The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . his wife lived childless, they weremuch afflicted, because they consideredchildren a very precious gift of God; andIsaac knew, that in the line of his de-scendants the Messiah should come. In every affliction we should entreated Jehovah for his wife, andbegged that she might not remain child-less, and the Lord heard his prayer. Be- AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 9 fore the birth of Jacob, Rebekah alsowas ill affliction of mind, and she wentto inquire of Jehovah. The way in whichshe got an answer is not revealed, butthe fact, that God did answer her, is ce
The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . his wife lived childless, they weremuch afflicted, because they consideredchildren a very precious gift of God; andIsaac knew, that in the line of his de-scendants the Messiah should come. In every affliction we should entreated Jehovah for his wife, andbegged that she might not remain child-less, and the Lord heard his prayer. Be- AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 9 fore the birth of Jacob, Rebekah alsowas ill affliction of mind, and she wentto inquire of Jehovah. The way in whichshe got an answer is not revealed, butthe fact, that God did answer her, is cer-tain. And the tidings sent to her werevery remarkable. The Lord told her thatshe should be the mother of twins, andthat a great nation should descend fromeach of these two sons. He also toldher that the elder should serve the young-er. You will see hereafter how this cameto pass. We do notknow the ex-act spot wherethe parentslived at thistime. It wassomewhere inthe south-west of Pa-lestine ; pro-bably near the well Lahai-roi, where. 10 LIFE OF JACOB, Hagar was found by the angel. Thiswas at one time the residence of Isaac. When the two boys were born, theelder was named Esau, which meanshairy^ and the younger was named Ja-cob, which means, one who trips or sup-plants. Both of them afterwards hadother names given to them, as you willsoon learn, but they are usually calledEsau and Jacob. There is nothing related of their child-hood. Children in all times and all na-tions are much alike ; and these littleboys played and wandered about thedesert, and among the camels and theherds, just as little Arab children do atthe present time. Their aged grand-father Abraham was still alive, and liveduntil they were about fifteen years old;so that it is likely they often saw him,and heard his holy instructions. And thegood old man, no doubt, rejoiced to seethe promise of God beginning to cometo pass, that he should be the father of AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 11 many nations. They were the childreno
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