Even though Leah didn’t have Jacob’s love at least she had Gods love and was surrounded by children whom I assume loved her dearly. I feel so bad for the servant girl that had her baby essentially taken away from her.
At the end of the day the bible is 100% correct when it says, ‘you reap what you sow’ Jacobs sin was extremely severe because he deceived his father Issac into blessings him and stole his brothers blessings and birthright, so leban deceiving him is only a reap of what he sowed. God is just, it doesn’t matter how popular or big a person is, yes he will forgive you and still bless you but you can never run away from the consequences of your actions. You will still pay for what you did, if not you then your children will.And we see exactly that with Joseph and his brothers. If you do evil to others it will destroy you more than it did to them. Greed gets you nowhere Pride gets you nowhere Envy gets you nowhere Jealously gets you nowhere BUT, HUMILITY TAKES YOU FAR IN LIFE!!! Let’s learn from stories like this and not the hard way. Thank you xx
Did we read the same story in the bible? Esau Willingly sold his birthright to Jacob for some red pottage. How did he deceive Esau? Esau was the one being deceptive when he was willing to be blessed by Issac when he knows he already sold the birthright to his brother Jacob. Please go back and read the story.
@@brokennation8398 It was deception because Jacob knew his brother was hungry, if he really cared he would of gave him the food for the sake that his brother was hungry, but no, jacob blackmailed his brother into selling his birthright. Please explain to me how that is JUST?! It didn’t stop there. Jacob and his mother pretended to be Easu and cooked a meal only Easu makes for Issac and knew that, that same day Issac was going to bless Easu Issac blessed Jacob thinking it was Easu but it wasn’t. . NOW PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT IS NOT DECEPTION???!!!! If you intentionally pretend to be someone you are not, that is deception. If you take something that does not belong to you that is stealing. So not only was Jacob (before he become Israel )was a liar but a thief too. He stole a blessing that did not belong to him. You say that Easu was the deceptive one but please show me a scripture where Easu deceived Jacob?? Genesis 27: 33 -Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!” Genesis27: 34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged. Genesis 27: 35 But Isaac said, “Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.” Genesis 27: 36 - Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice.[a] First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?” Issac himself said that Jacob tricked him, a word that can also be used to describe deception. Soo clearly Scripture itself is proving my point that Jacob was deceptive, and that same deception is why leban deceived him and his own sons. I stand by my joint. You reap what you sow. Not saying God will not bless you but you will still reap what you sow because God is JUST!! So you’re right it clearly looks like we’re reading different bibles because your interpretation makes no sense.
@@kerlienlutayi5513 Sis Esau could have said no. He didn't have to sell his birthright to Jacob. No tricks involved with that. He wasn't really gonna die. We have all been so hungry that we felt like we were going to die. Everything that happened was in The Most High's will or it would not have come to pass. The Most High had already told Abraham and Rebecca that Jacob was supposed to receive the blessing. That's why Rebecca did what she did. The Elder was supposed to serve the younger. Also they were never really loving brothers towards each other they were fighting in the womb. Have you read the book of Jasher? It gives you a more in detail account of what happened between them.
@@brokennation8398 it's quiet obvious that Jacob was the deceiver. Though yes Esau was at fault as well but the big part was Jacob. I mean his name is literally translated to "cheat". If he himself never thought that he was a deceiver, why the name change to Israel from Jacob??
Great points with the comments... If there's something I learnt, is that nobody can sell their birthright and nobody can take that away. Like how we are, children of God.
To all the Leahs out there. As some one who has a sister like Rachel, my sympathies lie with Leah. It’s important to realise that God sees and knows all and he is just and righteous and not swayed with favouritism and externals that man is so easily swayed by. Don’t take things into your own hands or seek revenge. Stay faithful to Christ, in due time he will remember you and bless you. How many people were hurt by these two. The hand maids were people too! Look how the were used as objects. And, as we see later, Joseph’s brothers were also filled with jealousy over their younger sibling, how spoiled with love and favouritism Joseph was! So many lessons in this story, yet even today, people haven’t changed we are still those types of people in our hearts.
Reacting to a situation whether intelligently, foolishly or in the the fear of the Most High is intrinsic to human nature. The exercise of free will can be a curse as in the first disobedience in the Garden of Eden.. but it is a tool for the development of a godly character if used rightfully. Jacob humble himself and gave Isau gifts when they reunited. He has changed and grown in stature. He has overcome. To God be all the glory.
