Today we begin Genesis Chapter 30 For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. From the perspective of our modern sensibilities, I imagine this chapter is just chock filled with cultural oddities and strange behavior. This section opens with Rachel strongly voicing her woes concerning her barrenness to Joseph. […]
29-4: The birth of the 12 tribes of Israel and the Messianic line
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 […]
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 […]
29-2: “The Son of…”does NOT always refer to a “Father-Son relationship”
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?” […]
29-1: The importance of the well in ancient times
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 […]
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