Fix that problem! The mission, passion and purpose of Ligonier Ministries is to proclaim the holiness of God He had many flocks, slaves, camels, and donkeys. Why have you tricked me?”, 26 Laban answered, “It is not the custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older. History : After the birth of Joseph, the tribes of Israel are just one brother from being the 12 we have today. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.”, 15 Leah answered, “Isn't it enough that you have taken away my husband? 36 Then Jacob lost his temper. LICENSEE shall reproduce the following trademark and trademark notice on the copyright page of each copy of the Licensed Products: * Some scholars believe Jacob and Laban to be written by Moses. Now he wished to depart and return to his father in Canaan. He found a stone and put it at his head. We need to understand that Jacob was in Laban's home because he had run away. Laban warmly welcomed him to his family, but asked a steep price for Rachel’s hand in marriage: Jacob would first have to work as a shepherd for seven years, tending Laban… Now women will call me happy”; so she named him Asher. Prophecy : The business battle between Jacob and Laban led Jacob to head back to his land in Canaan with his father Isaac. 20 Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving. You demanded that I make good anything that was stolen during the day or during the night. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment.”, 43 Laban answered Jacob, “These young women are my daughters; their children belong to me, and these flocks are mine. In fact, everything you see here belongs to me. 23 Then he took his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead. 53 The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor will judge between us.” Then, in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped, Jacob solemnly vowed to keep this promise. Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flocks. Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant of Peace. Now it is time for me to look out for my own interests.”, Jacob answered, “I don't want any wages. 43 In this way Jacob became very wealthy. May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." After they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain. It served as a witness to all passersby of the covenant of peace that they had made. But God is with Jacob and comes to Laban in a dream to protect Jacob. 27 Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? 31 Jacob answered, “I was afraid, because I thought that you might take your daughters away from me. Laban, however, was eager to have Jacob remain, for God had blessed everything Jacob did while in Laban's household, and Laban had grown rich. 34 Laban answered, “Agreed. 24 May the Lord give me another son”; so she named him Joseph. However, Laban substituted her older sister Leah instead and Jacob had to serve a further 7 years in order to marry Rachel. 7 Bilhah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a second son. 11 Leah said, “I have been lucky”; so she named him Gad. Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (www.americanbible.org). 16 All this wealth which God has taken from our father belongs to us and to our children. In addition to this, Laban had taken advantage of him because of his weak position. 35 Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I am not able to stand up in your presence; I am having my monthly period.” Laban searched but did not find his household gods. I will continue to take care of your flocks if you agree to this suggestion: 32 Let me go through all your flocks today and take every black lamb and every spotted or speckled young goat. 17 Leah had lovely eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful. “What law have I broken that gives you the right to hunt me down? 31 When the Lord saw that Leah was loved less than Rachel, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel remained childless. Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flocks. ( 24 Laban gave his slave woman Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.) 32 But if you find that anyone here has your gods, he will be put to death. 9 When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife. Then she stopped having children. 30 Jacob had intercourse with Rachel also, and he loved her more than Leah. He went to Laban and said, “Why did you do this to me? 15 Laban said to Jacob, “You shouldn't work for me for nothing just because you are my relative. 3 This isn't the first time in Scripture that this sort of thing occurred; Lot's daughters had become pregnant by their father after getting him drunk (19:32-35). It is as if he is saying, “Look Laban, clearly I have gone above and beyond the call of duty. For fourteen years I worked to win your two daughters—and six years for your flocks. 52 Both this pile and this memorial stone are reminders. Genesis 31:44-54 Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you. Laban then made Jacob work a further 7 years before he could marry his youngest daughter Rachel, who had been Jacob’s first choice of his bride (Genesis 29:18-30). 17 God answered Leah's prayer, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. The way Laban cheated him with Rachel and Leah was merely a temporary setback; he had the fortitude to press on for what he wanted. 