The Aramean & his threats – Ki Tavo
Jacob talks with Laban, Foster Bible Pictures 1897
In the first translation we see Jacob away from home and uncertain of the future; eventually his family settle in Israel and grow crops of which the first fruits were offered to God.
In the second translation there was a dangerous threat but no destruction actually happened, though Rashi says that the intention was deemed to have been carried out. However, Jacob’s family eventually settled down, survived the threats of the enemy peoples, and made the land prosperous.
