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While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it.

These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:
Genesis 35:22

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Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil. And Jacob named the place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
Genesis 35:14-15

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• We continue to follow the account of Jacob and his family.
• Dysfunction with a capital “D”!
• Look at the space in the verse.
• God speaks even in the spaces.
• In the middle of the verse in Hebrew is the letter “peh.”
• https://biblehub.com/text/genesis/35-22.htm
• What is the purpose of the space?
• This is for us to make a mental note.
• God is cross referencing for us.
• He is not done with the story.
• This act will change the future of the family.
• There will be consequences.
• God is not done with this story.
• He speaks in the spaces.

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Constantly be in awe of God’s special revelation to man – and how He teaches even in the spaces.