39 Whenever a sheep was killed by wild animals, I always bore the loss myself. Ps. Jacob then took Rachel as his second wife, on condition of serving an additional seven years' la… Hiding his intent with polite speech (as is customary in many cultures), Laban actually means, “I have lived up to my bargain to give you my daughters for your fourteen years of service (29:21–30). 11 The angel of God spoke to me in the dream and said, ‘Jacob!’ ‘Yes,’ I answered. Laban searched through the whole tent, but did not find them. 11 Then he kissed her and began to cry for joy. 41 It was like that for the whole twenty years I was with you. He got all his wealth from what our father owned.” 2 He also saw that Laban was no longer as friendly as he had been earlier. 17-18 So Jacob got ready to go back to his father in the land of Canaan. Your gift enables our worldwide outreach. 30 The little you had before I came has grown enormously, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I went. 27, 30). 26:4–5 Matt. In this way he built up his own flock and kept it apart from Laban's. 31:44-53. Laban believed the payout would be small but that his own prosperity would be great. 23 But that night, instead of Rachel, he took Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had intercourse with her. 25 After the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me go, so that I can return home. 35 Then she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. "Name me your wages, and I will give it," Laban said (verse 28), hoping to entice Jacob to stay. All the solid-coloured animals belonged to Laban. Laban was a nomad. He put his sons in charge of them, 36 and then went away from Jacob with this flock as far as he could travel in three days. How much pay do you want?” 16 Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger Rachel. Soon Laban had all the weak animals, and Jacob all the healthy ones. We will do as you suggest.” 35 But that day Laban removed the male goats that had stripes or spots and all the females that were speckled and spotted or which had white on them; he also removed all the black sheep. He put them there, because the animals mated when they came to drink. Laban gathered all the men of the area and had a mishteh (feast, lit. Laban thinks he comes out ahead by marrying off both his daughters and getting fourteen years of Jacob’s work at the same time. 50 Laban went on, “If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other women, even though I don't know about it, remember that God is watching us. As the sun was setting, Jacob looked for a place where he could spend the night. 46 He told his men to gather some rocks and pile them up. Jacob Prospers （Genesis 30:25-43 ) And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. 4 Jacob asked the shepherds, “My friends, where are you from?”, 5 He asked, “Do you know Laban, grandson of Nahor?”, “He is well,” they answered. Laban. Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition). She ran to tell her father; 13 and when he heard the news about his nephew Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him and kissed him, and brought him into the house. He sold us, and now he has spent all the money he was paid for us. 19 Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob a sixth son. Such perseverance is one mark of discipleship. 33 Laban went and searched Jacob's tent; then he went into Leah's tent, and the tent of the two slave women, but he did not find his gods. His work was to take care of Laban's great herds and flocks which fed in the broad pastures about Haran, being led at times a journey of some days away from home. Now get ready and go back to the land where you were born.’”, 14 Rachel and Leah answered Jacob, “There is nothing left for us to inherit from our father. [3] 12 Zilpah bore Jacob another son, 13 and Leah said, “How happy I am! It reminded them that Jehovah was watching to see that they kept their covenant of peace. “Look, here comes his daughter Rachel with his flock.”, 7 Jacob said, “Since it is still broad daylight and not yet time to bring the flocks in, why don't you water them and take them back to pasture?”, 8 They answered, “We can't do that until all the flocks are here and the stone has been rolled back; then we will water the flocks.”, 9 While Jacob was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with the flock. (AT)23 Taking his relatives(AU)with him(AV), he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. 8 Whenever Laban said, ‘The speckled goats shall be your wages,’ all the flocks produced speckled young. 30 I know that you left because you were so anxious to get back home, but why did you steal my household gods?”. Laban’s flock would have consisted mainly of pure white sheep and solidly colored goats; few black lambs or speckled goats would be present. Jacob had left his home and was going to Haran. … If you want something else, you must work for it.”. 