[15] WRESTLING WITH GOD JACOB'S BLESSING Read Genesis 31–32 Then Jacob prayed, "O God …“I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant.” Genesis 32:9a, 10a NIV * * * After years of hardship and deception by Laban, God miraculously increased Jacob’s wealth,...

JACOB Read Genesis 28:10–28:22 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. Genesis 28:10–11 NIV * * * After cheating Esau out of his...

12] ISAAC AND ESAU Read Genesis 25:19–28:9 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Genesis 25:28 NIV * * * Isaac, as an old man, was tricked by his son Jacob into giving him the firstborn blessing. His older son, Esau threatened to kill Jacob after Isaac died; so...