26Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older. 27Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
28And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
30Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
We need to remember Jacob cheated his brother and deceived his father and though it didn’t affect God’s Promise, Jacob went to school to learn a few things.
Sometimes when we sin and are disobedient, God turns us over to our sin.
Laban’s deception was a sin and he will have to account for it.
Polygamy seems to occur throughout the Bible, but are we much different in our society of serial marriages? We can’t change the past but we can try to honor Gods original plan of one man and one woman for the present and future.
“and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah”. Jacob carries on the dysfunctional family the he inherited from his father. When he was deceived there was no going back, and since he married Rachel he should have loved them both equally.
Do you have children? Do you love one more than the other(s)?
Blessings, David
Whatever moves the heart wags the tongue.
C. T. Studd
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