3 Then the Lord said to him, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. Put it out here where your men and mine can see it, and let them decide which one of us is right. A rich herdsman of Mesopotamia, son of Bethuel, and grandson of Mahor, Abraham's brother, Genesis 24:28-31.His character is shown in the gladness with which he gave his sister Rebekah in marriage to the only son of his rich uncle, Abraham, Genesis 24:30,50; and in his deceitful and exacting treatment of Jacob his nephew and son-inlaw, against which Jacob … She said, “The Lord has given me this son also, because he heard that I was not loved”; so she named him Simeon. 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. 38 He placed these branches in front of the flocks at their drinking troughs. At the end of the seven years, however, Laban cheated Jacob, substituting his oldest daughter Leah for Rachel, as Jacob discovered the following morning. She said, “The Lord has seen my trouble, and now my husband will love me”; so she named him Reuben. Laban promised to give Rachel to Jacob if he would work for him for seven years (Genesis 29:19–20). 15 He treats us like foreigners. in all its fullness to as many people as possible. 23 He took his men with him and pursued Jacob for seven days until he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. All rights reserved. 24 In a dream that night God came to Laban and said to him, “Be careful not to threaten Jacob in any way.” 25 Jacob had set up his camp on a mountain, and Laban set up his camp with his relatives in the hill country of Gilead. 9 God has taken flocks away from your father and given them to me. 24 But God had come to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, “Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.” 42 If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. And even then, you changed my wages ten times. Genesis 29:14-30:43 ^ BACK ^ ^ BACK ^ Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel. Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel In keeping with his deceitful nature, Laban removes all of the animals from his herd that could quickly produce speckled offspring for he wanted to keep Jacob around longer (vv. 13 I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you dedicated a stone as a memorial by pouring olive oil on it and where you made a vow to me. Both thought the agreement was one that they could manipulate to their own advantage and at the expense of the other. 26 Laban said to Jacob, “Why did you deceive me and carry off my daughters like women captured in war? In addition, Laban was thrice related by marriage to Abraham's family: his sister Rebecca married Isaac, and his two daughters, Leah and Rachel, both married Jacob.Thus Laban was Abraham's great-nephew, Isaac's cousin and brother-in-law, and Jacob's uncle and father-in-law. 47 Laban named it Jegar Sahadutha, while Jacob named it Galeed. Jacob and Laban's Arrangement – 30:24-43. Seeing how God has begun fulfilling His promise to multiply him, Isaac’s son is more confident the Lord will start bringing Canaan into his hands (Gen. 28:10–17). 34 Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on them. 10:17 Prov. Jacob agreed to tend his uncle's flocks for seven years as a bride-price for Laban's daughter Rachel. First published in Tabletalk Magazine, an outreach of Ligonier. 45 So Jacob got a stone and set it up as a memorial. Laban gathered his family and they pursued Jacob for seven days. Title: Jacob Runs from Laban Scripture: Genesis 31 Target Age Group: 3 rd-5 th grade Main Point: God’s (point upward) blessings (both hands up with palms toward you, and bring hands down) are unstoppable (hand on hip and other arm straight out with palm facing kids)! The Ligonier Ministries site requires Javascript, but you’ve got Javascript disabled. But God did not let him harm me. 34 Once again she became pregnant and gave birth to another son. Jacob had served Laban 14 years. Thus, he readily agrees to give Jacob these animals in exchange for more service (30:29–34). For permissions, view our Copyright Policy. You did not tell me! Though it often expressed itself in deceit, Jacob’s tenacious nature was an asset to him. 3 She said, “Here is my slave Bilhah; sleep with her, so that she can have a child for me. 40 Jacob kept the sheep separate from the goats and made them face in the direction of the streaked and black animals of Laban's flock. He put his children and his wives on the camels, and drove all his flocks ahead of him, with everything that he had gotten in Mesopotamia. 26 Laban said to Jacob, “How could you hoodwink me and carry off my daughters like prisoners of war? 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. This is why Jacob speaks of the land possessively — it is “his land” (“my” as he speaks in the first person) — when he asks Laban to send him out (30:25–26). 16 When Jacob came in from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You are going to sleep with me tonight, because I have paid for you with my son's mandrakes.” So he had intercourse with her that night. When Laban realizes Jacob has left, he pursues him with anger. Now you are even trying to take away my son's mandrakes.”, Rachel said, “If you will give me your son's mandrakes, you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”. 1 Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. 19 Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father. 