The struggles of faith purify us. Jacob wanted to make money on God at the beginning of his journey, he was not interested in His matter. He wanted the same blessing he had seen at his father, but for quite selfish motives. That is why he had to go to God's school for many years, where it is not a matter of study, but of a change of character. It was a difficult humiliation in his uncle's country, at the end of which a turning point awaited him - the struggle with God. At the beginning of the journey to Laban, he "took a light step"; after years he returned to his (blessed) legacy hobbling. He knew that God was stronger and that His ways led other ways than his. Since that, he has not easily chosen his own paths. Although his old nature was still evident in him, it was in a different strength and only for a while. He learned to rest under the hand of God, in the inheritance he received as a gift from God and did not need to gain it by deception.