Leah

Leah, the Unloved Wife

Genesis 29:21-27

by patsy norwood (c) 2005-2017 All Rights Reserved

Mini Lesson # 5

Leah is now married, but something is terribly wrong.  The man she married has just realized that he has been tricked into marrying the wrong woman and he is not happy. (The trickster has been tricked … in Genesis 27, Jacob tricked his father into thinking he was his twin brother Esau in order to get the ‘first-born’ blessing.  Scripture doesn’t tell us that Laban’s trickery of Jacob was a painful reminder to him of how he had tricked his father, but human nature tells us it was.)

Deep inside Leah must have felt a jab of rejection at Jacob’s reaction, do you think she comforted herself with the idea that he would come to love her as she loved him?

Jacob, outraged at the trick that had been played on him, sets out to confront Laban.  Laban, when confronted, gives Jacob the reason for his actions.  What was it?

Laban, not only has a reason for his deceptive actions, but he also has a solution, what is his solution?

To be continued …

patsy

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