The story of leah, rachel, and jacob is quite a dramatic love triangle. Rachel and leah women of genesis book 3 kindle edition. The older sister of rachel and first wife of jacob. The bible does not say that leah was jealous of rachel over anything.
Genesis 2933 english standard version esv jacob marries leah and rachel. The book of esther details mordecais lineage as mordecai the son of yair. When the seven years were fulfilled at last, jacob spent his wedding night only to discover at dawn that it wasnt rachel, but her elder sister leah whom laban had delivered to jacobs tent. But on the night of the marriage, laban deceived jacob. Leah bears jacob four sons reuben, levi, simeon, and judah and her maidservant zilpah, two gad and asher. Throughout leah s childbearing, rachel has been silent. If leah was deep and tender of eye, rachel is beautiful and sexy. Discover what the bible says about god, rachel, leah, and jacob, and how he used flawed people for his kingdom. Leah and rachel, the wives of jacob, symbolize two aspects of redemption that are necessary if we would inherit the kingdom of god. Bible coloring pages online coloring pages mandala coloring pages free printable coloring pages coloring sheets coloring books jacob bible jacob and rachel r colors.
There are many lessons we can learn from this bible story, but to me. The story of rachel and jacob is the most famous love story in the bible. Rachel and leah women of genesis book 3 kindle edition by card, orson scott. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical. Forced to serve rachel s father, laban, for seven years to win her, jacob was tricked at the end of that time into marrying her sister, leah. Why was jacob buried with leah and not rachel answers. Rachel herself became a byword for womanly beauty, loyalty and steadfast love. He asks the shepherds gathered there if they know laban. Rachel lived in harran, or paddan aram, and thats where she met her cousin jacob. Laban said that jacob could also marry rachel if he agreed to work another seven years for him. The story of rachel and leah a man named jacob begins working for laban.
Ironically, it was leah, the unloved wife, who rested in the same grave as jacob, not rachel, the love of his life. There are printables to make your own trifold visual and a mini book for jacob s dream. We know quite a lot about her, but intriguingly there is much that must be imagined. Then one day a goodlooking marriageable kinsman named jacob showed up, looking for a haven from his brothers rage, and leah fell in love at leah was so young when her sister rachel was born that she could not remember a time when rachel was not the darling of the family pretty, clever, and cute, whereas leah plugged along being obedient. So jacob went in to rachel also, and indeed he loved rachel more than leah, and he served with laban for another seven years. Bilhah unworried, standard hebrew bilha, tiberian hebrew bilha is a person mentioned in the book of genesis. What two sisters teach us about combating comparison. Rachel, in genesis, the first book of the hebrew bible, one of the two wives of the.
Strauss authored nine books, and served as pastor of. Leah, the lesser beauty, represents the rigors of discipleship, the part of salvation that is painful to us. Isaiah was the most often quoted book by the jews and by jesus himself while. Jacob, the son of isaac and grandson of abraham, fled to his mothers brother laban. Rachel was a biblical figure, the favorite of jacobs two wives, and the mother of joseph and benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of israel. Book of jasher, chapter 31 1 and in the seventh year, jacob s service which he served laban was completed, and jacob said unto laban, give me my wife, for the days of my service are fulfilled. Leah becomes a real babymaking machine while rachel endures the cultural stigma of being childless. One of the great gifts of biblical scholarship is to provide a complete picture of how people lived during ancient times. After rachel s death, leah carried on as the wife of jacob, and the mother of his many children, living in canaan. Being that esav was not interested in participating in this task, jacob assumed his responsibilities and, ultimately, esavs intended partner, leah. Jacob resumed his journey and went to the eastern country.
Genesis 2930 esv jacob marries leah and rachel then. Jacob, leah, and rachel national geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series people in the bible, as part of our coverage of the history. Jacob thought that he had married rachel but he had instead married leah. In order to then marry rachel, jacob had to promise to work another seven years for laban. By way of reintroduction to rachel and leah originally rachel was supposed to marry jacob, leah was supposed to marry esav, and together the four were to establish the jewish nation. When jacob arrives in the land, he stops at a well.
