The last time we saw Esau, he rode in to meet Jacob. His countenance has changed and he and Jacob have amended their relationship. We also saw in our last study that they came together to bury their father Isaac. Now goi

Jacob now appears to have come to the realization that God has been with him all along on this journey, not just since he left Laban, but all of his life. He also has come to the place of realizing the holiness of God an

After all Jacob did to buy favor with his brother, it appears that Esau has had a change of heart without needing all these gifts. Personally, I believe that God changed Esau’s heart. After 20 years, both Jacob an

So the closer Jacob gets to home, the more God reveals things to him. First he had the dream where God told him to leave Laban and go home. Now he sees the angels that God has sent along with him, and soon he will meet t

So we pick up where we left off before, David is on the run from Absalom and he meets up with Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, Saul’s son who was lame in both feet. At first Ziba’s actions appear honorable

So we find Laban in hot pursuit after Jacob, and after 7 days he catches up to him. Personally I believe that his intentions were to either 1: kill Jacob and take back everything that he feels belongs to him, or 2: take

So now Jacob is ready to go home, but he is still dealing with a shrewd father in law. We will see in the next chapter that Laban can’t be trusted in any arrangement that he makes and changes the deal multiple tim

Leah just wanted to be loved, and every time she bore a son, she had hopes that this would be the turning point, this time he has to love me. The truth is, love cannot be bought, or earned. It has to come from the heart.

Jacob now arrives at his destination, and finds Laban’s family. It’s interesting that we find him at a well. Rebekah met Abrahams’s servant at a well, and Jesus met the Samaritan woman at the well. G

We saw in our last study how Jacob deceived Isaac and received the blessing that should have gone to the first born. Now Isaac gives strict instructions to Jacob before he is sent away. The most important instruction for