Leah was a rapist. When a man pretends to be someone else to trick a woman to sleep with him it would be rape. Same thing for Leah. JACOB DID NOT WANT HER. You are not owed love from someone. If someone doesn't love you they will never love you. He loved Rachel. They should have left Leah for dead on the side of the road. That's about what she deserved forcing her way into a relationship where no one wanted her. Is that what you do? Find someone who actually wants you don't try to steal the husband of your beautiful sister who wouldn't give you the time of day. Why else would you compare yourself to Leah?
Poor Leah. As a wife to a dishonest husband, who has always felt second place to someone (anyone) younger and more desirable, I am not Rachel. I am Leah, and this story turns my stomach. I did not steal my father's idols like Rachel did, yet I will not be exalted for that. I did not decieve my father with animal skin, yet I will not be exalted for that. I am Leah. I am Esau. I don't know what to do with that.
For those confused about the dynamics of this relationship: 1. Laban was greedy and took advantage of Jacob (he seen the blessings coming in) 2. God pitied Leah and opened her womb while closing Rachel’s to bring her relief.. Jacob did not care for her. 3. Rachel’s womb was closed in the beginning because the 12 tribes would not exist if Jacob had who he wanted. 4. Rachel turned it into a competition and was punished unknowingly. All Leah desired was her husband’s love. 5. In the end both Leah and Rachel were blessed. Leah’s children received the Kingship (Judah) and Priesthood (Levi) and Rachel’s had the Birthright (Joseph) and (10) numerous tribes.
Joseph the man who led the Hebrews across the Dead Sea to the place God called the “promised land” where honey 🍯 flows and the grass is evergreen 🌲 An exodus as it described and a popular chapter in the Bible
Do you blame Jacob? Imagine wanting the prettier sister and you make an agreement. You fulfill the agreement after seven years and then it’s broken. Do you think Laban told Jacob that he was given him Leah? Of course not, he did it at the time his agreement was completed. Leah is then given to you and you have to work another seven years for the one you wanted. On top of that you’re only supposed to have one wife according to God, even though it was excepted in these days. So they were going against Gods wills for his people. One thing also to look at is all the trouble men went through having multiple wives. Ones enough!
How about to start from the beginning Jacob was greedy and deceived Essu and stole his birth right Jacob was greedy and stole Essus blessing Essu decided to kill Jacob Jacob became a fugitive at his uncles His uncle deceived him and gave him Lea instead of Rachel His uncle then gave him Rachel Rachel and Lea are chattels bought and sold by the these 2 greedy gnats men. For the part that God takes Rachel's womb as a hostage and closes it so Jacob can care for Lea, I find that very low Rachel is paying for her father's deceit and her husbands emotions Jacob deceived his uncle( in such away a child won't believe it ) by making the cattle crave certain things then he stole his uncles cattle His cousins discover what he was upto and told their dad Jacob then ran away with his families and his loot The whole thing is a made up story or in a better word, family feud that became holy
According to your comments the Creator is a man who is ruled by causality which makes them rather inaccurate. You need to evolve to divine state to see the real story before us. This is why history repeats itself 😅
Leah was " tender eyed" which could also mean that she lacked confidence , had low self esteem and was unable to make eye contact with others. I love Leah because she wore her beauty IN her and not ON her
Is it inner beauty when you conspire with your father to steal your sister’s husband? Leah knew exactly what she was doing and paid the price for it. God had mercy on her, because the price she was paying would have crushed her to the point of uselessness otherwise. And for those saying Leah didn’t have a choice; remember how her aunt Rebecca (Laban’s sister) was told she could deny marrying Isaac? Until you have seen a “Leah” in your church deceive/seduce another sister’s fiancé/boyfriend into marrying her, you will keep pitying her.
What is interesting is that Jacob was later buried next to Leah if I remember correctly and something about the way they were at the end tells me that Jacob did respect and care for her after years together. Maybe she wasn’t what he originally desired but she became what he needed in the end
This demonstrates the social status of women at that time, and how their lives and futures were dependent on whether or not they were married and gave birth to male children. This is an example of how some societal standards can result in harmful and unfavorable outcomes.
These women are imperfect but so loyal... I don't think I can live with a husband like Jacob... I don't think I can share my husband with anyone. Or maybe I'd stay in obedience with God. I don't know. They're so emotionally resilient.
Haha it was not the idea of their husband to sleep with that many women, it was their idea. They knew well their children will become the patriarchs of a great eternal nation, the more children you had, the more power, influence and grace you harvest 💁♂️ They were wise and calculated in my opinion. They clearly pimped out Jacob, I wonder how he could handle that much copulation with 4 women like that 😂 He litterally had no say in this matter!
