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Jacob’s Children. 31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,(A) he enabled her to conceive,(B) but Rachel remained childless.32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(C) She named him Reuben,[a](D) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.(E) Surely my husband will love me now.”. 33 She conceived again, and when ...
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Isaac, the father of Jacob, wanted his son to marry from among their own people, so he sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to find a wife among the daughters of Laban, Jacob's uncle. At the well at Haran, Jacob found Rachel, Laban's younger daughter, tending sheep. Captivated by her, "Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watere...
Rachel is mentioned twice in the Old Testament beyond her story in Genesis. In Ruth 4:11, she is named as one "from whom all the nation of Israel descended." (NLT) Jeremiah 31:15 speaks of Rachel "weeping for her children" who have been taken into exile. In the New Testament, this same verse in Jeremiah is cited in Matthew 2:18 as a prophecy fulfil...
Jacob loved Rachel passionately even before they were married, but Rachel thought, as her culture had taught her, that she needed to bear children to earn Jacob's love. Today, we live in a performance-based society. We can't believe God's love is free for us to receive. We don't need to perform good works to earn it. His love and our salvation come...
Genesis 29:18 Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, "I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel." (NIV) Genesis 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb. (NIV) Genesis 35:24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. (NIV)
Rachel. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (p. 1361). Holman Bible Publishers.Rachel, Daughter of Laban. The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Lexham Press.- Jack Zavada
Jacob's Twelve Sons -Jacob had twelve sons while living in northern Syria. His first-born Reuben was the son of Leah, who later gave birth to Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. Leah's servant Zilpah had two sons: Gad and Asher.Jacob and his wife Rachel had Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel's servant woman Bilhah had two more sons: Dan and Naphtali.
Sep 5, 2024 · 7) Gad was number seven. He was the child of Jacob and Zilpah, the handmaid of Leah. 8) Asher was next. He was the second son of Zilpah. 9) Issachar was another son granted to Leah. 10) Zebulun was the next child, Leah’s sixth. 11) Dinah was Jacob’s only daughter, and her mother was Leah. 12) Joseph was Jacob’s twelfth child and Rachel ...
Jan 4, 2022 · In Jacob’s meeting with God, he received the promise that kings and many nations would come from him and that the land God had promised his forefathers would be his inheritance (Genesis 35:11-12). Jacob and his family later moved from Bethel to Eder. On the way, Rachel gave birth to her second son, Jacob’s twelfth—Benjamin.
Dec 14, 2023 · Their sibling rivalry led each of them to go extra lengths to give Jacob her own children. This resulted in Jacob having twelve sons who later formed the twelve tribes of Israel. In the order of their birth, here are the twelve sons of Jacob in the Bible: 1. Reuben. Genesis 29:32
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Jan 4, 2022 · The story of Jacob and Rachel ended tragically, as Rachel died giving birth to her second child, Benjamin. Rachel named him Ben-Oni (“son of my trouble”), but Jacob renamed him Benjamin (“son of my right hand”). Rachel “was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that ...
