#21 Genesis 30 & 31-Lesson 1
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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
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Chapter 29 focused
L a
c d
Chapter 30 focuses
Rac
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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
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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
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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
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LEAH
ZILPAH
RACHEL
BILAH
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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