When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt – Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin.

‘How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!

O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

and how he made a vow to the Lord, and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob.

O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.

So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s.”

So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.

The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! Where are Judah’s pagan worship centers, you ask? They are right in Jerusalem!

But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.