Today is the 15th day of January. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I am Brian. It is great to be here with you today as we greet a brand new sparkly week.

All of it is out there in front of us. All of it is a story to tell and we will tell the

story with the decisions that we make this week. One of the best decisions that we can make

this week is to immerse ourselves in the rhythm of the scriptures each day and allow them to speak

to us and inform our choices. So let's dive in this week. We will read from the Christian

Standard Bible and picking up the story where we left off. We are now with Jacob who is

desiring to go back to his homeland. His wives have agreed and they're trying to figure out a way

to do it with as little drama as possible. And so that's where we pick up the story. Genesis

chapter 31 verse 17 through 32 verse 12 today.

So Jacob got up and put his children and wives on the camels. He took all the livestock

and possessions he had acquired in Patan Aram and he drove his herds to go to the land of Canaan

to his father Isaac. When Laban had gone to shear his sheep Rachel stole her father's household

idols and Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean not telling him that he was fleeing. He fled with all

his possessions across the Euphrates and headed for the hill country of Gilead. On a third day Laban

was told that Jacob had fled so he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days,

and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream

that night. Watch yourself. God warned him. Don't say anything to Jacob either good or bad.

When Laban overtook Jacob Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country and Laban and his

relatives also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead. Laban said to Jacob,

What have you done? You have deceived me and taken my daughters away like prisoners of war.

Why did you secretly flee from me? Deceive me and not tell me. I would have sent you away with

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