Esau sold his birthright for some red pottage so How was Jacob being deceptive again? Esau willingly sold his birthright to Jacob. Also the Most High already stated to Abraham and Rebecca that Jacob would receive the blessing so it was obviously his will that the situation played out the way it did or else he would not have allowed Rebecca's plan to suceed. It was Rebecca who overheard Isaac about to bless Esau and called Jacob in to put Esau's clothes and the skins on Jacob.
@@brokennation8398 that’s right. It was clearly the Creators plan. But it was Rebecca, Esau and Jacob’s mother who devised the plan to ensure that Jacob received the blessing. And Esau was happy to sell his birthright for a bowl of porridge.
@@jaijai5250 Right and in Genesis 25:34 it clearly states that Esau despised his birthright but I guess Most people skip over that scripture in an effort to demonize Jacob.
True. I also noted the Rachael might not have truly believed in God and so took her father’s idols. Maybe that’s why kings and priests came from Leah who would have taught them the ways of the God of Jacob.
@@nyariefortue great observation! God chose Leah, Jacob chose Rachel and in the end, she was highly honored by being buried with Jacob's father's and mother's. And even he requested to be buried next to his God-given wife, LEAH. What a beautiful story!
@@kinglistosas5010 Mary's is a decendant of Nathan.Joseph is NOT Jesus Bilological Father. Only Mary's husband. Almighty God is the Father. Why do you think they made the point of going into the events that happened 6 months before Jesus was conceived in the Book of Luke. And why do you think Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary's uncle when he was in his priestly duties in the Temple.
Wow! This was great. I was expecting just an animation but the revelation revealed have me analyzing actions that I've made. Please continue to do these.
I never payed attention to Leah's perspective before. First time I read it, I was too caught up in the Jacob and Rachel love story. Also, judging what was cultural practice of the time, with a 21st century view does make biblical characters seem a bit machivellian but way more fascinating lol.
So basically if a man doesn’t love you stop pushing because there is another one he loves more than you, this is a very sad story that liah had to suffer like that
@@jasonwilliams8321 she also may have had to go along with what her father told her to do. Women did not have rights back then Especially not when living in their fathers household. She got the short hand of the stick period.
There's nothing this narrator will say that fits in to how everything was...and u can't change the fact that jacob love Rachel even until death, he never joked with Rachel children. The love he had for Rachel I presumed cause God to have a covenant with Joseph, not all the children Leah had 😃 Rachel was buried because there was no practice of embalming then...and how do u wish to carry an unpreserved body till the cave of macpelah? She was buried along the way towards Bethlehem. Jacob grieved for her death so much that he needed her to be buried not where he will have to go see everyday. The tomb or cave at macphelah is a family buried ground which Abraham bought...so Leah is entitled to be buried there,but Jacob never said " buried me close or next to Leah, he only asked to buried in the family cave" so what's special about Leah be buried there?? Leah was so desperate that she knew she was tricked and yet will not leave. Imagine she was married to Jacob but was still begging Rachel to give her a chance to sleep with Jacob by exchanging with her mandrakes.
I think Leah embraced God more than Rachel. Rachel was an idol worshipper, remember that she stole idols out of her father's house and lied so that she could keep them.
Yeah and also through Judah who slept with his daughter in law thinking she was a prostitute, through Rahab the prostitute, through Ruth the moabite (pagan background). It shows us how merciful God is. Our human mentality would make sure to create a perfect ancestry line for the savior. But God chose people full of imperfections.
Mom used to say having a baby is nothing to be proud of, but raising a child is. Rachel disgrace is not about her actions but about her not having children, it still is like that in certain middle eastern cultures, when a woman doesn't have kids they make her feel less and disgraced. I came from that culture!
Jacob never had a problem that she couldn t have children. She had that problem and even had quarrels about that with Jacob. If that came from her maternal instincts, rivalry with her sister or the desire to be socially acceptable in all matters, we really don t know. But JAcob never had a problem with her not being able to have a child.
@Laura_Seicean the fact that people feel the need to defend this nonsense of gibar gabber, ridiculous, racist, misogynistic, and even at times criminal texts befuddle me!!!!!! But again, religion that tells you, you are better than everyone else and your soul is better that everyone else's soul, why wouldn't you defend it????
If Leah was such a great person and was innocent in Laban's deception, wouldn't she feel awkward about persuing Jacob? And feel bad for him&her sister? It seems to me she had feelings for him and wanted him from the get go even though she knew he loved her sister. It seems weird for her to feel intitled to his love. If that were me and I was forced into this scenario...i would have been praying for a way out,Not helping myself to the man my sister is in love with&clearly is in love with her. By all intent and covenant Rachel was his real wife because that is who he loved& made a willing commitment to before God. Leah was against his free will and nothing to do with love or commitment. The love was never hers to begin with, she tried to buy it with children. In that way she actually was trying to steal what was never hers& initiated a rivalry with her sister. being ugly doesn't make you innocent.
