JACOB’S LADDER II

We continue with thoughts from yesterday’s Journal entry on the Genesis 28 story of Jacob traveling from Beersheba to Haran to find a wife. Beersheba is located in the southern part of the Negev Desert, modern-day Israel about 55 miles south of Jerusalem. Haran, on the other hand, is situated in what is now eastern Turkey, about 500 miles north.
“Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.” (Genesis 28:10) On the trip Jacob stopped in Luz (10 miles north of Jerusalem) to rest for the night. “Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.  And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!  And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac.” (Genesis 28:11-13)

Jacob’s Ladder is a famous story from my childhood and Sister Osborn and all through the years since. Jacob meets Rachel who is Laban’s daughter. Laban is Jacob’s uncle. It is agreed that Jacob would work for Laban seven years for Rachel. He was tricked by Laban and married Leah first and then promised to work seven more years for Rachel (Genesis 29).

After the fourteen years for the two sisters, Jacob is encouraged to work six more years and becomes wealthy through a clever livestock-breeding program.

This theme has me wondering about other things.
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“The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again.” Jesus