International Sunday School Genesis 29:15-30 wk of 01-06-16 by Grover Weaver

Hello everybody. This is the Grover Weaver Ministries.org International Sunday School Lesson commentery  on Genesis 29:15-30 ‘’Jacob negotiates with his uncle Laban  for a wife”.

The theme for this narrative is ‘’bait and switch’’. A bait and switch scheme is common when a merchant lurchs you in through a deal and then change the terms and put you in a different deal that’s better for the merchant...

Now let us look at this scoundrel, Jacob who comes from a long line of flim flam artists; old people back in my day would say that ‘’boy came by his scandalous ways naturally. He got it from his momma’’.

Jacob and his mother Rebekah conspired to deceive the elder brother Esau and the elderly father Isaacs, who eyes were deem to get the birthright for the younger son, Jacob (read all about it in the background scriptures in chapters 27 - 28)...  

Verses 15 - 20 Jacob serves Laban for Rachel the younger and prettier of the two sister...

Verses 21-27 I don’t think it is to finer of point to say Laban  was a gambling man he roll the dice to get 7 additional years of work from Jacob for his two daughters. At any point in the 7 year saga he would have given Jacob Rachel’s hand in marriage if someone had step forward and asked for Leah the less in beauty than her sister Rachel...

Verses 28 - 30 Jacob’s dream comes true he gets to marry the beautiful Rachel and the next 7 years were served with joy and happiness with his new bride...