June 20, 2025
In Genesis 32-33 we look at the well-known story of Jacob wrestling with God who blesses him and renames him Israel. Afterward Jacob and his twin brother Esau meet and reconcile after a twenty-year estrangement. Esau then returns to his home in Seir while Jacob returns to Canaan and settles at Shechem.
June 13, 2025
After Jacob had served his uncle Laban 20 years, God finally called Jacob to return home to Canaan. After Jacob left secretly he was pursued by Laban who caught up with Jacob in the hill country of Gilead where the two made a non-aggression agreement.
June 1, 2025
Jacob sojourned in Paddan-aram for over twenty years serving his uncle Laban. In that time Jacob married Laban's daughters Leah and Rachel and fathered eleven of his twelve sons and at least on daughter by his two wives and their two maid servants Zilpah and Bilhah.