T HE K I N G ' S B US I NE S S and it would take him a great many days. Poor Jacob was suffering,now for not being truthful to his father. After travelling all day and the sun was going down, Jacob lay down to rest. There was no soft green grass for him to lie on, and he had a stone for a pillow. As it began to grow dark he felt so lonely, and thought of the nice home he had left, and all because he had done wrong. He was very tired and soon fell asleep and dreamed a beautiful dream. In his dream he saw a ladder (explain ladder to children) resting on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, and going up and down on the ladder were shining angels, and God was standing above them, and spoke to Jacob and told him He would give all
993 the land where he had been living to him and his people, and that He would be with him and take care of him and bring him hack again to his home-land some day. Then early next morning Jacob got up and knelt down beside the stone he had used for a pillow and prayed to God, and promised God he would give him a part of all the money he earned the rest of his life, if God would take care of him. Jacob did very wrong, hut you see he believed in God, and trusted Him, and God forgave him and took care of him. God is always ready to forgive us when we do wrong, but it is better to ask God to help us and keep us from doing wrong. Closing Prayer. Asking God to help us to do right every day.
NOVEMBER 24, 1918 JACOB WINS ESAU Golden Text.— “ A soft answer turneth away wrath.” Prov. 15:1. LESSON TEXT Gen. 33:1-11. (Additional material, Gen. 32:3-33:20).
(1) And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. (2) And he put the handmaids and their children fore most, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hinder- most. (3) And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. (4) And Esau ran ta meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck; and they wept. (5) And he “lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the ^children; and said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. (6) Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and ' they bowed themselves. (7) And 1. God Meets Jacob at Peniel. Gem. 32:22-23). When this incident took place Jacob was returning from his residence in Haran, which must have lasted about 30 years. During this time God had ♦
Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. (8) And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.( 9) And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that - thou hast unto thyself. (10) And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as one sees the face o f God, and thou wast pleased with me. (11) Take, I pray thee, my g ift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. been faithful to the LESSON promise made to EXPOSITION Jacob at Beth-el. He had blessed him with a large family and with temporal prosperity, and he had also kept Jacob
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