The Bible Slam: Genesis Chapter 33

Jacob meets his older twin brother Esau, and there is peace.   Esau goes his way and Jacob travels onto Shalem, where he builds a house.   He also buys a parcel of land and builds an altar.

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Talking Points.

In the King James Version at Genesis 33:10,

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

The Skeptics Annotated Bible states that"since Jacob just saw the face of God a few verses ago (Genesis 32:30), he ought to know what God looks like. So now we do too. God looks just like Esau! Which is kind of strange, since God hates Esau."   Romans 9:13 states:

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

For some reason, God hates Esau but loves Jacob — although Jacob is the one who has been lying and deceiving in order to take away Esau's blessing and birthright.

D. Beeksma

One of the growing crowd of American "nones" herself, Deborah is a prolific writer who finds religion, spirituality and the impact of belief (and non-belief) on culture inspiring, fascinating and at times, disturbing. She hosts the God Discussion show and handles the site's technical work. Her education and background is in business, ecommerce and law.

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