Love at First Sight

Jacob, as we begin to follow him in his journey from his father's house to Padan-Aram, is on the way to his mother's family. He needed no passport or visa, and could easily cross the borders of the lands through which he had to go. Born in the land of Canaan he learned to speak the language of its inhabitants and seems to have encountered no problem with speaking to those along the way, all the way to Haran itself. For he speaks to complete strangers at the well and is clearly understood by...