19
Mar
Genesis 29:15-30:24

Jacob, the deceiver gets deceived.  He wanted to marry Rachel, his true love.  He worked seven years to marry her.  And then on the wedding night, Rachel is replaced with Leah.  Jacob does not love Leah.  In the end, he takes both women as his wife.  Throughout their life together, Leah is blessed with children, more of them, and sooner than Rachel.  There are also children of Jacob born from Rachel and Leah’s maidservants.  Eventually, Rachel bears Jacob children, who becomes the favorite son.  But the favorite, the one who is loved most, doesn’t always mean the chosen one.