Stairway to Heaven: Genesis 28:10-22

Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran.

Running. Fleeing. Esau had vowed to kill him as soon as their father died, and Rebekah had sent Jacob away—back to her brother Laban, back to the old country, away from his brother's rage.

When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set.

A certain place. Nowhere special, just where darkness caught him. No inn, no shelter, no home. The deceiver was now a fugitive, sleeping rough in the wilderness.