So this is the famous passage where Jacob is tricked by his uncle and marries the wrong sister and then the right one and then there's a battle between them to see who can produce the most kids. It's another strange passage for the modern western reader as we struggle to understand the cultural context of what is going on. Working overseas we had a motto of, "it's not wrong, it's just different," to help us deal with things that other cultures did differently. In this passage however it just seems plain wrong and the cause of much strife. It's sad to see how far humanity has come from God's ideal set out in Genesis 1 and the pain that it causes both women as Leah is unloved, but Rachel is (for the most part) unable to have kids. It's a stark picture of the brokeness of the world, but knowing what is to come I can see the beginning of that hope here.
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