Genesis
29:15-28
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Bereshit 29: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "The reason Jacob was deceived was that in ancient times the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband as a sign of purity and humbleness."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Even the righteous, if they take a false step, are sometimes thus recompensed in the earth. And many who are not, like Jacob, in their marriage, disappointed in person, soon find themselves, as much to their grief, disappointed in the character."
-
From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "An age of work will be but as a few days to those that love God, and long for Christ's appearing."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "It is evident that the marriage of both sisters took place nearly about the same time, and that such a connection was then allowed, though afterwards prohibited."
- Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Commentary, Genesis 29:15-28, Esther M. Menn, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "The almost invisible presence of Zilpah and Bilhah in a passage that includes discussion of appropriate wages (Genesis 29:15) encourages reflection on the precarious status of minimum wage earners, surrogate and birth mothers, domestic workers, and others who perform vital but largely underappreciated work in our society."
- "Weaving the Future / Hard Promises," SAMUEL, Karen Georgia Thompson, Sermon Seeds, UCC, 2014.
- "The threat of barrenness is present in the weaving of this tale as it is with Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, and now with Jacob, Leah and Rachel. How is God's provision found and understood in the midst of these four women and thirteen children to come?"
- "The Politics of Choosing a Mate (or two)," Timothy F. Simpson, Political Theology, 2014.
- "...Rachel and Leah are still out there. They aren't just dead characters in an old tale."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2014.
- "What Goes Around," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2014.
- "The founders of Israel are, like us, always ready to get even, always concerned to get the best stuff, always interested in the way to save their own skin."
- Laban, Rachel, Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures.
- Commentary, Genesis 29:15-28, Wil Gafney, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "This story demonstrates that 'love is not enough.'"
- "What the..." Fr. Rick Morley, a garden path, 2011.
- "...how many times have we betrayed others? We’ve all lied–in big ways, and small ways."
- "Deception and the Hand of God," Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2011.
- "How Does this Story Look in the Narrative of the Matriarchs?"
- "The Morning After," Theological Stew, 2011.
- Commentary, Genesis 29:15-18, Kathryn Schifferdecker, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "Jacob lives in exile from his homeland, and has to work for fourteen years without wages for love of Rachel. All these experiences will help to re-make the shallow young man we first met in Genesis 25 into the father of the nation Israel."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Genesis 29:15-28, Pentecost 11, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
-
The Old Testament Readings:
Genesis 29:15-28. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "These characters are all intent on using and subverting a system of conventional social and cultural arrangements for their own ends. In this sense they echo the God behind the narrative, whose promise and blessing also subvert conventional social (and political) systems."
- "Leah and Rachel, A Tale of Two Sisters," Word & World, 1994.
- Parshah Vayeitzei, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles from Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch.
- Parshas Vayeitzei, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Genesis 28:10 - 32:3.
- Parshat Vayeitzei, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
- "I Led Two
Wives," from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "God did not bring these events to pass to punish Jacob but to instruct him. Punishment has been born by our Savior on the cross, but discipline is the corrective training which furthers us on the path leading to godliness (cf. Hebrews 12)."
- Jacob and Laban's Daughters, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
- "Laban," Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures.
- Commentary, Genesis 29:15-28, Esther M. Menn, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Anderson, John E., "Jacob, Laban, and a divine trickster? The covenantal frameowrk of God's deception in the theology of the Jacob Cycle," Perspectives in Religious Studies 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bellis, Alice Ogden, "A Sister Is a
Forever Friend: Reflections on the Story of Rachel and Leah," Journal
of Religious Thought, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fuchs, Esther, "Structure and Patriarchal Functions
in the Biblical Betrothal Type-Scene," Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Greenberg, Blu, "Marriage in the
Jewish Tradition," Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Havrelock, Rachel, "The Myth of Birthing the Hero:
Heroic Barrenness in the Hebrew Bible," Biblical Interpretation,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mark, Elizabeth Wyner, "The Four
Wives of Jacob: Matriarchs Seen and Unseen," Reconstructionist,
1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Martin, Michael W., "Betrothal Journey Narratives,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ross-Burstall, Joan, "Leah and Rachel: A Tale of Two
Sisters," Word & World, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Werman, Cana, "Jubilees 30:
Building a Paradigm for the Ban on Intermarriage," Harvard
Theological Review, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williams, Michael J., "Lies, Lies, I Tell You! The
Deceptions of Genesis," Calvin Theological Journal, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Anderson, John E., "Jacob, Laban, and a divine trickster? The covenantal frameowrk of God's deception in the theology of the Jacob Cycle," Perspectives in Religious Studies 2009.
- Sermons:
- When Jacob Got A Vision, Arley K. Fadness, SermonStudio.
- "The Problem with Two Spouses," the Rev. Craig Barnes, Day 1, 2008.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2014. 2011.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," July 27, 2014, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Genesis 29:15-28 and The Girl and the Bicycle by Mark Pett, Romans 8:26-39 and Nasreen's Secret School: a True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 and The Jewel Box Ballerinas by Monique de Varennes.
- "Jacob, Father of Israel," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Leah & Rachel," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art: Jacob and Rachel, Jacob's Deal for Rachel, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- At Oremus
Hymnal:
- Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
- Eternal Lord of love, behold your Church
- God of grace and God of glory
- Happy are they, they that love God
- Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
- Jesus, where'er thy people meet
- O God of Bethel, by whose hand
- O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
- Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
- Take my life, and let it be
- The God of Abraham praise
- Through the Red Sea brought at last, Alleluia!
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- Study links and resources for the Book of Genesis
