Genesis 28:10–22
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About this episode
He is a fugitive, fleeing from the righteous anger of his brother Esau, whom he has just swindled out of his birthright and blessing. He is a trickster, a supplanter, a heel-grabber, as his name suggests. He is not, at this point in the narrative, a man you would point to as a sterling example of godly character. He is leaving the promised land, heading back to the old country his grandfather Abraham had left generations before. By all human standards, this is a story of failure, of family implosion, of a man whose sins have finally caught up to him. But this is precisely the kind of situation where God loves to show up. God's grace is not attracted to our moral resume. His favor does not depend on our prior performance. God consistently chooses the unlikely, the unimpressive, and the undeserving.