Jacob is the grandson of Abraham and introduced in the Bible story of Jacob and Esau. After 7 years of service, Jacob’s uncle Laban tricked him into marrying his eldest daughter Leah. Laban then made Jacob work a further 7 years before he could marry his youngest daughter Rachel, who ...
EasyEnglish Bible Jacob's family 30 Rachel now knew that she could not give birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. Rachel said to Jacob, ‘Please give me children. If not, I will die.’[a] 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said, ‘Am I God?
Jacob’s Children - When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, “Give me children—if
Only seven years more labor for her. What's a little misunderstanding among kin?"Jacob is burning inwardly, but he sees his prize in sight. Only a week. He agrees to Laban's offer, and soon Rachel is his. Jacob's story gives new meaning to the saying "Love is blind."...
So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where his flock was. Douay-Rheims BibleHe sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the field, where he fed the flocks, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He sent, and called Rachel and Lia into the field, where he fed the flocks,...
The contextualization of misogyny, whether in Genesis 29 and 30, the story of Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, Bilhah, and Jacob (five鈥檚 company), or in the utter banality of the American 1970s sitcom Three鈥檚 Company, is violence against and humiliation of women in everyday clothes. This guise ...
Our Bible story today is about Jacob wrestling with God, and for this story to make sense, we need to go back to before he was born. His mother Rebekah, wife of Isaac, was pregnant with twin boys, and Genesis says “The boys pushed against each other inside of her.” She asks the...
Yehudah, son of Leah, would be the root father of the Mashiach ben David, which was another reason for rescuing Leah/Chava from Esav/Sam”M. The 2 sons of Rachel would also be important components of the framework of the nation & land of Yisrael & the Geula. ...
Rachel, inGenesis, the first book of theHebrew Bible(Old Testament), one of the two wives of the patriarchJacob. Forced to serve Rachel’s father, Laban, for seven years to win her, Jacob was tricked at the end of that time into marrying her sister,Leah. He was then allowed to marry...
Jacob from the early Old Testament of the Bible was the son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Esau. He tricked Esau into giving him his birthright and thus inheriting the family's land. Jacob had two wives Leah and Rachel and 12 sons, one of which was Joseph....