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Genesis
29:15-28

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletBereshit 29: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"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."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"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."
bullet From Wesley's Notes.
bullet"An age of work will be but as a few days to those that love God, and long for Christ's appearing."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"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."
bulletContemporary References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet 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.
bullet 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.
bullet "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."
bullet "Sex, Lies, and Standing Stones," Proper 12, 2008, Sea Raven, Liberal Christian Commentary.
bullet "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."
bullet "Leah and Rachel, A Tale of Two Sisters," Word & World, 1994.
bullet Parshah Vayeitzei, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles from Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch.
bullet Parshas Vayeitzei, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Genesis 28:10 - 32:3.
bulletParshat Vayeitzei, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
bullet"I Led Two Wives," from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet"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)."
bulletArticles & Background:
bulletJacob and Laban's Daughters, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletBellis, Alice Ogden, "A Sister Is a Forever Friend: Reflections on the Story of Rachel and Leah," Journal of Religious Thought, 1999.
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bulletFuchs, Esther, "Structure and Patriarchal Functions in the Biblical Betrothal Type-Scene," Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 1987.
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bulletGreenberg, Blu, "Marriage in the Jewish Tradition,"  Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1985.
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bulletMark, Elizabeth Wyner, "The Four Wives of Jacob: Matriarchs Seen and Unseen," Reconstructionist, 1998.
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bulletRoss-Burstall, Joan, "Leah and Rachel: A Tale of Two Sisters," Word & World, 1994.
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bulletWerman, Cana, "Jubilees 30: Building a Paradigm for the Ban on Intermarriage," Harvard Theological Review, 1997.
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bulletReviews:
bullet 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.
bullet 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.
bulletSermons:
bullet "The Problem with Two Spouses," the Rev. Craig Barnes, Day 1, 2008.
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Jacob, Father of Israel," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet "Leah & Rachel," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bulletDrama:
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art: Jacob and Rachel, Jacob's Deal for Rachel, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
bulletHymns and Music:
bulletAt Oremus Hymnal:
bullet Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
bullet Eternal Lord of love, behold your Church
bullet God of grace and God of glory
bullet Happy are they, they that love God
bullet Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
bullet Jesus, where'er thy people meet
bullet O God of Bethel, by whose hand
bullet O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
bullet Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
bullet Take my life, and let it be
bullet The God of Abraham praise
bullet Through the Red Sea brought at last, Alleluia!
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletJacob, Rachel and Leah
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletStudy links and resources for the Book of Genesis