What happened to her on the wedding night, when jacob made love to her sister leah. She envies her sisters ability to have children, because she has not been able to conceive. Rachel and leah is book three in new york times bestselling author orson scott cards women of genesis seriesa unique reimagining of the biblical tale. This has been especially true for four women of the torahsarah, rebekah, leah and rachel who are recognized as cofounders of israel equal in stature to their more renowned husbands, respectively abraham, isaac, and jacob. Laban substituted leah, his older daughter, and in the darkness, jacob thought leah was rachel. It is the unloved leah under the heavy veil, and it is leah that jacob marries. Next weeks lesson will have several choices to print jacob s family and who his children connect to. Leah is described in the hebrew bible as the daughter of laban. Click rachel and leah coloring page for printable version. Rachel was unable to have children and jealous of her sister leah who had many sons. They do, and while they are talking, the shepherds point out that labans daughter, rachel, is coming with the sheep. We also discussed jacob working for his uncle laban and marrying leah, then rachel. When the bride is being prepared for her wedding, laban substitutes leah for rachel. Stories from genesis to revelation, published by national geographic books.
Genesis 2933 esv jacob marries leah and rachel then. Rachel, the younger sister, appears to the reader to have everything going for. And thus, the rivalry between her and her sister escalated. Women of the bible dover classic stories coloring book john green on. Ambition, jealousy, fear, and love motivate them as they vie for the attention of jacob, heir to the spiritual birthright of abraham and isaac. Home content index books of the bible genesis jacob, leah, and rachel. These were not modern women, and their lives were recorded as part of a holy book. Instead of giving laban the traditional brideprice, jacob agreed to work for laban seven years to earn rachel s hand in marriage. Rachel was always jealous of leah because leah could bear children. Feb 17, 2016 click rachel and leah coloring page for printable version. There are many lessons we can learn from this bible story, but to me, its the emotional undercurrent that i am most. Laban offers to give rachel to jacob in marriage in return for another seven years of work genesis 29.
He notices labans younger daughter rachel and falls in love with her. Genesis 2930 english standard version esv jacob marries leah and rachel 29 then jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. How is it possible that jacob mistakes leah for rachel. Jacob marries leah and rachel then jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. Faithful to the account in the book of genesis, the story of rachel and leah finds the reality of these ancient lives. Genesis 29 esv jacob marries leah and rachel then bible. Rachel said to leah, please give me some of your sons mandrakes.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. However, reuben, leah s eldest, felt that this move slighted his mother, who was also a primary wife, and so he moved jacob s bed into his mothers tent and removed or overturned bilhahs. There is no doubt that jacob was taken with rachel. Rachel is a major character in the early old testament. In jacob and labans business arrangement, rachel and leah are chattel. The wedding night passes without him realizing the substitution odd. The only thing rachel had that leah wanted, was jacob s love. Leah and rachels story in the bible what they can teach us. Learn to define success through a biblical perspective. Obviously, the lord blessed jacob and his family, but that does not mean that he condoned the behavior of jacob, leah, or rachel. Did the lord condone the marriage of jacob to both leah. She gets to bask in the sunshine of being the favorite wife, so much so that god feels sorry for her sister, leah, and gives her sons 29.
The bible does not say when she died, but leah is buried in the cave of machpelah, along with her husband jacob genesis 49. Tracing their lives from childhood to maturity, card shows how the women of genesis change each otherand are changed again by the holy books that jacob brings with him. After laban asks jacob what his wages should be, it. Book of jasher, chapter 31 internet sacred text archive. And it came about, when jacob saw rachel the daughter of laban his. Jacob was outraged and when he confronted rachel s father laban, the father told jacob that it was customary to have the eldest daughter marry first. Rachel is jacobs second wife, but his first choice. Rachel traded jacob to leah for a night for some of leah s mandrakes a root that was thought to make a barren woman bear children. When rachel died, jacob moved his bed into the tent of bilhah, who had been mentored by rachel, to retain a closeness to his favourite wife.
The complicated story of jacob, leah, and rachel comprises one of the larger sections of genesis and includes much information relevant to the history of the jewish people. Jacob s neglect of leah moves god to make her fruitful. When rachel saw that she was not bearing jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. Like jacob s grandmother before her, she sought to give her husband children by having him sleep with her servant. After working seven years for laban in order to marry rachel, jacob was tricked by laban into marrying leah instead. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading rachel and leah women of genesis book 3. Rachel, in genesis, the first book of the hebrew bible, one of the two wives of the partriarch jacob. The stone on the wells mouth was large, 3 and when all the flocks were gathered there, the. As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, the lord is my shepherd, i shall not want, he makes me lie down in green pastures psalm 23. Rachel and leah genesis 29 commentary then jacob went on his journey peacefully, knowing god was with him and came to the land of the people of the east. What two sisters teach us about combating comparison koziarz, nicki on. Since they are contrasted with her older sister leahs, which had no brightness or.