Jacob’s Night of Transformation

{Jacob: The Night That Changed Everything} Jacob was a man with a complicated story.

He was the son of Isaac and the grandson of Abraham, the man God had

promised to bless and use to shape nations. Yet Jacob’s life did not begin with

strength or honor. From the beginning, he struggled. His name, Jacob,

meant “heel-grabber” or “deceiver.” And for much of his life, he lived up to that

name. Jacob took his brother Esau’s birthright. Later, he took his father’s

blessing through deception. Because of this, Jacob spent years running—

from conflict, from consequences, and from his own past. Although God had