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GENESIS 29

JACOB MARRIES BOTH RACHEL + LEAH

While Jacob is visiting the well, he meets Rachel. Jacob wants to marry Rachel and agrees to work for Laban, Rachel’s father, for seven years as a bride price.

After seven years, Laban deceives Jacob and gives him Leah, Rachel’s sister, to marry instead. Leah is not as beautiful as Rachel and Jacob does not love her. Jacob gets a taste of his own tricky medicine!

Jacob agrees to work another seven years to marry Rachel. God sees that Leah is loved less by Jacob and allows her to have children, while Rachel is unable to have children. Leah gives Jacob four sons, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah.

STUDY QUESTIONS

Leah was not Jacob’s first choice, but God saw her. How does her story show us God’s care for those who feel unloved?