OT Notes Genesis 29

Can you imagine the intrigue in the family of Jacob with 4 wives? (Would you not call all 4 women wives in our time?) this is a good sermon starter on relationships, on meeting for the first time, on the diffiuclt dynamics of relationships.

Leah draws my sympathy here. Why would Laban do this? Did she consent?

Her eyes could be called tender, as if she had been crying or perhaps sensitive? They could mean light colored; it could me compassionate looking, i suppose-it could mean weak as in near sighted.

It is obvious that Rachel is gorgeous. Unlike the Isaac story where we are never told of Rebecca's love for him, here we get comparison that Leah is loved less than Rachel.Look sat how she named the children in relationship to Jacob and God later.Note where she was buried.

what do you think the relationship became of the sisters?

7 years is a long time. When is it easy or difficult for you to wait?

Few of us are rachels, but it may be a good practice to try to live within her heart and mind.

Jacob seems as if he should be Laban's son, no? Why did Jacob agree to 7 years and then seven more? How do you think they got along over time? (See the story as it progresses)

I love the poetry that the 14 years seemed like 14 days to Jacob. when have you felt that way, if ever?

this could be a good time to explore the well as a type scene in Scripture.