Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000448
00:17 Hi and welcome to His Words Are Life.
00:20 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and before 00:22 we read today, let's pray together. 00:24 Dear Jesus, thank you again for another opportunity 00:28 to read the stories of our brothers and sisters 00:32 who've gone before us and how You've led and guided them. 00:35 You've forgiven their sins, and You've blessed them 00:39 to Your name's glory. 00:40 Please lead and guide us now 00:42 as we open up these words. Forgive our sins. 00:45 Send Your Holy Spirit to create in us a clean heart 00:49 and to guide our minds into the truth of these words 00:52 and increase our faith. 00:53 Thank you for loving us; we love You so much. Amen. 00:58 When we were together last we were reading in Genesis 01:00 about the story of Jacob and Esau 01:03 and how Jacob deceived his father Isaac 01:06 in order to steal the blessing from him 01:09 and then ended up having to flee to his uncle Laban's 01:13 house... where he fell in love with Rachel 01:15 and wanted to work for her for seven years. 01:18 But he ended up being deceived himself, 01:21 because Laban gave him Leah instead 01:24 and he had to work another seven years for Rachel. 01:26 But when God saw that Jacob loved Rachel 01:30 and did not love Leah, 01:31 He opened up Leah to bear children for Jacob 01:35 but Rachel did not have any. 01:37 And that's where we pick up the story. 01:39 Genesis beginning chapter 30 verse 1. 01:42 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, 01:46 Rachel envied her sister; 01:48 and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die. " 01:52 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, 01:56 "Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee 01:59 the fruit of the womb? " 02:00 And she said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; 02:04 and she shall bear upon my knees, 02:05 that I may also have children by her. " 02:08 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: 02:11 and Jacob went in unto her. 02:13 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 02:17 And Rachel said, "God hath judged me, 02:20 and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: " 02:22 therefore called she his name Dan. 02:26 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, 02:29 and bare Jacob a second son. 02:31 And Rachel said, "With great wrestlings have I wrestled 02:34 with my sister, and I have prevailed: " 02:37 and she called his name Naphtali. 02:40 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, 02:43 she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. 02:47 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. 02:50 And Leah said, "A troop cometh: " 02:52 and she called his name Gad. 02:54 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. 02:58 And Leah said, "Happy and I, for the daughters will call me 03:02 blessed: " and she called his name Asher. 03:05 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, 03:09 and found mandrakes in the field 03:11 and brought them unto his mother Leah. 03:13 Then Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, I pray thee, 03:16 of thy son's mandrakes. " 03:18 And she said unto her, "Is it a small matter 03:21 that thou has taken my husband? 03:22 and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? " 03:26 And Rachel said, "Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight 03:29 for thy son's mandrakes. " 03:31 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, 03:34 and Leah went out to meet him, and said, 03:35 "Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee 03:39 with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. 03:43 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, 03:46 and bare Jacob the fifth son. 03:49 And Leah said, "God hath given me my hire, because I have given 03:54 my maiden to my husband: " and she called his name Issachar. 03:59 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 04:03 And Leah said, "God hath endued me with a good dowry; 04:07 now will my husband dwell with me because I have born him 04:10 six sons: " and she called his name Zebulun. 04:14 And afterwards she bare a daughter, 04:16 and called her name Dinah. 04:18 And God remembered Rachel, 04:20 and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 04:24 And she conceived, and bare a son; 04:26 and said, "God has taken away my reproach: " 04:29 And she called his name Joseph; 04:31 and said, "The Lord shall add to me another son. " 04:36 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, 04:39 that Jacob said unto Laban, "Send me away, 04:43 that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 04:47 Give me my wives and my children, 04:49 for whom I have served thee, and let me go: 04:52 for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. " 04:55 And Laban said unto him, "I pray thee, if I have found 04:58 favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience 05:03 that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. " 05:07 And he said, "Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. " 05:11 And he said unto him, "Thou knowest how I have served thee, 05:14 and how thy cattle was with me. 05:17 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, 05:19 and it is now increased unto a multitude; 05:22 and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: 05:24 and now when shall I provide for my own house also? " 05:28 And he said, "What shall I give thee? " 05:31 And Jacob said, "Thou shalt not give me any thing: 05:33 if thou wilt do this thing for me, 05:35 I will again feed and keep thy flock: 05:37 I will pass through all thy flock today, 05:41 removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, 05:45 and all the brown cattle among the sheep, 05:47 and the spotted and speckled among the goats, 05:50 and of such shall be my hire. 05:53 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, 05:57 when it shall come for my hire before thy face: 06:01 every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, 06:04 and brown among the sheep, 06:06 that shall be counted stolen with me. " 06:08 And Laban said, "Behold, I would it might be 06:13 according to thy word. " 06:15 And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked 06:19 and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled 06:21 and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, 06:25 and all the brown among the sheep, 06:26 and gave them into the hands of his sons. 06:29 And he set three day's journey betwixt himself and Jacob: 06:33 and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 06:35 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, 06:39 and of the hazel and chestnut tree; 06:41 and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear 06:45 which was in the rods. 06:47 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks 06:50 in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came 06:53 to drink, that they should conceive when they 06:56 came to drink. And the flocks conceived before the rods, 07:00 and brought forth cattle ring- streaked, speckled, and spotted. 07:04 And Jacob did separate the lambs and set the faces of the flocks 07:08 toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock 07:11 of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, 07:14 and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 07:16 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive 07:21 that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle 07:24 in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 07:28 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: 07:31 so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 07:36 And the man increased exceedingly, 07:39 and had much cattle, and maidservants, 07:41 and menservants, and camels, and asses. 