7“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
8But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep. 11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud. 12He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
13When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him, and he embraced him and kissed him. Then he took him to his home, and Jacob told him all that had happened.
First impressions, As soon as he saw Rachel, Jacob removed the stone and watered his uncles sheep.
Did Rachel think it was strange that a stranger kissed her and wept aloud?
“When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him, and he embraced him and kissed him.”
Laban knew his sister Rebekah married a wealthy man and that Jacob would inherit his fathers wealth.
What is was your first impression of Jacob in verse 11?
Blessings, David
It is not thy hold on Christ that saves thee; it is Christ. It is not the joy in Christ that saves thee; it is Christ. It is not even the faith in Christ, though it be thy instrument; it is Christ’s blood and merit.
Charles Spurgeon
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