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Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob that we know of, goes out into the city. She is raped by Shechem, son of the ruler of that area.
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Jacob bows down to his brother seven times ready to confront the sins of his past.
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Jacob sends messengers to Esau to tell him he is arriving and that he has prospered much in his time with Laban. When the messengers come back they have news that Esau is coming with four-hundred men.
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Laban is no longer happy with Jacob because he is acquiring too much wealth. Jacob can sense this hostility and in a dream God tells him to go back to the land of Isaac.
Rachel has become jealous of her sister’s ability to make children. She gives her servant to Jacob to have a child with.
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Again the errors of deceit is illustrated in this story. Laban had good intentions of getting his eldest daughter married as well, but his deceit ends in an unloving marriage between Jacob and Leah.
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The foundation of a relationship takes the involvement of two people. Not only did God promise to be with Jacob but Jacob promised to remain with God as well.
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Unfortunately Jacob lives up to the LORD’s word that he would be a deceiver.
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History tends to repeat itself. Times became hard when famine struck the home of Issac and his family.
One day after hunting he came home famished asking for some of the stew Jacob was making. In a uncharacteristic move Jacob bribes him of his birth rights for a bowl of stew.