07:45 We are continuing now with Genesis chapter 31, 07:49 and this is the King James version. 07:52 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, 07:55 "Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; 07:58 and of that which was our father's 07:59 hath he gotten all this glory. " 08:01 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, 08:05 it was not toward him as before. 08:08 And the Lord said unto Jacob, "Return unto the land of thy 08:12 fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. " 08:16 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah 08:19 to the field unto his flock. 08:20 And said unto them, "I see your father's countenance, 08:24 that it is not toward me as before; 08:27 but the God of my father hath been with me. 08:30 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 08:34 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages 08:38 ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 08:43 If he said thus, 'The speckled shall be thy wages; ' 08:46 then all the cattle bare speckled: 08:48 and if he said thus, 'The ring- streaked shall be thy hire; ' 08:51 then bare all the cattle ring-streaked. 08:53 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, 08:56 and given them to me. 08:58 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, 09:01 that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, 09:05 the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, 09:09 speckled, and grizzled. 09:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, 09:14 'Jacob: ' And I said, 'Here am I. ' 09:18 And He said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, 09:21 all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, 09:25 speckled, and grizzled: 09:26 for I have been all that Laban doeth unto thee. 09:29 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, 09:33 and where thou vowest a vow unto Me; 09:36 now arise, get thee out from this land, and return 09:40 unto the land of thy kindred. " 09:41 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, 09:45 "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us 09:48 in our father's house? Are we not counted of him strangers? 09:51 for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 09:55 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, 09:59 that is ours, and our children's: 10:01 now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. " 10:05 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 10:10 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods 10:13 which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, 10:16 which he had gotten in Padanaram, 10:18 for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. 10:21 And Laban went to shear his sheep: 10:24 and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. 10:29 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, 10:33 in that he told him not that he fled. 10:36 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, 10:39 and passed over the river, and set his face 10:41 toward the mount Gilead. 10:43 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 10:46 And he took his brethren with him and pursued after him 10:49 seven days' journey; 10:50 and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. 10:52 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, 10:56 and said unto him, "Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob 11:01 either good or bad. " Then Laban overtook Jacob. 11:05 Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: 11:07 and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 11:11 And Laban said to Jacob, 11:13 "What hast thou done, 11:15 that thou has stolen away 11:16 unawares to me, and carried away 11:18 my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? 11:21 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, 11:23 and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, 11:26 that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, 11:29 and with tabret, and with harp? 11:30 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? 11:34 thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. 11:37 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: 11:40 but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, 11:43 saying, 'Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob 11:46 either good or bad. ' 11:48 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, 11:52 because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, 11:55 yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? " 12:00 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, 12:03 "Because I was afraid: " for I said, 12:06 "Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. 12:09 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: 12:13 before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, 12:17 and take it to thee. " 12:18 For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 12:22 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, 12:26 and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. 12:30 Then he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. 12:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's 12:39 furniture, and sat upon them. 12:41 And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. 12:45 And she said to her father, "Let it not displease my lord 12:49 that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women 12:53 is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images. 12:58 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: 13:01 and Jacob answered and said to Laban, 13:03 "What is my trespass? what is my sin, 13:06 that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 13:09 Whereas thou has searched all my stuff, 13:12 what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? 13:15 set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, 13:19 that they may judge betwixt us both. 13:21 This twenty years have I been with thee; 13:25 thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, 13:28 and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 13:31 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; 13:35 I bare the loss of it; 13:36 of my hand dist thou require it, 13:38 whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 13:41 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, 13:44 and the frost by night; 13:46 and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 13:49 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; 13:52 I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, 13:55 and six years for thy cattle: 13:57 and thou has changed my wages ten times. 14:00 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, 14:04 and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, 14:06 surely thou hadst sent me away empty. 14:08 God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, 14:11 and rebuked thee yesternight. " 14:14 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, 14:17 "These daughters are my daughters, 14:18 and these children are my children, 14:20 and these cattle are my cattle, 14:21 and all that thou seest is mine: 14:24 and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, 14:28 or unto their children which they have born? " 14:30 Please join me again next time 14:32 to read the Word of God together. |
Revised 2014-12-17