Jacob, he was trying to kill his younger brother, so Jacob had to escape from his hometown. Otherwise he might not have wanted to leave his hometown. Why would he want to leave his hometown in which all his friends and family lived? It was God’s plan. He forced Jacob to leave his hometown.

When Jacob stayed at his uncle’ home, he became close with his uncle’s daughters. That was also the Will of God - to make Jacob do his Will to make a great nation. God did not concern about what Jacob might have wanted for himself, because the plan of God was more important.

When Jacob was on his way to his uncle’s house, he experienced something. One day, he stopped for the night at a certain plane. He put one stone there and laid down to rest his head on it. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway rising from the earth, with its top reaching heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending it.

He saw God standing there, saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust

of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you” (Gen. 28:11-15).

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God.” He took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. Then he prayed, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth” (Gen. 28:20-22).

God promised Jacob many descendants. So he thought, “I have to have many children as God told me.” Then he went to his uncle’s house and he began to serve his uncle. His