sichem; I have an errand for thee there. And when Joseph answered, (Genesis 37, 13)
Vainly did all his children conspire to solace their father’s grief; he would admit no consolation. I will go down mourning, he said, to keep my son company in the grave; and would not dry his tears. (Genesis 37, 35)
This was great unkindness you did me, Israel said, to tell him you had a brother at all. (Genesis 43, 6)
And their father Israel said to them, Since it must be so, have your way. Only, take gifts with you in your packs, the most precious this land yields, a little balm, and honey, and storax, and myrrh, and mastic, and almonds. (Genesis 43, 11)
