The Flight to Canaan
Genesis 31:1-21The Flight to Canaan If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 31. Last week's study provides the backdrop for the events which will occur here in the first half of Genesis 31. Indeed the whole of Genesis 31. And so as you turn to Genesis 31, you may want to sneak a peek at Genesis 30 and remember some of the things we learned last week. In verses 25 and 26 of Genesis, chapter 30, we learned that Jacob was prepared to leave empty-handed to return to his homeland. He was fed up with his relationship with Laban, and he was ready to go home with nothing rather than to stay around with Laban's double dealing. And Laban talked him into staying. We learned that that desire on Laban's part for Jacob to stay was not something that was…