Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau. The genealogical notation at the moment of departure grounds the journey in the family relationships that make it possible. Jacob is going to his mother's brother — a known household, a covenantal connection. The application: the connections that sustain us in our journeys are often the connections built by the previous generation. Jacob goes to Laban because Rebekah came from Laban.

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