Verse 15: "the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day..."
Jacob did a lot of bad things in his life. Tricking his brother out of the inheritance. Favoring one son over the others. At the end of his life, he acknowledged God was his shepherd through all his faults.
God did not reject Jacob. He is a God of grace. "Who is a pardoning God like Thee?" (Micah 7:18).
Can we learn from Jacob's faults? Certainly. Did God bring no consequences upon Jacob for his sins? He certainly did. But in the end, he was a child of the covenant whom I fully expect to talk with in glory, about his life. And that will glorify the mercy and justice of God.
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