(Genesis 33:12-18) When you are traveling through a land named literally after your brother, it helps to have his name to back you up. Too bad Jacob does the exact opposite of that.

(Genesis 33: 4-11) Thing are not going the way Jacob had planned, but in a good way.

(Genesis 33:1-4) Dread it, Run from it, Esau arrives all the same.

(Genesis 32:22-32) Jacob is alone on the other side of the water, and is out of options. Will he run away, or will he be forced to move forward?

(Genesis 31:22-55) Good ol' uncle Laban the Aramean bow out of the story, but not before getting up to one last self-serving scheme.

(Genesis 31:22-42) Who do you think is the biggest villain in the old testament, well you're wrong. We talk about evil uncles, Politicians , and Emperor Palpatine.

We pause the story to talk about the how weird the Bible is, or rather how weird we are...

(Genesis 31:1-3) Jacob is fleeing Laban, just like we are fleeing chapter 30. In both cases, God is with us.

(Genesis 30:25-43) Nathan Vanhorn has an epiphany and blows his own mind, and Laban's role in the story becomes clear.