Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me. In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled. Then the angel of God said to me in theContinue reading “Genesis 31: 9-16….The women had been following the situation.”
Category Archives: Genesis
Genesis 31: 1-8….Frustration leads to Fleeing
Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.” And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of yourContinue reading “Genesis 31: 1-8….Frustration leads to Fleeing”
Genesis 30: 28-36….Sneaky, sneaky!
Name your wages, and I will give it.” Jacob said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me. For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provideContinue reading “Genesis 30: 28-36….Sneaky, sneaky!”
Gen 30: 19-28…..A complex situation.
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.”
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.”
As I read it! 