With Esau approaching with many armed men, Jacob divided his company so that, should Esau attack, some could escape. He placed his family in the rear for protection and, significantly, put his son Joseph furthest from danger, because he was the one entitled to the birthright 1 Chronicles 5:1.Waiting for response for 1 Chronicles 5:1 In the event Esau had prospered during Jacob’s absence and, happy with his worldly possessions, no longer sought Jacob’s death. Nevertheless Jacob still pressed him to accept his bountiful gifts because his desire was not for material possessions but for God’s promises to be fulfilled. His major concern was for the survival of his children through whom the promises would be realised and he was therefore willing, if necessary, to lose everything in order to receive the promised blessings, even if those blessings would not come for a very long time. Indeed Jacob, and all the faithful of old, knew that the promises would not be fulfilled till long after they had died. Their hope was that God would raise them from the dead when that time came. Jacob knew that by then the promised seed, which is Christ, would have come and the faithful seed of Abraham would have become a great multitude. He therefore expressed this purpose of God in the name of the altar he built after returning to the promised land. He called it: “El Elohe Israel” which is “The Power (God) of the Powerful Ones (the Saints) of the Prince of Power (Christ)”.
With Esau approaching with many armed men, Jacob divided his company so that, should Esau attack, some could escape. He placed his family in the rear for protection and, significantly, put his son Joseph furthest from danger, because he was the one entitled to the birthright 1 Chronicles 5:1.Waiting for response for 1 Chronicles 5:1 In the event Esau had prospered during Jacob’s absence and, happy with his worldly possessions, no longer sought Jacob’s death. Nevertheless Jacob still pressed him to accept his bountiful gifts because his desire was not for material possessions but for God’s promises to be fulfilled. His major concern was for the survival of his children through whom the promises would be realised and he was therefore willing, if necessary, to lose everything in order to receive the promised blessings, even if those blessings would not come for a very long time. Indeed Jacob, and all the faithful of old, knew that the promises would not be fulfilled till long after they had died. Their hope was that God would raise them from the dead when that time came. Jacob knew that by then the promised seed, which is Christ, would have come and the faithful seed of Abraham would have become a great multitude. He therefore expressed this purpose of God in the name of the altar he built after returning to the promised land. He called it: “El Elohe Israel” which is “The Power (God) of the Powerful Ones (the Saints) of the Prince of Power (Christ)”.