vayeitzeh

when Jake came out, his mother seemed relieved
he wasn't cut out for his brother's life
his uncle wouldn't care whom he'd deceived
and just might hook the lad up with a wife
a chance encounter on the trail to Luz
assured him God went with him on his way
yet still, he haggled like it's his to choose
'though Esau'd made it plain, he could not stay
a score of years, he slept rough with the flocks
forsaking comforts of his mother's tent
to Esau's goat, he'd learn to play the fox
as Laban taught him what mishpachah meant
at thirty-five, he'll kiss by Jabbok's stream
the twin who sought to kill him as a teen