1. To marry by faith (27:41-28:2,6-9)

Rebekah had to send Jacob away because Esau plotted to kill him. So Rebekah talked with Isaac about Jacob's marriage. Esau, a man who did whatever he felt like doing, was impatient to marry. So he had already taken two wives from among the Canaanites (26:34,35). His Canaanite wives followed the customs and religion of their own people, and they were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah. Isaac commanded Jacob not to marry a Canaanite woman. He sent him to Rebekah's family to get a wife. Esau did not understand the spiritual meaning of this, so he married another wife--an Ishmaelite--to please his father (Heb 12:16).

2. The blessing of Abraham (28:3-5)

Isaac blessed Jacob with the blessing of Abraham--the covenant blessing. Then he sent him away. His only protection was God's blessing. Most likely Rebekah died before he returned.

Application: Lord, help me to live by faith as a child of your covenant.
One Word: God protects & trains the son of promise