I don't know. I feel uncle Laban was the real culprit here. Question is was Leah a willing participant or a pawn in her father's plan? If she was aware of it, given the culture of the time, could Leah disobey her father if he asked her to trick Jacob? What would have happened to her if she was divorced during that era? Also it must be remembered that Jacob did agree to keep Leah. How much of a choice did she have in that gentlemen's agreement? Did she have the choice to walk out of the marriage?
It was all part of God's plan. The twelve tribes had been predestined either Way, number 12 Signify God's fulfillment of the covenant. Furthermore, Leah walked with God and subsequently became the mother of the Judah of whom tribe King David and Jesus Christ are the descendants
It was all THE CREATORS will. Jacob marrying Leah, Rachael and having relations with their maids Zilpah and Bilhah was preordained. It's all about the 12 tribes of Israel and the Messiah. THE CREATORS will must be done. THE CREATOR BLESS
I really enjoy this explaining series of the Bible Verses. Thank you for doing them. Now I know more than before. And I look forward to the next explaining episode❤️ I was baptized, went through confirmation, not married through the church, but will be put to rest in the order of the Christ. And I have never ever read or understood the Bible. Until I found this channel. This is brilliant learning for newbies.
a teacher helps us grow in understanding . A preacher will bring us to our knees to repent then we can be taught by a teacher unto understanding. teachers are so important and this teacher really lets you learn so as to contemplate and hence may come understanding if the Holy Spirit opens our eyes. God bless
My Mom was named after Leah apparently because my grandma thought she was having a Boy and the Woman in the room next to her had the opposite happen so they swapped names. My Mom and Aunts are all equally beautiful and have completely different taste in men.
Actually it wasn’t part of the culture, this was just a case of two sisters who were jealous of each other and competing by trying to bear more children than the other. A man was only supposed to have one wife permitted to him and though it is not a sin to have multiple wives, it wasn’t very common among regular citizens.
People need to stop saying Leah was forced or didn’t have a choice, because she did! Her aunt Rebecca (Laban’s sister) had the opportunity to deny the proposal to marry Isaac, so women having that option was also a part of the family culture. Instead, Leah conspired with her father to deceive a man she had witnessed laboring for her sister for 7 years! God is merciful and compassionate when people are in humble positions, but she absolutely reaped what she sowed and her life should be a warning to any other potential “Leah’s” out there.
@@no1specialtoyou789 The fact that everyone int he story reaped what they sowed suggests otherwise. Everyone gained some and lost some. Leah was spared from the dishonor of being an old maid but she lived through a loveless marriage.
In those times, having a husband was the best alternative. Remaing an old maid at the mercy of your relatives was very risky. That is why parents would make huge efforts to find a suitable husband for their dauthers rather than keep them as unmarried. Laban knew Jacob well and realised he was a good man who would treat Leah well even if she didn t love her and he was right. I think a lot of that rivalry in the family was caused by Rachel who couldn t have children and was frustrated by that. JAcob really tried to keep everyone happy regardeless of his personal feeling. And, yes, Rebbeca was asked if she wanted to marry Issac but Rebbeca as beautiful while Leah seemed not being able to find someone wiling to marry her so maybe she was in depair, maybe she wasnt happy that her husband loved another woman more but she worked the best with what she had and seemed to be able to be appreciative for what she had.
But she did outlive Rachel perhaps Jacob made up for lost time and grew to love his first God-given wife LEAH. After all, she's honored by being buried with his fathers and mother's and Jacob even asks to have him buried next to Leah.
My issues with this story is why Rachel had to suffer barrenness because of Jacob loving her and not Leah. It doesn’t seem fair for me to suffer because a man loves me and not my sister …. She didn’t ask to be loved by him
Why would GOD bless someone who sleeping with their sisters man? Why should she have a baby by her sister husband or kids dad? She didn’t ask nor did she stop it.
Not sure Rachel was barren because she was loved by Jacob. In the end its not about who we desire but whom God chooses to bless and uplift. Jacob and his mom deceived Isaac so that he can steal Esau's birthright and then he gets deceived. God is just
@@pearlettesealey4771 I still don’t see why Rachel had to be barren…. Jacob and his mom has very little to do with Rachel’s barrenness. Also she didn’t even get to raise her children…
Leah and Rachael were Laban's daughters so the whole family was brought up in idolatry. Leahs sons were reprobates while Joseph and Benjamin were righteous.
