Genesis 34-35
Is there nothing new under the sun? (Eccl 1:9) After reading these 2 chapters, I had to go back to review a few things in the life of Abraham. I wasn't sure if I wasn't confused with who did what and when. It sounded all too familiar. Particularly the part where the two sons who wre not on friendly terms got together to bury their father. Isaac and Ishmael got together to bury their father, Abraham. Esau and Jacob got together to bury their father, Isaac.
Death has a habit of bringing families together - uniting us - at least physically. Sometimes death of a parent unites us in other ways. Sometimes we are truly reconciled to one another. Sometimes it brings more strife as children fight over property - eager to accumulate more false gods.
I do find verse 29 of chapter 35 rather interesting. "Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years." What exactly does this mean? What do you think?
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