SONS BORN TO JACOB
Genesis 30:1
The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because
they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel.
After all, history is made in the nursery, and we are very much what
our mothers have made us in the formative years. An old Spani... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB'S FLOCKS INCREASE
Genesis 30:25
There is little in this story to the credit of Jacob, and nothing to
choose between him and Laban. They are well matched one against
another; and if anything, Jacob excelled in cunning. The heir of the
promises deals with the child of this world on the principl... [ Continue Reading ]