Genesis 29
Chapter 29 of Genesis, begins with Jacob making his way to Haran, the land of his mother and of Abraham. He comes to a well where the shepherds water their sheep. There he sees Rachel, the daughter of Laban approaching “with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess“. Jake does the manly thing and
Genesis 30
The first half of Genesis chapter 30 details how the rivalry between Leah and Rachel becomes a baby-production competition. It begins with a familiar idea, “When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, Give me children or I’ll die“. Rachel demands,