's excuse was not true. His way of settling the matter made bad worse. Jacob was drawn into the disquiet of multiplying wives. He could not refuse Rachel, for he had espoused her; still less could he refuse Leah. As yet there was no express command against marrying more than one wife...
Jacob Meets Rachel - Jacob resumed his journey and went to the eastern country. He looked and saw a well in a field. Three flocks of sheep were lying
Jacob's family - Rachel now knew that she could not give birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. Rachel said to
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 ...
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,...
Jacob and Israel Posted on January 4, 2025 by rachelmankowitz At a recent Friday night service, because the Torah portion for the week was about our forefather Jacob wrestling with an angel of God, our rabbi told us that Jacob is renamed Israel because Israel means “to struggle with 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
Jacob’s Children - Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I
But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.” Jacob
Jacob Meets Rachel - So Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East. And he looked, and saw a well in the field; and