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Rachel has to feel devastated that her older sister is now married to this man. leah, you have to wonder how she felt knowing that she was being snuck in. she wasnt his chosen love, and yet she was sent in to him and he feels very deceived. so he goes in anger of the girls father and says, what have you done? laban, unapologetic, proposed a new deal to jacob. the deal is now you can marry rachel, but you can have to work another seven years for her. jacob accepted these terms in order to marry t...

But then to be seeing the woman that you share your husband with your own sister, very fertile, having child after child after child that had to just throw enormous salt in the wound for rachel. rachel said to leah, please give me some of your son to manage. right. but leah said to her, wasnt it enough that you took away my husband? will you take away my sons mandrax to the mandrake plant was thought to increase fertility, but it wasnt until years after rachel got her hands on it that her prayer...

And became exceedingly wealthy, and he had prolific animals, and maidservants and manservants, and camels and donkeys. –Genesis 30:43 I count myself

What kept Jacob going during those long and difficult years, when he was alone, far from his parents’ home, being swindled and threatened time after time by his father-in-law?

From the blog of Naomi Graetz at The Times of Israel

Opinion: A biblical view of evolution

Pass along the wonderful blessings that God has freely given to you.

Jesus came into the world to save real sinners like Jacob, me, and you. If I wanted to convince you to read the story of Jesus’ ancestor Jacob, I might tell you about this.