The Meaning Of Life

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We continue to get closer to the establishment of Israel.

Isaac was getting older, and he wanted to make sure that his on Jacob did not marry a Canaanite woman. Remember, the Canaanites were pagans that worshipped idols, and God was afraid that if the descendants of Abraham would marry them, they would be led astray, away from God.

So Isaac told Jacob to go to his mother Rebekah family, to her brother Laban, and find a wife.

When Esau saw that his father didn’t want Jacob to marry a Canaanite, that is exactly what he did, likely just to spite Isaac. Esau went to his uncle Ishmael’s family, and took a bride from there.

As Jacob was traveling to Laban’s house, he stopped for the night at a place called “Bethel”, and there, God appeared to him in a dream, giving him the same promise He had given to Abraham and Isaac, that one day, Jacob would inherit all of the land he was on. And Jacob set up a memorial there.

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Jacob makes his way to Laban’s home where he met Rachel. And he fell in love immediately. They went back to Laban’s house where he first met his uncle, and he stayed a month, working for Laban.

Laban then told Jacob that it wasn’t right for him to work with no reward, and asked Jacob what he wanted for his wages. Jacob told him that he would work 7 years in return for Laban giving him Rachels hand in marriage.

So Jacob worked 7 years for Laban, and Laban gave him Rachel, supposedly, and Laban slept with her. But when he woke up the next morning, it was Rachel’s sister, Leah, the first born, whom Laban really wanted Jacob to marry. And Jacob was angry the Laban had deceived him.

So Laban agreed to give Rachel if Jacob worked another 7 years, which he agreed to because he loved Rachel so much. But he started having children with Leah, his off spring which would eventually become the 12 tribes of Israel.

Leah gave him four sons, Reuben the first born, then Simeon, Levi, and finally Judah, after which Leah stopped getting pregnant.

As you can see, even though all of the wicked perished in the flood, the world is once again becoming wicked. It is our nature. We are born into sin, and we can’t help it. We are going to need a Messiah to save us.

In these two chapters we’ve seen anger and jealousy on Esau’s feelings for his brother. vengefulness when Esau marries a Canaanite woman just to spite Isaac, and deceitfulness when Laban gave Jacob Leah instead of Rachel.

Do we see these sins in our world today?