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The Deeds of Jacob and Esau (25:19-37) 1 Rebekah gave birth to Esau and Jacob's twins. When the child grew up, Esau sold the name of the eldest son to Jacob (25:27-34) for a bowl of red bean soup. There was a famine in the land, and Isaac followed his father to Kirar (Chapter 20), and as his father lied, he falsely called his wife a sister (26:1-11). Later, he and the Philistines fought for the water wells, but Isaac was peaceful and preferred to dig new wells, so as not to compete for the old wells (verses 17-33). Isaac is old and his eyes are dim. Rebekah and Jacob conspired to deceive Isaac and give the name of the eldest son of Esau to Jacob. According to the Nuss edition, this blessing of the proclamation has legal power and cannot be repented. Rebekah was afraid that Esau would kill Jacob and send his younger son to Haran to find his wife among her people. God in Bethel revealed to Jacob in his dreams. Jacob dreamed of a ladder (steps?) from the ground to the clouds. God also recounted to him the promises he had given to Abraham and Isaac (28:10-22). Jacob went to Haran, looking for his uncle Laban and working for him (Chapter 29). Jacob’s service for seven years is to pay for the daughter of Rachel. Laban took his eldest daughter, Leah, instead of Rachel, and gave Jacob a wife. He sent Jacob to Rachel and served Laban for seven years. The Lord made Jacob extremely prosperous, but Laban always embarras*ed him. God instructed Jacob to return to Canaan (31:3), and he took his wife and children and his belongings quietly left. Laban chased him, because Laban found that the image of the family was gone (in accordance with the custom of Nuss, the person holding the Idol has the right to inherit the original industry). Rachel did steal the statue, but collected it so that his father could not find it, so Laban only returned to Harlan. They pas*ed through Edom, and Jacob feared that when he met Esau, he first sent gifts to his brothers. At the same time, he divided his population and livestock into two teams to protect him. On the return trip, unexpectedly Jacob met the man of God and wrestled with him. As a result, Jacob's thighs were smashed and another new name was obtained, called Israel (Chapter 32). Jacob had no dissatisfaction with Esau, and Jacob went to Shechem (Chapter 33). His two sons were defiled by the sword of the sister, and they killed the man. Chapter 14). God commanded Jacob to go to Bethel to build an altar for Him and to remove all the foreign gods among them (35:1-4). God again stated his promise in Bethel, giving them land and a large number of children (verses 9-15).