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Die christliche Interpretation der Schlacht des Jakobs am Jabbok wird immer klarer, dass der nicht erreichbare Gott der Gott ist, der den Menschen selig macht. Es ist der Gott, der den Menschen nicht losläßt und mit ihm kämpft.
Der Kampf Jakobs mit dem Engel. Chagall stellt die Kampfesszene wie einen Traum dar. Die tiefen Blautöne des Bildes siedeln den Kampf in der tiefen Nacht an. Der Engel ist eine Traumgestalt: seine Federn haben die Form vor Blättern und scheinen seine Flügel in Bewegung zu halten.
Jakob, Sohn Isaaks und Bruder Esaus, kämpfte am Ufer des Jabbok eine Nacht hindurch mit einem Engel. Der unentschiedene Kampf endete, nachdem Jakob gefordert hatte: „Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn.“.
- Jacob The Strategist
- Preparing For Esau
- The Struggle at Jabbok
- Naming, Defining, Controlling
- The Showdown with Esau That Never Happens
- Jacob and Israel
From the very beginning of his life, Jacob’s story is marked by struggle.Even before birth, he and Esau struggle in the womb (Gen 25:22), leading Rebecca to seek oracular assistance. At birth, Jacob grabs hold of Esau’s heel, struggling to emerge first from the womb: Jacob the heel-grabber—an idea reflected in his name—is consistently grabbing at h...
After escaping the house of Laban (Gen 31), Jacob prepares to encounter Esau. Anticipating that Esau is still angry with him over the stolen birthright and blessing, he first sends envoys to Edom with a flattering message in which he names himself as עַבְדְּךָ יַעֲקֹב, “your servant Jacob,” mentions the wealth he has accrued, and insists that he hop...
By the end of all of these preparations, we are primed for a showdown between Jacob and Esau, but the narrative thwarts our expectations. Instead, as the story progresses, Jacob ends up alone at the ford of the Jabbok,wrestling with a stranger: We get no introduction to this stranger, and we have had no preparation for this battle. This literally c...
Jacob’s desire to know the man’s name is not only about knowing the identity of the opponent; it is really a desire to understand what has happened, which in turn reflects a deeper need—to control the situation.At several points in this episode, Jacob attempts to exert control over this encounter. First, as the man tries to leave, Jacob says he wil...
Immediately following the etiological comment, the story takes us out of the mysterious encounter and back into the reality for which Jacob was making all of his preparations: The great anticipated showdown comes to nothing, as Esau embraces Jacob and doesn’t even want the gift Jacob prepared for him (vv. 4, 8–9). All of Jacob’s strategy is unneces...
Since Jacob gets renamed Israel in this narrative, it is critical to think about what this story is saying about Israel as a whole. This nighttime encounter takes place at the ford of the Jabbok, the eastern frontier of Canaan. The Jabbok is elsewhere marked by the Bible as a political boundary (cf. Num 21:24, Deut 3:16) and becomes one of the boun...
Jacob is a prime example of one who chooses to help God along rather than trusting God to keep his word. Prior to his birth, God predicted that Jacob would receive the promise (25:23), but Isaac intended to bless Esau even though Jacob had already obtained the birthright (27:1-4; cf. 25:33).
25. Feb. 2022 · Eine der mysteriösesten ist Jakobs Kampf am Fluss Jabbok aus dem Ersten Buch Mose. Obwohl sie in archaischen Zeiten spielt, hat sie viel mit uns zu tun, findet Alexander: Denn sie erzählt davon, dass sich jeder Mensch irgendwann seiner Geschichte und der eigenen Vergangenheit stellen muss und nicht ohne Schrammen und Narben durch ...
20. Okt. 2019 · The first pun is Jabbok/Jacob. Jabbok is the name of the river he is about to cross in order to meet Esau. The Hebrew verb y’baq means “to wrestle.” Both words are twists on the name ...
