Leibovitz OPEN: Genesis

Jacob prepares for the war with Esau

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Gn 32:1-2 formula 465 LORD · God == Mahanaim
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands. Gn 32:7 formula 466 3014 / 2 = 1507 «eleven sons of Jacob»
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 32:13-15 formula 467 200 + 20 + 200 + 20 +30 + 40 + 10 + 20 + 10 = 550
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. Gn 32:22 formula 468 Rachel + Leah + Bilhah + Zilpah + 3014 == 628 · 550

Israel

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Gn 32:24-28 formula 469 Israel ^2 == 40 /3
formula 470 Israel === Lord
formula 471 Israel === LORD
formula 197 (Genesis) Israel == shield
formula 472

God + Israel = 627

God + Israel = sabbath
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank. Gn 32:32 formula 473 sinew = 314

The meeting with Esau

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 33:1-2 formula 474 400 Esau == (Bilhah + Zilpah + Dan + Naphtali + Gad + Asher) / 2

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. Gn 33:3

formula 475 7 Jacob == 22
formula 476 seven times = covenant

The rape of Dinah

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. Gn 34:2-3 formula 477 Shechem + Dinah == 4 love
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. Gn 34:15-16 formula 248 (Genesis) make circumcision = shield = 1212
formula 478 «the house of Jacob, including Dinah» 3014 + Rachel + Leah + Bilhah + Zilpah + Dinah === Hebrew
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land... And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? Gn 34:30-31 formula 137 (Genesis) nakedness = Israel
formula 479 Simeon == Ham
formula 480 Levi = Ham

Jacob in Bethel

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Gn 35:1 formula 481 Bethel + Jacob = book
formula 482 altar == Israel
formula 483 Bethel + Jacob + altar = book
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. Gn 35:6-7 formula 484 Elbethel == Israel
formula 485 Elbethel === 3141
But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. Gn 35:8 formula 486 Deborah = 15717

The common name Jacob-Israel

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. Gn 35:9-11 formula 230 (Genesis) Almighty = 314
formula 487 Almighty == Jacob
formula 488 Jacob + Israel == 12 ^2
formula 489 Jacob · Israel == God

The birth of Benjamin and the death of Rachel

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. Gn 35:16-18 formula 490 Benoni = (Ephrath – Bethel) / 2
Benoni = Rachel / 2
formula 491 soul == alive
formula 492 Benjamin (12)
Benjamin = Benoni + alive
formula 493 Benjamin = 162
formula 384 (Genesis) Esau = 162
formula 494 Benjamin / Benjamin == LORD
formula 495 Benjamin == Benjamin + bless
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. Gn 35:19-20 formula 496 Bethlehem + pillar = Sabbath
formula 497 Bethlehem + Rachel = 4 Jacob

Reuben’s incest

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it... Gn 35:21-22 formula 498 tower + Edar === land
formula 499 Reuben + Bilhah === God

Twelve Jacob’s sons

...Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.Gn 35:22-26 formula 500 666 Jacob = 121212
formula 501 Israel · angel === 12012
formula 502 Jacob + heart = Reuben (1) + Simeon (2) + Levi (3) + Judah (4) + Gad (5) + Asher (6) + Issachar (7) + Zebulun (8) + Dan (9) + Naphtali (10) + Joseph (11) + Benjamin(12)
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. Gn 35:28-29 formula 503

2048 + 180 = 2228

2228 · 3142 == 7000
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