Jacob and Esau Meet Genesis 31, Genesis 33
· Jacob lived among his mother's people for many, many years.
· He had a large family. Jacob had herds of sheep goats cattle donkeys and camels.
· One day, God came to Jacob again and told him to return to the land of his father Isaac.
· Rebekah was mother of Jacob she had died. Jacob hadn't seen Isaac his father in twenty years.
· Jacob wanted to go back to old home. However, Jacob was afraid to meet his older brother Esau.
· Jacob had an idea. He called his servants and asked them take some animals to as a gift.
· There were two hundred twenty sheep and two hundred twenty goats, there were thirty mother camels and their young there were fifty cattle and thirty donkeys. Then Jacob went to meet Esau.
· Gift is Animals were used as money and often given as gift because they were so important without animals families had no way to feed themselves.
· When Esau saw his younger brother Jacob he ran to him and put his arms around him.
· The brothers wept tears of joy. Each had gone his own way just as God had meant them to now God had brought them together again.
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Jacob was mad at Laban What have you done Jacob asked Laban said, work some more and He would give Jacob Rachel too. 
Jacob married Rachel and worked seven more years. Then Jacob decided to leave Rachel's sneaky father. He took his family and everything he had and started back home.
Jacob was going home however that's where his angry brother Esau lived.
When Jacob was almost home a servant said, his brother Esau is coming., Jacob thought Esau was coming to hurt him. Jacob was afraid and prayed, God save him from his brother.
That night a man who was really God appeared Jacob wrestled with the man. Bless him Jacob and changed his name to Israel.