My older sister is named Rachel and of course I, Leah. I was lonely so I gave birth to son (from a narcissistic) and he's so perfect. My sister gets the love of course.
For both Rachel *and* Leah, you can feel sympathy for both, yet also feel annoyed with the actions they take in trying to compete with each other in winning Jacob's love. Rachel may be considered the more haughty and spoilt one due to her being the more popular and beautiful of the two sisters, yet I also can't imagine the pain she must have felt when the man she loved (or at least I *believe* she loved Jacob as he did her and it wasn't purely a symbol of pride and vanity on her part) being stolen away from her on her wedding day by her own sister. Understandable she'd feel some hurt and resentment towards Leah for that. Though she'd also have to realise that Leban was *really* the one at fault here and could have tried to make peace with her sister for the sake of creating a somewhar healthy and stable home (under the tough circumstances anyway). Though also we also see Leah's pain of rejection due to always being in the shadow of her beautiful younger sister, and having the man she loves love Rachel instead. While she does *expect* too much from Jacob, as she *knew* he worked 7 years for her sister, it doesn't change the fact that it would have been painful to be married to someone who doesn't love you. So while I sympathise with *both* Leah and Rachel, I certainly don't condone their actions of using their maidservants to produce children for them, and using it as a weapon to one-up the other and fight over their husband's love and affections. I feel that Jacob must have had a real pain trying to keep *both* wives happy, especially Rachel the woman he loved. Plus, sharing a husband I'm sure would not be fun for *any* woman. A good reason why God meant a relationship between a man and wife to be monogamous, as a polygamous relationship is often a pit for jealousy and heartache.
The haughty moniker is given by modern feminist interpretations. the Bible gives little explanation to the characters of either women so are left to discern what we can by their actions. Rachael and Leah were the nieces of Rebekah who was described as a woman of character. We assume that Rachael wa haughty because of her looks so why then should we not assume Rebekah was being how she was very beautiful? We al know women who are pretty and homely who have character traits ranging from admirable to loathsome.
@@jasonwilliams8321 Who knows, this is all speculation after all. It's hard to know if their aunt/mother-in-law Rebekah was the woman they took after in personality or if they were more scheming and selfish like Leban. Though Rebekah herself was also a schemer (which Jacob clearly took after) due to her ploy for Jacob to deceive Isaac into thinking he was Esau so he would get his father's blessing. Rachel is like *both* Rebekah and Leban in that she stole her father's idols and hid them underneath her and using the excuse that she had her period so Leban wouldn't touch her when he went looking the idols. We can't be sure what Rachel and Leah were like in character but it was *very* obvious their was a strong sibling rivalry between them and jealousy as a result of having to share a husband.
It’s not Jacob’s fault that he was tricked into marrying Leah. It’s his father-in-law’s fault. Jacob always loved Rachel. That won’t change just because he was tricked into marrying someone else.
I feel like Jacob enjoyed this that's why he didn't stop it. Being the man, you'd think he would take control if he truly didn't want to produce all these children with these women.
Don't forget that children were necassary. They there literally there asurerance when people got old and sick. Also, the mortality rate was high. It was wise to have many children "just in case".
@@zwischenburkaundbikini2418 I know. But the fact that he did it even with the servants. I just personally believe he enjoyed the sex with all these women, and that he wasn't nessesarily a victim
@@SoraxGirl don't forget that it was the wive's idea. I do not know why Leah came up with it, but for Rachel it seemed the only way to have her "own" child.
@@SoraxGirl his wives literally told him to sleep with THEIR SERVANTS to have children. Jacob kept bending to them cause they were going to make sure he did anyway.
@Rocky Leah was always the underdog and her character was more morally sound then Rachel who reacted as if she’s used to getting what she wants. Can’t compare the two. Rachel should have repented, instead she just wanted to outdo her sister. Meanwhile Leah who was having children galore, was insecure and wanted Jacob’s love.
@@CrownxMe7 she doesn’t deserve Jacob’s love, she didn’t consider his feelings and thinks she could love him by marrying him upon the wedding without knowing her, kinda like I am when I was suddenly dragged into a relationship I didn’t know of and couldn’t establish a common grounds with her instead she avoided me and talk whenever she has no one else and before I know it, I could be replaced by someone more attractive and successful who’s in the same level as her... I rejected and dumped her before that ever happened after all, I was in 2nd year in college when she’s at her final years to graduate 🎓 .... How can I keep up with her when my priorities are studies, I want someone who’s in the same level as me in my school years not someone 2 years ahead....
