Posted on 06/02/2024 8:23:32 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
Laban chases them down and confronts Jacob, who is unaware of Rachel's theft. But she conceals them, and Laban departs empty-handed.
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Great artists. I could spend a lot of time looking at all the details in the painting by Buys (#5) and at the wonderful Murillo, #9.
Thank you, Dan.
What is the lesson here: Don’t hit the road without saying goodbye? Don’t steal your dad’s idols? Don’t buy your daughter’s flimsy excuses?
IIRC Rachael was the 3rd mother of Jacobs children, the one he wanted in the first place. Because of her theft she only survived for 2 of Jacobs children, Joseph and Benjamin. She died during Ben’s birth. Benjamin name means something, I can’t remember what.
16Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. 17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.” 18As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
Genesis 35
Good one!
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