And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun. Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.Then God remembered Rachel, andContinue reading “Gen 30: 19-28…..A complex situation.”
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Genesis 30: 6-18….What a mess up!
Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his nameContinue reading “Genesis 30: 6-18….What a mess up!”
Genesis 29: 31 – 30: 5….Some things are hard to bear!
When the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because the LORD has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.” She conceived again and bore a son, andContinue reading “Genesis 29: 31 – 30: 5….Some things are hard to bear!”
Genesis 29: 23-30…. Two but not for the price of one!
But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me?Continue reading “Genesis 29: 23-30…. Two but not for the price of one!”
Genesis 29: 13-22…..Waiting, waiting, waiting!
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things, and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.ThenContinue reading “Genesis 29: 13-22…..Waiting, waiting, waiting!”
Genesis 29: 4-12…..Family contacts.
Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.” He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.” He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is comingContinue reading “Genesis 29: 4-12…..Family contacts.”
Genesis 28: 18 – 29:3…..worship and a wife-hunt.
So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. Then Jacob made a vow,Continue reading “Genesis 28: 18 – 29:3…..worship and a wife-hunt.”
Genesis 28: 10-17…..A life changing dream.
Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladderContinue reading “Genesis 28: 10-17…..A life changing dream.”
Genesis 28: 1-9….Why do we get these details?
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. God Almighty bless you and make youContinue reading “Genesis 28: 1-9….Why do we get these details?”
Genesis 27: 39-46….Murder threatened.
Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:“Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,and away from the dew of heaven on high.By your sword you shall live,and you shall serve your brother;but when you grow restlessyou shall break his yoke from your neck.”Now Esau hated Jacob because of theContinue reading “Genesis 27: 39-46….Murder threatened.”
As I read it! 