Yaakov leaves home to escape Esau, to find a wife. Filled with past fears, and trepidation for the future, God appears to him in the famous vision of the ladder with a message of reassurance. God promises: “I am with you. I will protect 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.” (28:15)
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