“For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks.”<\/p>\n
Jacob spent twenty years working for his uncle Laban, who changed his wages ten times! God used a deceitful relative to teach Jacob a lesson; Jacob himself had deceived his father Isaac in order to receive the blessing belonging to the firstborn.<\/p>\n
And yet the plan of God – this “fearsome God of Isaac” – is fulfilled, even through men and women whose hearts are deceitful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks.” Jacob spent twenty years working for his uncle Laban, who changed his wages ten times! God used a deceitful relative to teach Jacob a lesson; Jacob himself had deceived his father Isaac in order to receive the blessing belonging to the firstborn. And … <\/p>\n