Genesis 31

Jacob Flees Laban

A. Jacob unsure

B. Laban countenance is changed

Genesis 28:15 ESV

15 Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

C. God is with You!

D. God is faithful to you

Genesis 30:29 ESV

29 Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me.

Laban Pursues Jacob

A. God’s protection vs. 24

When we walk under the direction of God we ave His protection.

B. Laban wanted to say goodbye. Vs. 25-31

C. Rachel stole the gods of her father.

Jacob Defends

A. Verses 36-42

B. Sometimes we feel the need to defend ourselves too

C. God will protect you.

Jacob and Laban Covenant

Genesis 26:28 ESV

28 They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,

A. Laban knows that God is with Jacob! We live for God and others will see that God is in and with you too.

B. Jegar-sahadutha / Galeed = Heap of Witness