54 He killed an animal, which he offered as a sacrifice on the mountain, and he invited his men to the meal. What now are you going to give me as a reward?”, Laban is not afraid to admit his wealth has been increased by Jacob’s wise shepherding (vv. 21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “The time is up; let me marry your daughter.” 22 So Laban gave a wedding feast and invited everyone. 41 When the healthy animals were mating, Jacob put the branches in front of them at the drinking troughs, so that they would breed among the branches. Jacob got green branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them. Jacob and Laban’s Relationship While reading my chronological Bible study, I was struck by the relationship between Jacob and Laban.It is a fairly lengthy relationship that takes up more than four chapters of Genesis, so I felt it was worthy of a little more study. “You know the service that I have given you,” is Jacob’s way of calling attention to the way he has benefited Laban (v. 26). When you come to check up on my wages, if I have any goat that isn't speckled or spotted or any sheep that isn't black, you will know that it has been stolen.”. Jacob greeted them and asked them about the town and his uncle Laban. 10 “During the breeding season I had a dream, and I saw that the male goats that were mating were striped, spotted, and speckled. Jacob sees through Laban and shrewdly makes an offer his father-in-law cannot resist. After Jacob had served the time agreed upon, Laban tricked Jacob and switched brides on the wedding night. 27 Wait until the week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you will work for me another seven years.”. Laban and his relatives camped nearby. The Shepherd of Prosperity And when the business relationship that Jacob and Laban had between them, would begin to sour. Read the surrounding text of Genesis 29:1-31:55. © 1992 American Bible Society. 22 Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children. I was not able to sleep. Jacob sees through Laban and shrewdly makes an offer his father-in-law cannot resist. 7 Yet he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. Jacob and Laban must both have departed while chuckling to themselves. 37 Jacob got green branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them. Donate Now. Supplies: Paper, markers/crayons, and pencils Lesson Opening: Our Unstoppable God! The midrash thus identifies the Arami as Jacob’s father-in-law Laban, who, after Jacob stole away to return to Canaan, chased after him (Gen 31:23). Moreover, he would rather work for Laban than go away unable to feed his family. Just then, Rachel, Laban’s daughter, arrived with her father’s herds. If you are tempted to compromise your faith, remember we must never give up when looking for God’s promises. I will never go beyond this pile to attack you, and you must never go beyond it or beyond this memorial stone to attack me. 29:14 After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month, 15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? 22 When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled, 23 then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. 22 Three days later Laban was told that Jacob had fled. 6 Rachel said, “God has judged in my favor. Laban agreed to also give him Rachel after Jacob completed the wedding week with Leah, but would only do so in exchange for another seven years of work (Genesis 29:18–29). 2 Suddenly he came upon a well out in the fields with three flocks of sheep lying around it. Tell me what your wages should be.” 16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Laban tricked Jacob into marrying his elder daughter Leah instead. 28 You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters good-bye. “What crime have I committed?” he asked angrily. 12:3. 2 Jacob was "both in drink and in the dark," concluded Jewish historian Josephus. 10:16 Gal. Then he went into Rachel's tent. The Next 500 Years: 2017 National Conference, Regarding the Present in Light of the Future, Show Me Your Glory: Understanding the Majestic Splendor of God, Naming Ligonier the Beneficiary of a Bank or Investment Account, Gifts That Provide Income and Tax Benefits. Jacob. When Jacob told Laban everything that had happened, 14 Laban said, “Yes, indeed, you are my own flesh and blood.” Jacob stayed there a whole month. 38 I have been with you now for twenty years; your sheep and your goats have not failed to reproduce, and I have not eaten any rams from your flocks. "Genesis 31:1 Jacob and Laban in Gilead. That is where his mother’s brother, Laban, lived. Laban made a deal with Jacob whereby Jacob had to work for Laban for 7 years in exchange for his daughter Rachel’s hand in marriage. Though Laban has engaged in the forbidden practice of divination, God has overruled his superstition (see also 1 Sam. Laban Pursues Jacob 22 And Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled. Laban, also known as Laban the Aramean, is a figure in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. Genesis 31: Jacob and Laban; The Story. 51 Here are the rocks that I have piled up between us, and here is the memorial stone. 4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where his flocks were. Why did Jacob and Laban make a pile of stones? 