Genesis 28-29

I think it is interesting that at this point, we don't see Jacob being punished for stealing the blessing from Esau and deceiving his father, but rather God establishes His promises to Abraham through Jacob. I do think though that Jacob came to the realization that God was with him and he didn't even know it. God shows his grace and is merciful even when we don't deserve it and sometimes it can cause us to turn to Him and realize that He is right there with us and that we need Him to depend on Him to carry us through.

I read further that Jacob still didn't fully accept the Lord as His God and this is indicated by him constructing a pillar, not at altar, after the Lord spoke to him. Later in Genesis 35 he goes back to Bethuel to construct an altar, signifying at that point he fully accepted Him as God- a God that was with him not only on earth but in heaven.

It is ironic that Jacob deceived his father by pretending to be Esau (the firstborn) in order to inherit the blessing, and now Laban sends Leah (the firstborn) in to Jacob, pretending to be Rachel. Sometimes what goes around comes around and it sure did with Jacob!

I question though why it is ok to 1) marry your cousin and 2) have multiple wives. Jacob was Rachel (and Leah's) cousin and he ended up marrying them both.