John 14: 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
But what about other men in the Bible and their relation to their father's house?
We can learn valuable lessons from studying the life of Biblical personalities and other stories from the Bible.
On his way to find himself a wife Jacob made a vow.
Genesis 28: 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, 21 so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God. 22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.”
And a few chapters later we see the Lord tell Jacob,
Genesis 31:3 "Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
Jacob obeyed God and traveled toward his father’s home in Hebron. Along the way, Rachael had another son and Jacob named Benjamin but Rachael died soon after she gave birth, and Jacob buried her.
Jacob finally arrived at his father’s home.
Here below is a detail of Jacob's journey back to his father's home.
1. Isaac:
After Sarah died, “And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things” (Genesis 24:1), Abraham decides to arrange for Isaac’s marriage. So he sends his most trusted servant, his steward, to get a wife for Isaac from among his kin. Abraham makes the servant promise, he will not to take a wife for his son from among the Canaanites, and not to take Isaac back to Haran to live among Abraham’s kin.
In Genesis 24 we read how the servant finds Rebekah for Isaac. The young women (Rebekah and her maids) all ride the camels back and reach Canaan, where Isaac was living. Isaac has gone out in the field this evening and he sees the camels coming, and goes out to meet them. Rebekah sees him coming, and gets down from her camel. It might be hard to dismount in a flattering fashion in front of an important person. She asks who is coming, and the servant confirms that it is Isaac, the very one she has been brought to wed. She veils herself, to meet him. The servant tells Isaac the whole story.
Melissa Crespy, writes: "In Genesis 24:67 we get a sense of Isaac's grief over the loss of his mother, and we learn that Isaac loved Rebekah and she brought him deep comfort. Rebekah was for him everything that his mother had been for him. She was someone who loved him, and whom he could love wholeheartedly in return. She was someone he could trust, someone who would take care of him and protect him. She was a presence in his home, and indeed created that sense of home, a sanctuary, a refuge for him. Though it was not to last, and life with Rebekah would grow more complex as the years went by, at this point in Isaac's life - when he was so vulnerable and in such grief - Rebecca was a lifeline to him, bringing him many of the same comforts Sarah his mother had blessed him with."
Genesis 24:67 "Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death."
2. Jacob:
In Genesis 28, Isaac sends his son Jacob to his Grandfather's home, to get a wife for himself, from one of his uncle's daughters. Genesis 28: 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
So, Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran(verse 10). On the way he rested at night making a pillow of stones and that night he had a dream.
Morning he called that place Bethel and made a vow.
Genesis 28: 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God."
Jacob did go back to his Father's house with his wives!
Jacob Returns Home:
His journey back to his father's house can be read here (Genesis 30:25-35:29).
All together, Jacob worked for Laban for 20 years, God prospered him and he got 2 wives and then one day, God spoke to Jacob and told him to leave Paddan Aram and return to the land of his father.
Genesis 31:3 "Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
It was a long journey back home. Jacob continued to travel toward his father’s home in Hebron. Along the way, Rachael had another son and Jacob named Benjamin. Sadly, Rachael died just after she gave birth, and Jacob buried her. Jacob finally arrived at his father’s home. Isaac lived to be 180 years old. Then Jacob and Esau buried him.
Genesis 35: 27 Then Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt.
Jacob continued to live with his sons (Genesis 38-44).
When famine struck the land, Joseph tells his brothers to bring his dad and all their household to Egypt(Genesis 45). Joseph gave his father, brothers and their families the best portion of the land in Egypt. Jacob and his sons were offered a home in the land of Goshen (Gen. 46). Jacob lived out his last years in Egypt with his sons until his death
God's Word is Awesome to study!
Julia
