The The And Of The Shepherds Jacob Video
29. Jacob Moves to Egypt (Genesis 46 - 47) The The And Of The Shepherds Jacob
Login or register for tests, newsletters and community. Scroll to Top. Rachel was a shepherdess. She cared for the sheep of her father Laban.
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She brought the sheep to a well where the shepherds watered their sheep. On this particular day Jacob, her cousin, was also at the well.
He was running away from his brother Esau, and his mother Rebekah had told him to go to the land of her people. The other shepherds at the well told him the young woman arriving was Laban's daughter. There was a large stone over the top of the well. Jacob removed the stone and watered her sheep for her. Then he kissed Rachel and cried. He told her who he was. She ran and told her father who went out to meet Jacob and took him home with him. He worked for Laban a month and then they talked about wages. By this time Jacob was in love with Rachel.
She was the younger of Laban's daughters and very beautiful. She had an older sister Leah who was not as pretty. Jacob agreed to work for Laban seven years if he would give him Rachel to be his wife. The time flew by for Jacob because he loved her so. When the seven years were up Jacob asked for his wife and a wedding was prepared.
The Inheritance of Jacob
At last he would have his beloved Rachel. The bride was probably heavily veiled so Jacob had no way of knowing he was marrying Leah the older sister instead of Rachel. The next day when he saw his bride without her veil he realized he had been tricked! He had married Leah instead of Rachel. Her father told Jacob in their country it was customary for the older daughter to marry first. Seven long years and he still didn't have Rachel for a wife. Laban said if he would work another seven years he could have Rachel also. So after a week there was another wedding and this time Rachel became his wife. The The And Of The Shepherds Jacob now Jacob had two wives and they each had a handmaiden.
They all began having sons, everyone except Rachel and she had no children. After ten sons and a daughter were born to Jacob, God remembered Rachel and she also was able to have a son. She called his name Joseph. He would become the favorite son of Jacob because of his great love for Rachel.
Prophet Jeremiah Shepherd
After twenty years had passed Jacob wanted to leave Laban. They agreed that Jacob could have all the sheep that were spotted and speckled and Laban would keep the unblemished sheep. When the lambs were born, all the strong ones were spotted and speckled so Jacob had a large flock of sheep.
Jacob had to serve him another six years for the flocks, but Laban still didn't want him to leave with Leah and Rachel and all their children, so Jacob left secretly while Laban was away. Before they left, Rachel stole some household idols that belonged to her father. After three days Laban learned they were gone. It took him seven days to catch up with them.]
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