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Genesis
29:15-28
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NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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The Bible Gateway: 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. |
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary
and Divrei Torah. |
| 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." |
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| 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." |
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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." |
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| 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." |
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| Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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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. |
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The Old Testament Readings:
Genesis 29:15-28. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
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"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." |
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"Sex, Lies, and Standing Stones,"
Proper 12, 2008,
Sea Raven, Liberal
Christian Commentary.
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"God’s Kingdom is not about Solomon’s piety, war, victory. The way
into the Realm of God is Covenant with God. Rachel did not need to
steal the household gods from Laban. God’s part of the bargain with
Jacob – marked with the cairn and the standing stone – is to be with
him regardless of where he goes." |
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"Leah and Rachel, A Tale of Two Sisters," Word & World, 1994. |
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Parshah Vayeitzei, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles
from Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch. |
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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.
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| "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)." |
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| Articles & Background:
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Bellis, Alice Ogden, "A Sister Is a
Forever Friend: Reflections on the Story of Rachel and Leah," Journal
of Religious Thought, 1999.
Image Browse -
PDF |
| Fuchs, Esther, "Structure and Patriarchal Functions
in the Biblical Betrothal Type-Scene," Journal of Feminist Studies in
Religion, 1987.
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PDF |
| Greenberg, Blu, "Marriage in the
Jewish Tradition," Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1985.
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| Mark, Elizabeth Wyner, "The Four
Wives of Jacob: Matriarchs Seen and Unseen," Reconstructionist,
1998.
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| Ross-Burstall, Joan, "Leah and Rachel: A Tale of Two
Sisters," Word & World, 1994.
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| Werman, Cana, "Jubilees 30:
Building a Paradigm for the Ban on Intermarriage," Harvard
Theological Review, 1997.
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PDF |
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| Reviews:
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Review: R. Christopher Heard,
Dynamics of Diselection: Ambiguity in
Genesis 12 - 36 and Ethnic Boundaries in Post-Exilic Judah. Society
of Biblical Literature, 2001. Reviewed by E.T. Mullen and Phillip Sherman (2
reviews) in SBL's Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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Review: Jean-Daniel Macchi and Thomas Romer, eds., Jacob: Commentaire
a plusieurs voix, de, Ein mehrstimmiger Kommentar zu, A Plural Commentary of
Gen 25-36: Melanges offerts a Albert de Pury. Labor et Fides, 2001.
Review by James G Williams in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003. |
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| Sermons:
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| With Children:
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"Jacob, Father of
Israel," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Leah & Rachel,"
children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
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| Drama: |
| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art: Jacob and
Rachel, Jacob's Deal for Rachel, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts,
World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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| Hymns and Music:
| At Oremus
Hymnal:
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Be thou my vision, O
Lord of my heart |
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Eternal Lord of love,
behold your Church |
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God of grace and God of
glory |
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Happy are they, they
that love God |
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Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord
God Almighty |
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Jesus, where'er thy
people meet |
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O God of Bethel, by
whose hand |
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O perfect Love, all
human thought transcending |
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Rejoice, O land, in God
thy might |
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Take my life, and let
it be |
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The God of Abraham
praise |
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Through the Red Sea
brought at last, Alleluia! |
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance: |
| Study links and resources for the Book of Genesis |
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