Genesis 31: 1-3: “And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.”
One of the quickest ways to destroy someone’s reputations is by starting a whispering campaign against them. This was a tool used by both Stalin and Mao Tse Tung. In this case Laban’s sons, Jacob’s brothers in law, started a whispering campaign against him. They tried to blacken his name by saying that he was stealing from their father. Jacob understood that Laban had a part in this campaign as well because he realised that Laban was treating him like an outsider. At this stage the Lord intervened and definitely told Jacob to go home. Things would only get worse for him if he stayed. Jacob also knew that the Lord had promised to bring him back to his family so he knew that this call would come one day.
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