SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 Genesis 30:25-27 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country. Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service which I have done […]
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 Genesis 30:22-24 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” So she called his name Joseph, and said, “The Lord shall add to me another son.” The name Joseph (Yosef in Hebrew) has a double meaning. It referred to the fact […]
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 Genesis 30:14-15 Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take […]
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 Genesis 30:9-11 When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as wife. And Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. Then Leah said, “A troop comes!” So she called his name Gad. As Jacob’s story continues, we see a principle developing that is accented with the birth […]
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Genesis 30:1-2 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!” And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” It is interesting […]
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 Genesis 29:34-35 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi. And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his […]
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 Genesis 29:31-32 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. So, Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben. The Hebrew word that is translated “unloved” might better be rendered “loved less.” In other words, the text is indicating that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, not that he […]
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 Genesis 29:29-30 Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also. And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maid. Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years. As […]
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 Genesis 29:29-30 Then Jacob did so and fulfilled her week. So he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife also. And Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as a maid. Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years. Even […]
September 3, 2020 Genesis 29:21-23 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go into her.” And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast. Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went […]
September 2, 2020 Genesis 29:18-20 Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.” And Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.” So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and […]
September 1, 2020 Genesis 29:16-17 “Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.” There are some translations that say, “Leah’s eyes were weak,” which then lends itself to the notion that […]
