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Psalms 69:
Save me God because water has risen to my neck. My powerful enemies are more that my hair. They lie against me and want me to restore what I have not stolen. God, do not bring shame to those who follow you because of me. God, you know my enemies who give me poison for food. God, please let them have no peace and let their punishment be many. Let everything in heaven and on earth praise God. On earth, the godly are disturbed by the wicked, but they must hold on to God to be victorious. God is slow, but never late.
Psalms 70:
God, make haste to deliver me from my enemies. Let them turn back in disgrace and in dishonor. Let all those who seek God rejoice and be glad. God never delays in delivering me. God is there for all to call upon him in times of need. Only the fool says there is no God.
Psalms 71:
God, please be my rock and refuge that I may continue to come for safety. My mouth is filled with your praises because the wicked gather to consult about me to destroy me. They say God has forsaken me and I have no protector. God has taught me since my youth, God have made me go through many troubles, but God will bring me up again. I will always praise God with music. The best times are the hard times. It is then that you praise God with music and singing so that you can look back to see how far your prosperity in God has come.
Genesis 27:
Isaac called Jacob to bless him as the oldest son at a time when he was old and was basically blind. He requested that Esau go kill his usual favored wild game and prepare a meal for him, so that he can bless Esau before he dies. Rebekah planned with Jacob to steal Esau’s blessing for Jacob and ordered Jacob to bring two young goats, so she could prepare it for Isaac the way he likes it. Jacob was scared that his father would curse him rather than bless him if he discovered the deceit because his skin was smooth and not hairy like Esau’s, but Rebekah said that she would take the curse. She dressed Jacob up with Esau’s favorite clothes to smell like Esau and used goatskin to cover up his neck and hands to feel like Esau, so Isaac blessed him. Esau came in and found that Isaac had stolen his blessing by deceit, so he demanded that he be blessed as well. Esau swore to kill Jacob after his father’s death. Rebekah then send Jacob into hiding with her brother until Esau forgets his anger and hoped that Jacob marries over there instead of the Hittite women. Rebekah was a very bad woman who used favoritism to destroy her home and her children. It us obvious that she never guided Esau with love and probably wanted Esau to go the wrong way in order to turn Isaac against Esau.
Genesis 28:
Isaac told Jacob to return back to Arabia where they came from and not marry a Canaanite (African) woman. He blessed Jacob to prosper in Arabia (Iraq) and return to inherit God’s promise of land to Abraham in Canaan (Africa). So Isaac left for Arabia and Esau then realized that his father was unhappy about his Canaanite (Hittites were part of Canaan) wives, so he went to marry Ishmael’s (his father’s brother) daughter. On Jacob’s way to Arabia, he had a dream where he saw a ladder going into heaven from the earth and angels going up and down on it. God stood at the top and told Jacob that he was going to give him and his descendants the land where he was sleeping like he promised Abraham and the whole world will be blessed because of his offspring (Jesus). God also assured Jacob that he will not leave Jacob until he had fulfilled his promise of land and seed (Jesus). This means that since the death and resurrection of Jesus, God has abandoned Israel because his contract with them as his people is over. Jacob work up and called the place “House of God” because he believed that God and the gate of heaven was there. So Jacob made a pledge to God that he will give God a tenth of all God provides for him if God takes care of all his needs during the journey and bring him back to his father’s house in the promised land.
