Genesis 35:16-20; 27-29 NLT

In Genesis 30:1 Rachel claimed to Jacob  “Give me children, or I’ll die!”. Isn't it ironic that now she dies in childbirth? 

Also, in Genesis 31: 32 Jacob unwittingly cursed Rachel when he claimed to Laban: "But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die!"  But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.

And so we see the twelfth son on Israel born, God's plan fulfilled, even through all the drama, all the fighting, all the disobedience, all the foot dragging, God's will is fulfilled. What about you? What about me? What am I hesitant to do that God has called me to do? What are you dragging your feet over? I think our Pastor said it well this past Sunday. " God wants to use you but God doesn't need you. God's not limited by our disobedience. "

Genesis 35:16-20; 27-29 NLT 

The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 

16 Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense.  17 After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don’t be afraid—you have another son!”  18 Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of my sorrow”). The baby’s father, however, called him Benjamin (which means “son of my right hand”).  19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).  20 Jacob set up a stone monument over Rachel’s grave, and it can be seen there to this day. 

Blessings, Cecilia