Personal Narrative: Jacob

In Genesis 27, verse 35-36, “But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!’” Jacob tricked his father into giving the blessing, that originally belonged to Esau, to himself. He did this out of self-gain. “37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches. 38 Then he placed the peeled branches in all the watering troughs, so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat and came to drink, 39 they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. 40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made …show more content…
They differ in minor ways and most I’m not comfortable sharing. One I could share is about growing up. I’m in the stage of “transition” in my life. In other words, I am a teenager. I can not be a kid again. Once I am an adult, it’s permanent. I will not be taken care for. I will not be someone else’s priority. Being a child, I wouldn’t have to have a worry or concern in the world. Tomorrow will be like every other: School and home, school and home. Everything is laid out in front of me by parents, teachers, et cetera. Once I am all grown up, I won’t feel any different. I won’t automatically feel like an “adult”. Once I’m all grown up I would be ready to take on the world because I would be an adult and adults know what they’re doing. Most, if not all, don’t. I will have to fend for my own. I will be my own person, rather than being the attached offspring of another person. I will have to feed myself, work for myself, and do everything else on my own. I wrestle with the fact that time is ongoing, and I will continue to age with