The sun was slowly rising over the horizon and the sky was painted in pinks and purples for as far as one could see.  I loved this time of the morning because the air was crisp and clean and I could hear the animals awakening from their straw beds; their low cries welcomed in each new day.  It had now been fourteen years since Jacob had been working for Laban and I could tell that as much as Jacob loved it here, he was also missing his family back in Beersheba.  Jacob was getting along in age and his mother and father had yet to meet his children.  I noticed Jacob had been acting different lately and so I wasn’t surprised when Jacob found Laban first thing that morning and began asking him if he could take his wives and children and go back to his homeland.  He explained to L...

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