Jacobs Journey
Beer-Sheva: Jacob leaves Canaan.
Beth-El: Jacob dreams of a ladder to heaven and sets up a standing stone, or matzevah.
Haran: Jacob meets Labans daughter Rachel at a well. 20 years later, Jacob leaves Haran with Rachel, who steals Labans household idols.
Gal-Ed: Jacob erects a matzevah and stone mound to mark his non-hostility pact with Laban. Unaware of Rachels theft of her fathers idols, Jacob vows death to whoever stole Labans household gods.
Shechem: While burying idols outside Beth-El, Jacob must have realized Rachel stole Labans idols.
Beth-El: God appears again to Jacob, blesses him and changes Jacobs name to Israel. Jacob erects another matzevah.





