Jacob
The Bible follows the messianic line to Abraham`s son,
Isaac, and then to Isaac`s son, Jacob who lived around 1900
BC. Jacob was a shrewed and deceitful con man who tricked
his brother Esau and lied to his father so he could steal
his older brothers birthright. Afraid, Jacob fled to Haran,
in Mesopotamia, where his uncle Laban lived, but on th...
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Gen 28:10-19 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went
toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed
there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one
of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he
lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed, and
behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top
reached ...
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When he arrived in Haran, his uncle was more shrewed than
he was, con-man meets super con-man. Laban tricked him into
working for him for 14 years in exchange for a wife. He
wanted Rachel, but he got Leah first and then Rachel....
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God protected Jacob all the way and also prepared his
brother Esau`s heart so that he was no longer angry. God
changed Jacob`s name to "Israel." Jacob was next in the
Messianic line. His 12 sons became the fathers of the 12
tribes of Israel....
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