“When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, ‘What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?'”
Jacob, the deceiver by name as well as in behaviour, had now been deceived himself. The one who had tried everything to obtain the benefits of the firstborn had now, against his will, received the firstborn.
As I was reading today’s Passage, I was trying to imagine what was going on in Leah’s mind; she had to have known that Jacob would be disappointed come the morning. What a way to start to a marriage!
When Jacob deceived his father and cheated his brother, God did not change His plan to choose Jacob to receive the birthright. Instead, God took Jacob to the school of hard knocks to discipline him. This shows that our disobedience may not derail God’s plan for our life, but will greatly affect how we end up experiencing it.
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Hmm interesting thoughts! Thanks for sharing
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Two things stood out for me: I somehow believed it was Laban who set the price but I t was Jacob who suggested working for 7 years to marry Rachel. Was that the going rate? Why not 1 year or six months? Why suggest such a long time?
The other thing that stood out today was that despite being unloved by Jacob, Leah must have had some love or she would not have conceived 4 sons. It must have been hard for Leah to always be second but what a place in history she has to be the mother of Judah in the lineage of Jesus!
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It is ironic that Leah, being the mother of Judah in the lineage of Jesus, may have been “unloved” by Jacob, and Jesus, being our Savior, is unloved by many today.
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I always thought that Jacob worked for 7 years before marrying Leah and then worked another 7 years before marrying Rachel, the woman he initially agreed to marry. But he married Rachel before working his 7 year term. Not very profound, but a takeaway nonetheless.
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