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 ...
Audio Bible ContextJacob Meets Rachel…3When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well. 4“My brothers,” Jacob asked the sheph...
Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you [as a hired workman] for seven years [in return] for [the privilege of marrying] Rachel your younger daughter.”Christian Standard BibleJacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger ...
Related to Jacob and Esau:Cain and Abel Ja·cob (jā′kəb) In the Bible, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. His 12 sons became the progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel. [Late LatinIacōbus, from GreekIakōb, from Hebrewya'ăqōb,(God) has protected; seeʕqbinSemitic...
Jacob Meets Rachel - Then Jacob set out on his journey, and went to the land of the people of the east. He looked, and saw a well in the field, and
The Story of Jacob and Joseph: Directed by Michael Cacoyannis. With Keith Michell, Tony Lo Bianco, Colleen Dewhurst, Herschel Bernardi. A movie telling the Biblical stories of the last of the Hebrew Patriarchs in the Book of Genesis.
Jacob and Rachel at the Well(The Ideal Holy Bible, 1908) This work agreement shows Jacob’s great integrity as a man who is not relying on God to simply hand him every good thing on a silver platter, as hisfather’s blessingback home or God’s promises at Bethel might suggest. Nor ...
Now after Jacob had heard, and finally believed the report, that his sons were telling him -- his spirit was revived. I like to think, that his spirit was revived from from the state of sorrow, that he had fallen into, over the years, after he'd lost his wife Rachel and his eventu...
The God who has promised to be with him gives him power. Single-handedly, by a great feat of strength, he rolls the great stone away from the top of the well. Then he puts down the bucket again and again to fill the nearby trough, until all of Rachel's sheep have been watered. ...
Genesis 30 Lexham English Bible Jacob’s Children 30 When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, “Give me children—if not, I will die!” 2 And Jacob became angry[a] with Rachel. And he said, “Am I in the place...