After Jacob stole the blessing from Esau, he flees to his uncle Laban. On his way, God visits him in a wonderful dream including a ladder reaching to heaven, and James Meyers discusses how this points to Christ. He then discusses how Laban deceived Jacob into marrying Leah and how Jacob eventually flees from Laban. James concludes with the well known account of Jacob wrestling with God and discusses the sanctifying struggles of the Christian pilgrimage.