@Rocky She slept with her HUSBAND on her wedding night, she did nothing wrong. I'm sure Jacob would not have been her first choice either. Her father kept tradition and gave jacob the firstborn sister to be married & jacob was very aware of this tradition , i don't know what made him think he was going to get away with marrying the younger daughter first. The sad part is his uncle pretty much used leah as a bargaining chip But Leah wins in the end because the bloodline of Yeshuah came through her.
@@the4cqueen148 she only “won” because she humbled herself eventually, while Rachel kept worshipping idols. Leah died seeing even her children ignored by Jacob in favor is Rachel’s firstborn. No one knows what happens after they die, so she was “robbed” of her vindication anyway. Btw, I truly hope you never get to see a “Leah” break the heart of someone you love and cause much grief for all parties involved.
The only person benefitting Here is Jacob. Jacob:"Good guy Bad guy" " I am the guy 🔫"😎 I don't need to have affairs. My wives are to much good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Poor Jacob How many? How many more women he had to Fuck ?😔
@@chloejames4537 Sadly, people interpret the Bible to fit whatever they WANT it to say. They don't do, or practice what the Bible Actually says..if they did they should give up every belonging the own, for a start (Jesus "commands" this) many "Christian's" have not even read a Bible. And, yes, this Bible story Is what The Handmaid's Tale is based upon.. its heavy, dark stuff and shows how the Bible's word's can be manipulated by Men
Great video, can I add that Rachel gives birth to two sons Joseph and Benjamin. She died giving birth to the last one. Leah does get Jacobs respect in sense that she is Buried with him and Rachel is not.
Rachel was buried along the way...how do u guys expect Jacob to be buried there...Jacob loved Rachel and everything from her till he breath his last...Leah gave birth to multiple sons but none make name like Rachel son Joseph...the covenant was with Rachel seed and not Leah
@@praywithhadassah you obviously havent read the Bible. Jesus came from the tribe of Judah. Judah is Jacob and Leah's 4th son...what are you talking about? Leah was his God-given wife and was honored in the end.. not Rachel.
the premier up to the finale was already covered in one video. Wouldn't be that many episodes. Also you don't want to be cursed with adding or taking away from what's in the bible for making the series reasonable long.
Lol that's not true any sources ?you're making things up Hannah, Sarah etc were barren most their lives they became pregnant after prayer 🛐, they weren't killed off as you imply
@@erica8332 they didn't say they killed they were kinda stigmatized in society. Back then if a woman couldn't bear child she was no used to her husband or his family.
Are you sure you have the correct narrative. Is it not about God and Tribes and nations. I think Rachel had struggled very much( seeing it from a woman's viewpoint) She maybe didn't give birth first or marry first, to the man who actually loved her. She struggled with great emotions not just jealousy. Nevertheless, they are all in God's account of history with multiple lessons
Why is Rachel being blamed for 'sullying the marriage' when one- Jacob already has another wife so there isn't much loyalty on his end and two-While it may have been her idea JACOB is the one that slept with the servant. And the text even implies that God was 100% on board with the whole servant surrogate plot. It seems like it was significantly more acceptable back then. Also how did this guy not have a single daughter?
We got to open the Bible for ourselves sometime not let utube do all the story telling These are examples for our growth and to gives us understanding on how the Hebrew nation came about
Think that each biblical book was written from the perspective of the prevailing culture which was mostly patriarchal. Though few of the prominent women were mentioned and were written about( Ruth, Esther, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah). You're right. Rachel didn't sully her marriage. It was common practice then and some cultures still do it today. Also the man having multiple wives and mistresses wasn't a problem then.
Jacob had become apathetic he knew he was being tricked and deceived and he was just eating every trick he dished out. This is why he wrestled with the angel till he blessed him. He was a guy that knew the world was a revolving door but after his uncle and his wives used him he had enough and wanted God to just give him a fresh start. Leah is an example of unrequited love she wanted the love of Jacob but it was not there to begin with. Rachel is an example of desired love she thought that by not having children her husband would not desire her but he had the love there for Rachel even though she was barren. The main lesson here is humility. It was only until Rachel became humble she got a child when she realized that it's not about competition and vanity but all must humble before God and receive. A telling and useful tale.
Weak eyes are said to mean blindness. She was someone no one would have married back then because she would have been seen as a burden, even if she was only slightly vision-challenged. Where do you get anything about him not being turned on by her? Laban and his daughters made this pack to secure their stay at home and continuing wealth. He's a foreigner - to tie him down with multiple families was to guarantee his need to stay and work in their land. The bible doesn't show a rivalry, but a breeding competition - something country folk do to this day. Had they any hostility over him, one would not have sold him to the other for mandrakes...
