Competition And Your Actions

Genesis 30:4-13 New International Version (NIV) 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her, 5 and she became pregnant and bore him a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of...

Watch How You React

Genesis 30:3 New International Version (NIV) 3 Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.” Each of the great patriarchs from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob had wives who had...

A Name

Genesis 29:32 New International Version (NIV) 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.” Today, parents may give their child a name that sounds...

Do Your Part

Genesis 29:28-30 New International Version (NIV) 28 And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. 29 Laban gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her attendant. 30 Jacob made love to Rachel...

What Goes Around

Genesis 29:23-25 New International Version (NIV) 23 But when evening came, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob made love to her. 24 And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter as her attendant. 25 When morning came, there was Leah! So...