Daily Devotional, Genesis Chapter 29, 30
Love, Deceit, More and More Wives
In this story, Jacob goes and takes a trip to visit his uncle Laban. Laban
who lives some miles a way, has a daughter that Jacob loves, her name is Rachel.
Immediately upon seeing her, he falls in love and wants to marry her. The only
problem, Laban tells him he has to work for him for seven years and after that
seven year period he can marry Rachel.
Well a series of events happen that I honestly have a hard time figuring out.
Laban is deceitful and somehow Jacob marries his older daughter Leah. He
doesn't realize he has married the wrong woman until the next morning. See what
I'm talking about.
Naturally he is a little upset and has a talk with Laban. Laban makes another
agreement that he can marry Rachel if he works for him for another 7 years. Jacob
agrees to it and puts in another 7 years of labor.
Through Jacob's life he has at times practiced deceit, and now, it is being
used against him. A lot of people in today's world talk about the concept of
Karma, while I don't personally believe in Karma, there are definitely times
where God gives us some of our own. In other words concepts like "You reap
what you sow" and other come to mind.
There is another interesting concept here, these two sisters are jealous for
all kinds of reasons, children being the main one. Jacob and Leah have a number
of children and it is sometime before Rachel is able to bear children. As a
result of the jealousy they both give their servants to Jacob to marry,
(brining him up to at least 4 wives,) and he has child after child. Can you imagine that type of jealousy. I know
times were different then in a lot of ways, but I can't imagine more than one
wife, especially since Jacob so loved Rachel and it was obvious to all of those
around.
In life, we need to find peace with where we are at, we need to accept that to
get some of the things we want in life, we need to work for it. In Jacob's case
it was 14 years. In the end God provided for Jacob, there would be multitudes
of descendents and he would accumulate wealth for his hard work habits. There
was a price to pay though, one that I can only imagine, and thankfully have
never had to experience. Another lesson
though, that reap what you sow thing can cause all kinds of problems if you're not
careful, so for me, for you: be careful.
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