Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” –Genesis 28:16
This passage tells of Jacob running for his life after his grand deception with Esau. Rebekah directed her ornery son to the safe haven of Haran—400 miles away—where her brother Laban lives. Jacob would retrace the steps of Grandpa Abraham who journeyed from Haran to the promised land many years before.
Disclaimer: Like other stories in Genesis, Scripture simply reports events that happened. In the following story, however, I have elaborated with some fictional details.
You may read Genesis 28:10-22 here: Bible Gateway.
Jacob sped north on his camel for hours, stopping only once for water at one of his father’s old wells. He lapped up the water before filling all his wineskins.
The lowering sun would soon give way to darkness. How far had he traveled, 50-60 miles? So far there…
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