within every nation who suffer destitution, stripped of the very necessities of life. Sometimes we suffer these experiences because of our own irresponsibility or sin, and sometimes they are forced upon us by others, due to no fault of our own. But there is hope of deliverance from all these bad experiences, no matter what brings them upon us. Jacob’s experience demonstrates this for us. Jacob was suffering every one of these, suffering them all at once—fear, shame, loneliness, and destitution—and