3现在我们将这件事应用到雅各身上。雅各在二十五至三十七章经历了许多的改变，但是到三十七章以后，我们在他身上没有看见进一步的改变。在二十五章，雅各是个抓夺者，抓脚跟的人。从二十六章到三十六章（这几章大约包括二十五年的时间），我们看见雅各如何有了改变。在那些年间，他所遭遇的每件事，都是为著他的变化。在三十七章雅各失去他的爱子约瑟时，他这人与二十七章的雅各完全不同。在属灵的意义上，二十七章的雅各有好几只手，用来抓他所要的。他抓父亲所有的，抓以扫所有的，后来又抓拉班所有的。然而在三十七章，雅各甚至没有用他自己的双手。到了本章，雅各似乎没有技巧或本事；他似乎甚么都不能作。这指明他已经完全改变了。从三十七章直到本书末了，我们在这人身上没有看见进一步的改变。在这些章节里，我们看见一个人不仅变化了，而且满了生命。在三十七章，我们没有看见改变，也没有看见生命的丰满。变化是在本章以前发生，生命的丰满是在本章以后达到。我要请你们再读二十七、三十七和四十七章。在二十七章，我们看见一个抓夺者。他有许多只手，他能作每件事，没有人能打败他。无论谁来接触雅各－他的父亲、哥哥或舅父－都是输家。雅各总是占优势。他从他的哥哥、父亲和舅父得利。他甚至从拉结、利亚和她们的两个使女得利。到了拉结死的时候，雅各开始遭受损失，但甚至这损失也叫他得利，就是得著便雅悯。到了三十七章，雅各遭受另一次损失，就是失去约瑟。在这一章，雅各一无所得。从这时起，雅各失去一样又一样的东西。最终，到了四十七章，他得著了生命的丰满。生命的丰满乃是祝福，就是生命的满溢。当你生命满溢的时候，这生命就要流到别人里面。这种满溢就是祝福。所以，在二十七章我们看见一个抓夺的人，在三十七章我们看见一个变化的人，在四十七章我们看见一个成熟的人。雅各的变化开始于神进来摸他的时候，（创三二25，）这变化持续直到三十七章，那时变化的过程就相对的完成了。然而在这一章，雅各还没有成熟，还没有生命的丰满。要得著这个，他必须经历末后阶段的对付，就是在希伯仑的对付。
3Let us now apply this matter to Jacob. Although Jacob underwent many changes between chapters twenty- five and thirty-seven, we do not see any further change in him after chapter thirty-seven. In chapter twenty- five Jacob was a supplanter, a heel-holder. As we read from chapter twenty - six to thirty - six, which covers a period of approximately twenty-five years, we see how Jacob changed. Everything that happened to him during these years was for his transformation. When in chapter thirty - seven Jacob lost his beloved son, Joseph, he was absolutely different from the person he was in chapter twenty-seven. In a spiritual sense, the Jacob in chapter twenty-seven had several hands to use in grasping whatever he wanted. He grasped what belonged to his father, to Esau, and, later on, to Laban. However, in chapter thirty-seven Jacob did not even use his own two hands. The Jacob in this chapter seems to have no skill or ability; instead, it seems that he is not able to do anything. This indicates that he has absolutely changed. From chapter thirty-seven until the end of this book, we do not see any further change in this man. In these chapters we see a person who has not only been changed; we see a person who is full of life. In chapter thirty-seven we see neither change nor the fullness of life. The change took place before this chapter, and the fullness of life was reached after it. I would ask you to read chapters twenty - seven, thirtyseven, and forty - seven once again. In chapter twenty - seven we see a supplanter. He had many hands, he was able to do everything, and no one could defeat him. Whoever came in contact with Jacob — his father, his brother, or his uncle — was the loser. Jacob, on the contrary, always came out ahead. He made a gain from his brother, from his father, and from his uncle. He even made a gain from Rachel, Leah, and their two maids. However, at the time of Rachel’s death, Jacob began to suffer loss. But even this loss produced a gain, and that gain was Benjamin. In chapter thirty - seven Jacob underwent another loss, the loss of Joseph. In this chapter Jacob did not gain anything. From this point onward, Jacob lost one thing after another. Eventually, in chapter forty- seven, he gained the fullness of life. The fullness of life is blessing, which is the overflow of life. When you are filled past the brim with life, this life will overflow into others. This overflow is the blessing. Therefore, in chapter twenty-seven we see a supplanter; in chapter thirty-seven, a transformed man; and in chapter forty- seven, a mature person. Jacob’s transformation began at the time God came into touch him (32:25), and it continued until chapter thirty-seven, when the process of transformation was relatively complete. However, in this chapter Jacob did not yet have maturity, the fullness of life. In order to gain this, he had to experience the dealings in the last stage, the dealings at Hebron.