Genesis 28 discusses Jacob fleeing from his brother Esau to Laban in Paddan-Aram. Before departing, Isaac blesses Jacob and commands him not to marry a Canaanite woman. The document then provides historical context on Paddan-Aram and the meanings of its components. It notes God rewards obedience, as seen in Isaac's blessing of fruitfulness, growth, godly relationships, and inheritance of land for Jacob and his descendants. The summary concludes obedience to God is honored with rewards reaped at the proper time.

2. PERSONAL LIFEPERSONAL LIFE

3. GENESIS 28:3GENESIS 28:3
May God Almighty bless youMay God Almighty bless you
and make you fruitful andand make you fruitful and
increase your numbers until youincrease your numbers until you
become a community ofbecome a community of
peoples.peoples.

4. Isaac Rebekah
JacobEsau Rachel Leah Zilpah Bilhah
12 Tribes of
Israel
Edomites
FAMILY TREEFAMILY TREE
Aholi
bamah MahalathAdahAnah
JESUS
CHRIST
KING HEROD

5. TheThe ChurchChurch is only asis only as
healthy as itshealthy as its individualindividual
membersmembers..

6. ESSENTIALESSENTIAL
POINTS FORPOINTS FOR
GROWTHGROWTH

7. REPENTANCEREPENTANCE

8. GENESIS 27:41-45GENESIS 27:41-45
Esau held aEsau held a grudgegrudge againstagainst
Jacob because of the blessingJacob because of the blessing
his father had given him. Hehis father had given him. He
said to himself, “Thesaid to himself, “The days ofdays of
mourningmourning for my father arefor my father are
near; then I will kill my brothernear; then I will kill my brother
Jacob.”Jacob.”

9. GENESIS 27:41-45GENESIS 27:41-45
When Rebekah was told whatWhen Rebekah was told what
her older son Esau had said,her older son Esau had said,
she sent for her younger sonshe sent for her younger son
Jacob and said to him, “YourJacob and said to him, “Your
brother Esau is planning tobrother Esau is planning to
avengeavenge himself by killing you.himself by killing you.

10. GENESIS 27:41-45GENESIS 27:41-45
Now then, my son, do what INow then, my son, do what I
say:say: Flee at onceFlee at once to my brotherto my brother
Laban in Harran.Laban in Harran.

11. GENESIS 27:41-45GENESIS 27:41-45
Stay with him for a while untilStay with him for a while until
your brother’syour brother’s fury subsidesfury subsides..

12. GENESIS 27:41-45GENESIS 27:41-45
When your brother is no longerWhen your brother is no longer
angry with you and forgets whatangry with you and forgets what
you did to him, I’ll send word foryou did to him, I’ll send word for
you to come back from there.you to come back from there.
Why should I lose both of you inWhy should I lose both of you in
one day?”one day?”

13. ROMANS 10:9-10ROMANS 10:9-10
If you declare with your mouth,If you declare with your mouth,
“Jesus is Lord,”“Jesus is Lord,” and believe inand believe in
your heart that God raised himyour heart that God raised him
from the dead, you will befrom the dead, you will be
saved.saved.

14. ROMANS 10:9-10ROMANS 10:9-10
For it is with yourFor it is with your heart that youheart that you
believebelieve and areand are justifiedjustified, and it, and it
is with your mouth that youis with your mouth that you
profess yourprofess your faithfaith and areand are
saved.saved.

15. What youWhat you bury alivebury alive
willwill neverdieneverdie..

16. SINS TO REPENT:

17. Every time we sin, weEvery time we sin, we
don’t just break God’sdon’t just break God’s
laws. More importantly,laws. More importantly,
We alsoWe also breakHisbreakHis
heartheart..

18. ACTS 3:19ACTS 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God,Repent, then, and turn to God,
so that your sins may be wipedso that your sins may be wiped
out, thatout, that times of refreshingtimes of refreshing
may come from the Lord.may come from the Lord.

19. Repentance meansRepentance means
changing our thoughtschanging our thoughts
and ways inand ways in alignmentalignment
to God’s.to God’s.

20. 2 CHRONICLES 7:142 CHRONICLES 7:14
if my people, who areif my people, who are called bycalled by
my namemy name, will, will humblehumble
themselves andthemselves and praypray andand seekseek
my facemy face andand turn from theirturn from their
wicked wayswicked ways, then I will, then I will hearhear
from heavenfrom heaven, and I will, and I will forgiveforgive
their sin and willtheir sin and will healheal their land.their land.

21. RESTORATIONRESTORATION

22. GENESIS 28:1-2GENESIS 28:1-2
So Isaac called for Jacob andSo Isaac called for Jacob and
blessed him. Then he commandedblessed him. Then he commanded
him: “Do not marry a Canaanitehim: “Do not marry a Canaanite
woman. Go at once towoman. Go at once to PaddanPaddan
AramAram, to the house of your, to the house of your
mother’s father Bethuel. Take amother’s father Bethuel. Take a
wife for yourself there, fromwife for yourself there, from
among the daughters of Laban,among the daughters of Laban,
your mother’s brother.your mother’s brother.

23. PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:
The name Paddan-aram obviouslyThe name Paddan-aram obviously
consists of two parts. The first part,consists of two parts. The first part,
paddanpaddan), is a noun that does not occur in), is a noun that does not occur in
Hebrew, but HAW Theological WordbookHebrew, but HAW Theological Wordbook
of the Old Testament reports that theof the Old Testament reports that the
Akkadian wordAkkadian word padanupadanu meansmeans routeroute..

24. PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:
Another Hebrew word of interest is the
verb (pada), meaning to ransomransom, rescuerescue.
The letter nun is often added to a verb to
create a noun that denotes a person or a
place.

25. PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:
The second part of the name is the same
as the name Aram, means to be highhigh,
riserise upup

26. • The verb ‫רום‬ (rum) means to be high, in
several literal and figurative fashions.
This verb is used to indicate either literal
height (Psalm 61:2, Job 22:12), the
height of rank, statues or glory
(Numbers 24:7, 2 Samuel 22:47,
Proverbs 24:7), or the height of pride or
arrogance (Deuteronomy 8:14, Psalm
131:1, Ezekiel 31:10).

27. Its derivatives are:
• The masculine noun ‫רום‬ (rum) or ‫רם‬
(rum), meaning height (Proverbs 25:3) or
haughtiness (Isaiah 10:12, Jeremiah
48:29).
• The adverb ‫רום‬ (rom), meaning on high
(Habakkuk 3:10)
• The adverb ‫רומה‬ (roma), meaning
proudly (Micah 2:3).

28. Its derivatives are:
•The feminine noun ‫רמה‬ (rama), meaning
height or high place (Ezekiel 16:25). Note
that this noun is identical to the root-verbs
‫רמה‬ (rama I & II), meaning to throw or
shoot (I) and to beguile, deceive or
mislead (II).
• The feminine noun ‫רמות‬ (ramut),
meaning height or lofty stature (Ezekiel
32:5).

29. Its derivatives are:
• The masculine noun ‫רומם‬ (romam),
meaning praise (Psalm 66:17).
• The feminine noun ‫רוממות‬ (romemut),
meaning uplifting, arising (Isaiah 33:5).
• The masculine noun ‫מרום‬ (merum), a
poetic word meaning height (Job 5:18,
Micah 6:6).

30. Its derivatives are:
• The feminine noun ‫תרומה‬ (teruma),
meaning contribution or offering (Exodus
25:2, Deuteronomy 12:6, Ezekiel 45:13).
• The feminine noun ‫תרומיה‬ (terumiya),
meaning portion, or that what belongs to
a contribution (Ezekiel 48:12).

31. The root ‫רמם‬ (rmm II) isn't used as a verb
in the Bible, but it exists in Arabic with the
meaning of to grow rotten or decay. In the
Bible the following derivatives occur:
The feminine noun ‫רמה‬ (rimma),
meaning worm or maggot. This noun is
used exclusively (and mostly in the Book
of Job) to express decay or corruption In
Job 25:6, Bildad calls man a maggot when
he is compared to God.

32. • None of the sources we commonly
consult mentions it, but it might be that in
an agricultural symbolic jargon a ripening
of fruits was recognized to be similar as a
growing high. A sapling obviously bearsA sapling obviously bears
no fruit; a tree has to be mature for that.no fruit; a tree has to be mature for that.
In that sense, the words of this root could
be interpreted as a state of over-state of over-
ripenessripeness, and this either because nobodythis either because nobody
picked the fruits when they were ready,picked the fruits when they were ready,
or else they were picked but thenor else they were picked but then
discardeddiscarded.

33. • Quite tellingly, when fruit has ripened, its
destiny is limited to two optionslimited to two options: it can
either be used to seed the nextseed the next
generationgeneration or turned into wineturned into wine (or other
consumable product) or else rot awayelse rot away.
This is not at all too far a fetch; in our
society today recreational intoxication is
also referred to as "getting high."

34. PADDAN-ARAM:PADDAN-ARAM:
To a Hebrew audience, the name Paddan-
aram may have sounded like Elevated
Ransom, or Place Where Height Is
Rescued.

35. We can choose to be aWe can choose to be a
seed forthe nextseed forthe next
generationgeneration, to, to turn intoturn into
winewine, or to, or to rot awayrot away..

36. JOEL 2:25JOEL 2:25
I will repay you for the years theI will repay you for the years the
locusts have eaten—the greatlocusts have eaten—the great
locust and the young locust,thelocust and the young locust,the
other locusts and the locustother locusts and the locust
swarm—my great army that Iswarm—my great army that I
sent among you.sent among you.

37. God has a purpose forGod has a purpose for
your restoration. Serveyour restoration. Serve
that purpose.that purpose.

38. Jacob was given aJacob was given a
second chance. Hissecond chance. His
redemption came fromredemption came from
his own offspring----his own offspring----
JESUSJESUS..

