Jacob’s Flight, Peniel (Genesis 28:10-32; 32:24-30) / Joseph’s Exaltation

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. . . . Gen. 27:41 Jacob has secured the patriarchal blessing by fraud. The profane Esau is furious. Says he in his heart, "The days of mourning for my farther are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob". These thoughts of his heart he voices to everyone in whom he is wont to confide. His menacing threat or boast soon reaches the ears of his mother. Fearing that her unprincipled son in a moment of unbridled rage...