14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes, which he brought to his mother Leah. 12 He told her, “I am your father's relative, the son of Rebecca.”. He is the one who keeps you from having children.”. But recognizing that God has blessed him because of Jacob’s presence, Laban asks Jacob to stay and continue to manage his flocks—and Laban promises to let Jacob name his wages. Laban Pursues Jacob 22 On the third day(AS)Laban was told that Jacob had fled. 6 You both know that I have worked for your father with all my strength. 35–36). She said, “This time I will praise the Lord”; so she named him Judah. That night, God told Laban, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, … That is all the wages I want. 8 Rachel said, “I have fought a hard fight with my sister, but I have won”; so she named him Naphtali. Here, with our men as witnesses, look for anything that belongs to you and take what is yours.” Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen Laban's gods. Now my husband will accept me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she named him Zebulun. Jacob was with Laban twenty years in all. But since I can do nothing to keep my daughters and their children, 44 I am ready to make an agreement with you. 19 Laban answered, “I would rather give her to you than to anyone else; stay here with me.” 20 Jacob worked seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few days to him, because he loved her. I am making this happen because I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. 48 Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks will be a reminder for both of us.” That is why that place was named Galeed. Seven years for Leah and seven for Rachel. 55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters good-bye, and left to go back home. 25 Not until the next morning did Jacob discover that it was Leah. Do whatever God has told you.”. 28 Jacob agreed, and when the week of marriage celebrations was over, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. He put them there, because the animals mated when they came to drink. 21 He took everything he owned and left in a hurry. He has heard my prayer and has given me a son”; so she named him Dan. Laban had called a feast (Hebrew mishteh, from the root shātâ, "to drink"), a drinking banquet. Laban 's father, Bethuel, was the son of Nachor, Abraham 's older brother. 25 When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob’s tents were pitched in the hill country; Laban also pitched his tents in the hill country of Gilead. Laban promises Jacob every speckled and spotted sheep and goat, and every black lamb as a reward for his labour. However, his seemingly generous offer to have Jacob name his wages is not an offer to give his son-in-law a free gift (Gen. 30:28). Thus, he readily agrees to give Jacob these animals in exchange for more service (30:29–34). 10 When Jacob saw Rachel with his uncle Laban's flock, he went to the well, rolled the stone back, and watered the sheep. 10 Then Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 5 He said to them, “I have noticed that your father is not as friendly toward me as he used to be; but my father's God has been with me. 33 She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. 33 In the future you can easily find out if I have been honest. 26 Give me my wives and children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. 37 Now that you have searched through all my belongings, what household article have you found that belongs to you? Laban’s flock would have consisted mainly of pure white sheep and solidly colored goats; few black lambs or speckled goats would be present. She said, “God has taken away my disgrace by giving me a son. But as we will see tomorrow, God will give this cheater his just desserts. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband”; so she named her son Issachar. They caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead where Jacob and his family had pitched their tents. He crossed the Euphrates River and started for the hill country of Gilead. I didn't take it to you to show that it was not my fault. Nave's Topical Index 21 Later she bore a daughter, whom she named Dinah. Laban did not do well by Jacob, and in the end, the LORD propelled Jacob above Laban. However, Laban proved to be as duplicitous as Jacob himself. Obviously and conveniently Laban never mentioned while Jacob worked for him for seven years that it wasn’t their custom to marry off a younger daughter before the older one. 42 But he did not put the branches in front of the weak animals. 1 But Rachel had not borne Jacob any children, and so she became jealous of her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I will die.”, 2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “I can't take the place of God. 18 Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, “I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel.”. 1 Jacob continued on his way and went toward the land of the East. 29 I have the power to do you harm, but last night the God of your father warned me not to threaten you in any way. 28), allowing him to see how divine providence has blessed him. After 7 years of service, Jacob’s uncle Laban tricked him into marrying his eldest daughter Leah. 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