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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 13, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 2.

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Suggestive Notes.

Our Old Testament readings of the week begin with Jacob's meeting Esau on his return from Syria, just after his all night of prayer, in which he had gained the victory with God. The gift which he had sent on before, together with the Spirit of God, had softened Esau's heart, and when Jacob met him it was not as an enemy, but as a friend. Chapter 34 is not pleasant reading, but it reveals the low state of morality in Canaan and the higher standard of Jacob's sons. Two of the noted things in chapter 35 is a renewal of God's promise to Jacob, and the death of Rachel. The next chapter is almost wholly taken up with the descendants of Esau, or Edom.