#21 Genesis 30 & 31-Lesson 1

GENESIS #21 Genesis 30 & 31 GENESIS 30 Jacob takes 2 wives, Rachel and Leah Lavan (Laban) deceived Jacob into marrying both sisters Jacob becomes a a 80 Chapter 29 focused L a c d Chapter 30 focuses Rac c d 1 THE RACHEL STORY Rachel, the beautiful wife, is jealous of Leah Rachel does the same thing Sarah did; she gives her servant Bilah to Jacob to bear a child Bi ah i a ife .b a concubine G d did NOT a ida e Jac b decision to take 2 wives, as good 2 EM EPA A E GOD COMMANDS FROM STATEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FACT Bible is full of statements by humans that are lies, exaggerations, inaccuracies, superstitions Bible does not take the time to comment on each statement or action as to whether it was right or wrong We ea G d c e a e ca know when an action or statement was right or g G d e e 3 ..ma bea n m knee . Hebrew idiom means to place a legal claim on that child Used when a servant is a surrogate mother, or in an adoption NOTE: Rachel was NOT b ga ed acce he e a children as her own Bilah probably had children of her own that she kept and raised as her own Bilah gives birth to Dan and then to Naftali 4 SISTERS ENGAGE IN BATTLE OVER JAC B AFFEC I Mandrake Leah ee Rachel cce and offe her servant girl, Zilpah, to Jacob Zilpah bears Gad and then Asher Leah on R eben ga he Mand ake for his mother Mandrake seen as an aphrodisiac Mandrake = d da im Love = dodai Mandrakes were just an ancient superstition Leah bears 3 more children, while Rachel remains barren for 3 more years 5 LEAH ZILPAH RACHEL BILAH 6 JACOB ON BO N IN MESOPOTAMIA G d ha taken away di g ace V .23 Taken away = asaf L d added me a Added = yosef Yosef and asaf ge he f J e h name Prophetic result: Joseph is taken away, and then added back in 7 BATTLE OF DECEIVERS Laban is a Spiritualist, he believes in many gods La a G d name because he knows Jac b G d Jacob agrees to stay in return for all the speckled and spotted sheep and goats 8 MEET MR. WHITE These passages are all ab c Pure white sheep & pure dark goats, go to Laban Speckled and spotted go to Jacob NORMAL = pure white sheep, dark goats Lavan (Laban) in Hebrew means WHITE! The sight of white spots on the goats and black spots on the sheep infuriated Lavan 9 History repeats itself Jac b fe a Ab a a Did Jacob belong to Mesopotamia or Canaan? Just as Abraham and Lot had to separate over matters concerning herds and flocks, so do Jacob and Laban Division and separation are rarely on happy terms Jacob will cut family ties with Mesopotamia, and the Land of Canaan becomes his home GENESIS 31 10 JACOB FLEES FROM LABAN Laban and his sons grumble over the size f Jac b ed God instructs Jacob to go back to Canaan Jacob consults with his wives While Laban is away, Jacob and his family quickly pack and flee Rachel steals her fa e e d gods 11 Rachel took the family gods because the one who possessed the family gods indicated the one who would inherit the family wealth and authority. Laban catches Jacob here 12