There is more to this life than what we see, a physical realm and a spiritual realm and God sees and protects His own.

Jesus knows that there is a betrayer at the table of the Last Supper and He knows the very heart of the betrayer and yet He still loves him. We all have a choice to choose to follow or reject Jesus. Great people to God are those who see themselves as servants. God does not share His glory with anyone.

As God has protected Jacob He also protects those that are His from the evil that surrounds them. Why does God protect some and not others? God is good in the times of protection and when there isn't protection from suffering.