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    Jacob wants desperately to marry Rachael and he works for uncle Laban seven years to get her, but the morning after the wedding night, Jacob finds Rachael’s older sister, Leah, between the sheets! “You’ve deceived me!” Jacob shouts to Laban. Jacob endsup working another seven years to marry Rachael, and the “battle of the dueling wives” begins, each wife enlisting her servant girls in an effort to bear more children for Jacoband become the most beloved wife. All the while, Laban has changed Jacob’s wages over and over, driving him into poverty and dependence. Jacob, the boy who was sucha clever little deceiver at home, gets a Ph.D. in deception when he moves in with uncleLaban!

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    Jacob wants desperately to marry Rachael and he works for uncle Laban seven years to get her, but the morning after the wedding night, Jacob finds Rachael’s older sister, Leah, between the sheets! “You’ve deceived me!” Jacob shouts to Laban. Jacob endsup working another seven years to marry Rachael, and the “battle of the dueling wives” begins, each wife enlisting her servant girls in an effort to bear more children for Jacoband become the most beloved wife. All the while, Laban has changed Jacob’s wages over and over, driving him into poverty and dependence. Jacob, the boy who was sucha clever little deceiver at home, gets a Ph.D. in deception when he moves in with uncleLaban!

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    Lesson #13 Conflict & Strife Abound (30: 25 31: 54)

    In Lesson #12 Jacob flees the wrath of his brother, Esau, and makes his way to Haran, where he will stay with Rebekahs brother, Laban.
    1. On the way Jacob stops at Luz in the central mountain range, sleeps for the night with his head on a rock, and has a dream of a ladder reaching up to heaven, with the angels of God ascending and descending on it. a. Here, God affirms with Jacob the covenant he made with Abraham/Sarah and Isaac/Rebekah. 2. Arriving in Haran, Jacob goes to graduate school in deception, tricked into working 14 years for Laban in order to marry Rachel.

    The Battle of the Dueling Wives follows, with Leah producing 6 sons and 1 daughter; Zilpah, 2 sons; Bilhah 2 sons; and Rachel, 1 son.

    In Lesson #13, Jacob turns the table on Laban, outwitting him at his own game, Jacob acquiring large numbers of herds and flocks while nearly bankrupting Laban himself. After working for Laban for 20 years as an indentured servant, Jacob leaves Haran wealthy, taking all his possessions with him and heading back home to Beershebaonly to be told that Esau is headed in his direction with 400 armed men!

    Jacob Gets Labans Goat!

    Photography by Ana Maria Vargas

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    Speckled and spotted goats and dark lambs result from recessive genes that occur in about 25% of animals born in the 1st breeding season (fall) and 12.5-6.25% in the 2nd and 3rd seasons, respectively (winter and spring). Jacobpracticing skillful animal husbandrycarefully separates out the most hardy gray, speckled and spotted animals from the feeble ones, encouraging breeding among the more hardy ones. In addition, age-old folklore holds that maternal impressionwhat a pregnant female sees or feels at conceptionaffects the gestating fetus; thus, Jacob places peeled poplar, almond and plane tree shoots in front of the mating animals, ensuringin his mind that the resulting offspring will be gray, speckled and spotted.

    1. How did Jacobs skills improve while living with Laban? 2. Traditional folklore plays a large role in the story of the gray, speckled and spotted livestock. Where else did folklore play a similar role in the Isaac/Jacob story? 3. Why would Rachel steal the her fathers idols? 4. What are Labans motives in pursuing Jacob and his family? 5. What did Jacob learn in his 20 years with Laban?

    Copyright 2013 by William C. Creasy


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