Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing

Let us cleave then to His blessing, and consider what are the means⁴¹⁴⁹ of possessing it. Let us think⁴¹⁵⁰ over the things which have taken place from the beginning. For what reason was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not because he wrought righteousness and truth through faith? Isaac,⁴¹⁵¹ with perfect confidence, as if knowing what was to happen,⁴¹⁵² cheerfully yielded himself as a sacrifice.⁴¹⁵³ Jacob, through reason⁴¹⁵⁴ of his brother, went forth with humility from his own land, and came to Laban and served him; and there was given to him the sceptre of the twelve tribes of Israel.