I feel like we always try to lessen the fact that it really was a discussion about their looks: Leah was not beautiful and Rachel was gorgeous. So many women over time try to explain well it was Leah’s confidence or her something, but the Bible does not mince words around calling a woman beautiful or plain. I do think that this story underscores where the Bible states: man looks on the outward appearance but God looks at the heart. Remember Xerxes brings out Vashti to show off her beauty? Remember Esther…initially it was for her beauty. Sarah? Also. Rahab? Yep. So the problem is within us humans, that we focus on this outward appearance, that respect and attention is divided unto it. Jacob was tricked because he tricked Esau, it’s a story of how God works with us. Now as for Leah, I resonate with her, she was simply a victim of other people’s sin.
Very true ! The Bible even describes the men as beautiful . Saul, David, Daniel, Solomon, Moses, Joseph. All handsome men and that their looks helped them be respected and loved by the people around them
Amen! God chose Leah, Jacob chose Rachel. In the end, Leah was honored not only by being buried next to her husband Jacob but also the mother of which Jesus descends from through Judah their (Jacob and Leah) son. My heart is for Leah people assume she was in on her father's deceptive plan but the Bible doesn't tell us, so she surely was the victim of others sin yet God still honored her and blessed her.
@@no1specialtoyou789 God did not choose Leah otherwise He would have made her palatable to Jacob instead of dooming her to a life of rejection and lovelessness. God simply worked around man's screw ups.
Rachel was barren and became jealous of Leah. God’s plan was for Jacob to have many children but it ended up turning into a competition between the women.. God specifically opened Leah’s womb and closed Rachel’s in order to fulfill the prophecy of the 12 children of Jacob. 1. God pitied Leah because she cared for Jacob. 2. Had Jacob impregnated Rachel from the beginning, the 12 tribes would not have been born. Jacob could have refused just as Abraham could have. But in both scenarios the men desired children. Therefore they sleep with extra women. And it is easier in the relationship if it’s the wife’s idea and not the mans.
The only person benefitting Here is Jacob. Jacob:"Good guy Bad guy" " I am the guy 🔫"😎 I don't need to have affairs. My wives are to much good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Poor Jacob How many? How many more women he had to Fuck ?😔
When Rachel finally realized her errors to God I was like "Finally, for a moment there I thought God would have to give Leah a full legion of children before this woman finally learned something!" Anyway, great video like always, really looking forward to see the tale of Joseph, who is my favorite biblical character alongside Moses and Solomon (Jesus is someone apart)
YOU SOUND RIDICULOUS RACHEL DID NOTHING WRONG LEAH DID! SHE KNEW JACOB WAS BEING TRICKED INTO SLEEPING WITH HER AND SHE WENT ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE SHE WAS JEALOUS OF RACHEL! STOP LYING
@@H.R.H-Amina_Bin_Shafiq-SHAKTI Okay, but there's really a need to scream at me? I don't understand where this rage come from. You disagree with what I said? That's cool, I have no problem with that. If you wanted we could have discussed calmly about our points, but I'm feeling you're not keen on that, oh well.
I’m not sure how hard you dug into this story, considering you left out a few things that other books mention, such as The Legends of The Jews: They were twins, Leah was only older by a few minutes, this is part of why it was so easy for Laban to fool Jacob. The reason Leah was the less desirable is because “weak eyes” refers to poor eyesight, and due to the demanding physical duties of a wife she needed to be physically fit in able to work. Remember, that was one of the things they mention about Rebekah that made her a good candidate for Isaac, they sought a maid who could carry A LOT of water. The reason Jacob desired Rachel so much is simple, THE LORD controls the hearts. You just said it was his love for her that made him endure bondage, which is how The Lord chooses to shape his children. Everything that happened is because of God, and his Glory. Rachel scarified The mandrakes to him, and declares he alone controls the womb, then she’s given Joseph then Benjamin. God is Sovereign, all things are by his design, happening according to his will. You’re a vessel, fitted for honor or fitted for destruction. Either way, He’s The Potter, hallelujah! Amen.
Excellent video also do you think it’s possible if you can do a video on The Battotai who were a special police squad formed in Japan by the Meiji Government in 1877 during the Satsuma Rebellion.
@@no1specialtoyou789 Everyone in the story reaped what they sowed. Leah had a loveless marriage and her sons were regarded less by Jacob. Rachael died prematurely but gave birth to the most righteous man in the family.
I get it. Corinthians 14 I think it is. The interpretation. There's two tongues. The Bible is told in two tongues. Jesus Christ. and lil old satan. And it's up to us to decipher who is speaking.