39. REWARDREWARD

40. GENESIS 28:3-4GENESIS 28:3-4
May God AlmightyMay God Almighty blessbless youyou
and make youand make you fruitfulfruitful andand
increaseincrease your numbers until youyour numbers until you
become abecome a community ofcommunity of
peoplespeoples..

41. GENESIS 28:3-4GENESIS 28:3-4
May he give you and yourMay he give you and your
descendants thedescendants the blessing givenblessing given
to Abrahamto Abraham, so that you may, so that you may
taketake possession of the landpossession of the land
where you now reside as awhere you now reside as a
foreigner, the land God gave toforeigner, the land God gave to
Abraham.”Abraham.”

42. •Blessing (Genesis 28:3)
•Fruits (Genesis 28:3)
•Increase and growth (Genesis 28:3)
•Godly Relationships (Genesis 28:3)
•Legacy (Genesis 28:4)
•Inheritance (Genesis 28:4)
REWARDS OF OBEDIENCE:

43. God honorsGod honors
obedienceobedience..

44. GALATIANS 6:9GALATIANS 6:9
Let us not become weary inLet us not become weary in
doing good, for at the properdoing good, for at the proper
time we will reap a harvesttime we will reap a harvest if weif we
do not give updo not give up..

45. GENESIS 33:1-5GENESIS 33:1-5
Jacob looked up and there wasJacob looked up and there was
Esau, coming with his fourEsau, coming with his four
hundred men; so he divided thehundred men; so he divided the
children among Leah, Rachelchildren among Leah, Rachel
and the two female servants.and the two female servants.

46. GENESIS 33:1-5GENESIS 33:1-5
He put the female servants andHe put the female servants and
their children in front, Leah andtheir children in front, Leah and
her children next, and Rachelher children next, and Rachel
and Joseph in the rear.and Joseph in the rear.

47. GENESIS 33:1-5GENESIS 33:1-5
He himself went on ahead andHe himself went on ahead and
bowed down to the groundbowed down to the ground
seven times as he approachedseven times as he approached
his brother.his brother.

48. GENESIS 33:1-5GENESIS 33:1-5
But Esau ran to meet JacobBut Esau ran to meet Jacob
and embraced him;and embraced him; he threwhe threw
his arms around his neck andhis arms around his neck and
kissed him. And they wept.kissed him. And they wept.

49. GENESIS 33:1-5GENESIS 33:1-5
Then Esau looked up and sawThen Esau looked up and saw
the women and children. “Whothe women and children. “Who
are these with you?” he asked.are these with you?” he asked.
Jacob answered, “They are theJacob answered, “They are the
children God haschildren God has graciouslygraciously
given yourservantgiven yourservant.”.”

50. RESTREST

51. GENESIS 28:6-9GENESIS 28:6-9
Now Esau learned that IsaacNow Esau learned that Isaac
had blessed Jacob and hadhad blessed Jacob and had
sent him tosent him to Paddan AramPaddan Aram toto
take a wife from there, and thattake a wife from there, and that
when he blessed him hewhen he blessed him he
commanded him, “commanded him, “Do not marryDo not marry
a Canaanite woman,a Canaanite woman,””

52. GENESIS 28:6-9GENESIS 28:6-9
and that Jacob hadand that Jacob had obeyed hisobeyed his
father and motherfather and mother and hadand had
gone to Paddan Aram.gone to Paddan Aram.

53. GENESIS 28:6-9GENESIS 28:6-9
Esau then realized howEsau then realized how
displeasing the Canaanite womendispleasing the Canaanite women
were to his father Isaac; so hewere to his father Isaac; so he
went towent to IshmaelIshmael and marriedand married
Mahalath, the sister of NebaiothMahalath, the sister of Nebaioth
and daughter of Ishmael son ofand daughter of Ishmael son of
Abraham, inAbraham, in addition to the wivesaddition to the wives
he already had.he already had.

54. •Stop compromising. (Genesis 28:6)
•Forget and learn from the past. (Genesis
28:7)
•Do not rebel against God and His
appointed authorities. (Genesis 28:8-9)
HOWTO REST IN GOD:

55. MATTHEW11:28-30MATTHEW11:28-30
““Come to me, all you who areCome to me, all you who are
weary and burdened, andweary and burdened, and I willI will
give you restgive you rest. Take my yoke. Take my yoke
upon you and learn from me, forupon you and learn from me, for
I am gentle and humble inI am gentle and humble in
heart, and you will find rest forheart, and you will find rest for
your souls. For myyour souls. For my yoke is easyyoke is easy
and myand my burden is lightburden is light.”.”

56. CONCLUSION
•JESUS is ourJESUS is our REPENTANCEREPENTANCE..
•JESUS is ourJESUS is our RESTORATIONRESTORATION..
•JESUS is ourJESUS is our REWARDREWARD..
•JESUS is ourJESUS is our RESTREST..

57. CONCLUSION
The secret to personal growthThe secret to personal growth
and multiplication is toand multiplication is to COMECOME
TO JESUS.TO JESUS.