Genesis 29:1-30

JACOB MARRIES LEAH AND RACHEL

Keywords 29:30

Jacob lay with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

 

1. Jacob meets Rachel (1-14a)

Isaac had instructed Jacob not to marry a Canaanite woman, but to take a wife

from among the daughters of Laban. (28:2) When he arrived in the land, he met

some shepherds from Haran who knew Laban. Just then Laban’s daughter Rachel

came. Jacob kissed her and wept. It seemed like an answer to prayer.

 

2. Jacob gets married (14b-30)

Laban offered to employ Jacob and asked what his wages should be. Jacob had

fallen for Rachel, who he found beautiful. So, he offered to work for seven years

in exchange for Rachel’s hand in marriage. Laban agreed. Jacob worked seven

years, but Laban tricked Jacob, substituting his older daughter Leah for Rachel.

In the end Jacob also married Rachel in exchange for another seven years’ labor.

Jacob worked for fourteen years to marry Leah and Rachel, but it was God who

was working to provide the foundation of the nation of Israel.

 

Prayer Lord, I am worldly, but you are always working according to your purpose.

Help me be awakened to you.

One Word God works out his will