When Jacob observed that his relationship with his uncle Laban had deteriorated, he gathered his family and fled back to Canaan. Laban managed to catch up to Jacob, but he was warned by God not to harm him, and so the two men agreed to a peace treaty. Along the way to Canaan, a man approached Jacob at night and wrestled him until daybreak, and afterwards blessed him and gave him a new name Israel. Upon entering Canaan Jacob was approached his brother Esau, and the two men reconciled. Jacob then built an altar to His God who had preserved him through his 20 years of sojourning.
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