Midrash

So Jacob has just left his home leaving for Charan.  he walks for about 1 and a half hours and he’s already sweating and getting really hot.  His cantine is running out.   He takes his last sip and then his cantine is empty.

Thankfully, he finds a pond and dips his cantine in and takes a big sip.

But he’s still hungry..

After a few hours of walking he finds a merchant he asks the merchant what food he has to offer. The merchant tells him he has a warm soup and some bread Jacob immidietly takes his offer and buys it for 5 Shekels and eats it.

After a few hours of walking he finds a grassy area and dicides to sleep under the shade of a tree. He wakes up a few hours later to find a camel with a man riding it near him.  He runs over to the man and he asks the man for a ride to Charan but the man can’t.  He says he is going to a nearby town in the oposite direction.

Jacob is devistated to hear this news.  But then Jacob realizes that hes still quite hungry so he asks the man if he has any leftover food he tells him he has some Bread and Jacob takes his offer. The man says he could have it for 3 Shekels Jacob gives him the money and keeps on walking in the direction of Charan.

He finshes his bread and meets a man whith a camel on a leash while walking in the direction of charan.  The man whith a camel tells him he’s going to the city next to Charan and Jacob tells him that he is going to charan and asks him if he can can get a ride to Charan on his camel.  The man asks how many miles is it from where they are Jacob responds that there are 5 miles left and the man tells him he can only get him as far as 4 miles the man tells jacob that it’s free and the camel brings them on a 4 mile ride.

 

once they’ve traveled for four miles they say goodbye and depart in different directions jacob walks the last mile in peace and then he arrives to charan. The End.