Following on the heels of my last post, an offer is made to Jacob, who had just been duped into consummating a marriage with Leah, to work another seven years for Rachel. So taken in by Rachel’s beauty, Jacob unhesitatingly agrees. So another seven years pass and finally Jacob acquires the true target of his […]
Archives for June 3, 2015
29-3: As Jacob deceived Esau, the firstborn, so was he deceived by Leah, the firstborn
“And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and […]