Esau plans to kill Jacob after their father’s death. To protect Jacob, Rebekah sends him away to her brother Laban’s house: “Now thus, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran.”  The highlight’s themes of family dynamics, deception, and divine sovereignty.

It reads in Genesis 27:41-46 Easy: Because Isaac had blessed Jacob, Esau hated his younger brother Jacob. Esau said quietly, ‘My father will die soon. When we have buried his body, I will kill my brother.’ Someone told Rebekah what her older son, Esau, had said. So she told her younger son, Jacob, to come to her. She said to him, ‘Your brother Esau wants to kill you, because of what you did to him.Now my son, do what I tell you. Quickly go away from here. Go to my brother Laban who lives in Haran. Live with him for a time. Stay there until your brother is not angry with you any longer. He may forget what you did to him. Then I will send a message to you, so that you can come back from Haran. I do not want to lose both of my sons in one day.’ Then Rebekah said to Isaac, ‘I do not like living in the same place as Esau’s wives. It makes me very upset, because they are Hittites. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women who live in this land, I will be very sad. I would rather die!’

Father God, I thank You and praise You for Your word. In times of fear and conflict, we seek Your wisdom to guide our decisions. Teach us to act with discernment and to place our trust in Your protection and provision. Help us to foster peace in our relationships, avoiding actions that cause division or harm. Strengthen us to rely on Your timing and purpose, knowing that Your ways are higher than our own. I love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.”