Read Genesis 32 here or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
28:10-32:2 {p} …
32:3-33:17 {s} …
The Chiastic Structure of Gen 28:10-32:3 will help us discover the topic of this single paragraph.
The central axis helps us identify the topic of the paragraph, that God fulfilled His promise to Jacob to bless him. He gave him wives, and children, and flocks. He arrived to Laban a single man, and left him as a company of people, wealthy and prosperous.
28:10-32:2 {p} God fulfills His promise to Jacob (wives + children + flocks)
We saw previously that God fulfilled His word to Sarah (Gen 21:1); that God did not forsake His lovingkindness or His truth to Abraham (Gen 24:26-27), and now He is putting neon flashing lights around the central axis proclaiming that He fulfilled His promise to bless Jacob and be with him. Repetition is a Teaching Tool of Scripture. God does not want us to miss, that He keeps His word and He fulfills His promises.
If there are questions, these are good resources:
The chiastic structure of the lives of the patriarchs – Christine Miller
Genesis 32:24-30, Jacob renamed Israel – Christine Miller
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