Hey, it's Shelby and Scott. We are walking through the book of Genesis with a year in the Bible

with Daily Grace. Today we're in Genesis chapters 31 through 33. We've been following Jacob's story

and we're going to continue to do that here.

What's happening in these chapters, Scott?

So poor Jacob, you know, he's, he just can't catch a break.

So he's, you know, he mentioned yesterday that he's been a deceiver who got deceived by his uncle.

And his uncle's really just, he gets to a point where his uncle is exploiting his labor left and rights.

And so, you know, in these chapters, God though,

tells Jacob the time has come for him to finally return

to the promised land, the land of Canaan.

And he's now been with his uncle for 20 years,

having fled from Esau to save his life.

And so he starts to prepare to, you know, pack his wives,

all his kids, and deceptively sets out because he, he knows Laban would never just willingly

let this guy walk away who's been very good for him personally. And so they kind of deceptively

set out. There's this very tense conversation, confrontation where Laban catches up to him. They end up kind of deceptively set out. There's this very intense conversation, confrontation where Laban

catches up to him. They end up kind of making peace, parting ways. So you got a crisis

averted, which is great, except for the fact that now Jacob's got to deal with another problem,

which is a certain brother who he knows he will have to face again who wanted him dead

the last time they saw each other. Yeah. So to borrow from an old saying out of the frying

pan and into the fire for Jacob, he is in hot water here, it seems. Yes. Yeah. And it just, it gets worse

because he, you know, I love he gets this, this, uh, notice that

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