24 -- Jake's Wrestling Match

Genesis as a radio dramedy

24 - Jake's Wrestling Match

Genesis 32

ANNOUNCER: (Theme song) And now it is time for another episode in the ongoing saga of Abraham and his family on “As the Ancient World Turns Around the Guiding Light of the Days of All My Ancestors' Lives,” brought to you by Noah's Ark Pet Soap, cleaning up after animals for many generations. Now available in a handy two-by-two pack an da rainbow assortment of colors.  Remember, when it comes to animal mess and grime, Just Say Noah.

ANNOUNCER: When last we left Jacob, he had just made an agreement with his father-in-law, Laban, in which they would go their own way and not hurt each other. Jacob was now heading back to his father’s home, back to his brother, Esau, whom he had cheated out of his father's blessing,20 years earlier.

JACOB: I need a couple of messengers. Send for the Camel Express.

MESSENGER: At your service,cap'n.

JACOB: I need you to go to my brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

MESSENGER: Will that be first class or fourth class?

JACOB: What is the difference?

MESSENGER: First class might get it there by Christmas, fourth class, not a chance.

JACOB: Then let's go first class. (pause) What's Christmas? Never mind. Tell my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, “I have lived with Laban as an alien, and stayed until now; and I have oxen,donkeys, flocks, male and female slaves, and I have sent to tell my lord, in order that I might find favor in your sight.”

NARRATOR: The messengers did as they were told, then returned to Jacob with a message.

MESSENGER: Your brother, Esau, is coming to meet you, and 400 men are with him.

JACOB: Yipes.