Read Genesis 30:22-31:2 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
28:10-32:2 {p} God fulfills His promise to Jacob
Strong themes of the parashah
None this week.
Gen 30:22-31:2 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Gen 30:22-31:2 Triennial Vayizchar Elohiym chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
God continues to fulfill His promise to Jacob, and blesses him with wealth
Finding Messiah in Triennial Vayizchar Elohiym
The chiastic structure from Gen 30:22-25a is a loose end in this section of Scripture (see above). It tells about the birth of Joseph to Rachel, who was barren. Joseph becomes a Messiah type in Torah. The mother of Messiah was also unable to bear children, being a virgin, but she likewise conceived, as Rachel did, through the intervention and agency of the Holy Spirit.
Second, note in this passage:
So he removed that day the male goats that were speckled and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had some white in it, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and gave them into the hand of his sons. Then he put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. Gen 30:35-36
Three is a sign of Messiah in Torah. The distance of a three days’ journey as a sign of Messiah in Torah can also be found in the akedah, the binding of Isaac, Gen 22:1-24. Notice which of the flock Jacob— or Israel, i.e. a prophetic Messiah type— chooses for his own: the speckled, spotted, and brown, not the white. They were the ones who were valued least because they were not unblemished. I cried when I saw it!
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 25 (my notes) | 1 Sam 1 (my notes) | Act 13 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Vayizchar Elohiym
Genesis 30, Bible for Beginners
Genesis 31, Bible for Beginners
Gen 29:31-30:24, Jacob’s children
Gen 30:25-31:3, Jacob’s flocks
Gen 31-32, God does not forsake His lovingkindness
Gen 28:10-32:2, Chiastic structure and component chiastic structures
Gen 28:10-32:2, The strong theme reveals the theme of the parashah, and the mystery of Esau’s wives solved
The chiastic structure of the lives of the patriarchs
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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