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 […]

“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 […]

And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.” Then he said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.” -Genesis 29:4-5 So Jacob asks the shepherds at the well, “Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?” […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 29. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. After Jacob’s spiritual encounter with God, he is now a changed man. The circumstances haven’t changed. He is still all alone and on the run with nothing but the shirt on his back. However, the […]

“And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: And this stone, which I […]