In our ladies' class at church we've been doing the Beth Moore Study, The Patriarchs. I love all of Beth's studies. She has such a gift for digging into God's Word and bringing out the truths in new and fresh ways. When I'm involved an a Bible study there is usually one particular morsel that just jumps out at me and shows me a truth in a new way. Even stories that I have read and studied many times before have the capacity to do that and I love it when it happens. This time was no exception. This study takes the student deep into the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When we were exploring the life of Jacob we got to the part where Jacob has left Laban's home with his family and possessions and is preparing for a reunion with his brother Esau. The journey finds Jacob camped by stream with part of his family. In Genesis 32, verse 24 it says that Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. ...