It took me nearly 20 minutes to read this passage. (I did get interrupted once) Why is it that Jacob stayed around the tents, and didn’t get a wife while his brother was out in the country and married two women from people outside of Abraham’s covenant? I can’t answer why, but keep in mind that Abraham didn’t die until Jacob was around 15. Maybe he spent time with his very wise grandfather. His dad was a man of faith as well. Maybe Jacob liked to listen and learn. But he never really connected with God until he was off by himself in Bethel on the way to Laben’s house. Then he had that terrifying dream when God confronted him. God didn’t condemn him for his deceptions, God saw in Jacob the man he would become; Israel. It was with that man that God passed on the covenant he had made with Abraham and Isaac. Though shaken by his dream, Jacob agreed to God’s terms and set off, already a different man then the one who had lain down with that rock pillow the night before.
Stuart
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