We pick up our study of Genesis after the holiday break.
Today we covered Chapters 27 and 28.
In these chapters we see the real beginnings of the Jacob narrative.
At the instigation of his mother, Rebecca, Jacob tricks his father, Isaac, into giving him his blessing. His brother, Esau, is furious and decides to kill him - so Rebecca sends him off to her family to find a wife, and to get him out of range of his brother.
On his way to Rebecca's family Jacob has a dream and sees a ladder running from earth to heaven with angels ascending and descending on it. God reiterats to Jacob the promises he made to Abraham and Jacob names the place Bethel - that is House of God. We will return to Bethel frequently in the story.
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