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Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel

15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, awhat should your wages be?”  
16 Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah’s eyes were1 delicate, but Rachel was abeautiful of form and appearance.  
18 Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, a“I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”  
19 And Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.”
20 So Jacob aserved seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 29:17.

Genesis 29:17-18

Jacob's family had a lot of family problems. He had major wife problems with all the fighting that went on between his wives, Leah and Rachel. Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. When one was loved more than the other, there were always problems. In Genesis 29 it speaks about this.

At this point in Jacob's life, I feel that Jacob was very carnal in his thinking. I think a big part of why Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah was because of how she looked. She was well favored. She was probably a very pretty girl with a very good shape. That's what “well favored” means.

Excerpted from Joseph's Extraordinary Example

 
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