There is nothing more beautiful than natural beauty the Bible teaches us many ways of doing so. It also teaches so it's the 10 commandments. Greed. Pride. And envy are from the devil. You harvest what you plant. And I'm so sad things like this have to happen. God will permit us to go to certain things so we can grow from them and learn from our mistakes. The laws from before are different from now but I will stick with the ten commandments and my faith in the Lord
This was because Leah had a more deceptive appearance, and Rachels face had a more open one, and were told that this was because a woman's face was to remain covered, because of the angels she has more faces. I learned about this in ancient archaeology studies class.
Rachel made Leah to enter in the marriage. Jacob and Rachel had signs to recognize each other because Laban was known as the Deceiver. When Rachel saw her sister, Leah, coming in the nuptial bedroom, she thought : "Leah can't stand up the public shame ." Then, she gave the signs to Leah and went in under the bed in order to lend her voice. Read The Jewish Women Encyclopedia= Rachel aggadah. Rachel was jewish. So, I red in some jewish texts. Without Rachel's deed, never Leah would get married Jacob. Rachel shared heroically her man.
You know it's crazy how GOD works because Rachel's only son Joseph turned out to be greatly used by GOD & GOD used him to save his whole family from the famine
Their God needed low vibrations for his Children to come true them, So not until Rachael is not Happy feeling jealous and resentment towards her sister, Then they were able to Conceive their Spirit Children A spin-off movie is: Like Water for Chocolate Enjoy 😉
vibrations especially low vibrations ,high vibrations were not Biblical ,Torahic ideas ,concepts in the Bible especially the Old Testament and the new testaments in the Bible and in the Torah do not put your Harry Potter Satanic ,Luciferian dungeons and dragons fantasy anti-Christian ,Christianphobic ,anti-Biblical ,Biblephobic ,anti-Torahic ,Torahicphobic anti-Jewish,Judeophobic ,anti-Semitic wizardry ,witchcraft ,sorcery ,the occult ,occultic theosophy theosophy,paganism ,pagan ,black magic ,dark magic ,devil worshipping ,satan worshipping ,magic ,magical concepts ,ideas muddled up in the Bible especially the Old Testament, the New Testament in the Bible and the Torah where it does not belong the Bible is the only for G-d’s chosen elect of the one hundred forty four thousand not you .
I LOVE the way you explained their rivalry . Every minister that I've ever heard preach about it, always seemed to speak from a " Poor Leah " point of view and that's it . But you brought out their whole range of emotions so well . I believe the REAL lesson we should take from this is how CORRUPT marriage can be, when you take more than 1 wife or husband . Or as the bible puts it, " A slave cannot serve 2 masters, or he will learn to love the one and hate the other . I find it disheartening, how even after having so many children, Leah's sons still were not loved as much as Rachel's child was . Jacob even cursed his sons once he was reunited with him after the king of Egypt took him into captivity . As for Jacob being treated like a servant, I think he was just enjoying his nightly " pimp duties ", since all it required was sleeping with a different woman every night . I mean, come ON, this guy needed no Viagara back in those days .
@vernomlily16 No,no and no! Rachel can be complained: neither Leah. Rachel lost so much. Leah won so much. Rachel and Jacob made a recognition password each other for the wedding night. The father, Laban, was known as The Cheater everywhere. They suspected a misdeed from him. But big surprise ! Laban pushed Leah in the wedding bedroom in Rachel's identity ! When Rachel saw that, she knew Leah could stand the very deep shame by rejecting. Rachel, official fiancée, gave ( sorrow in soul) the password to her sister. Rachel was an human being as you, me. All the night, Jacob called the name of Rachel whilz making love Leah, in reality.That's why, Jacob hated Leah. Because of her, he worked 7 years in additional. Before, Leah cried a long time to avoid getting married with Essau. That's why, Leah behaved in that way. It is the explanation. Leah praised to getting married Jacob before Rachel. Then, Rachel deserves respect. She is a hero. No girl shares a man with another.No one! In love, there's no mercy. Result: Leah bought trouble in Rachel's life. Why? because Jacob loved her. Leah argued Rachel. Leah'sons hated Rachel ( it seems) All her lifetime, Leah was jealous of Jacob's love for Rachel. Leah is righteous but was very unfair with her sister. Why her jealousy ? weird. How long time did Leah love Jacob? Before or after her wedding ? question ! Leah is righteous except grateful with Rachel. You think. For love for Leah, Rachel, while her wedding, let another woman sleep with her man. It was very awful. (Leah betrayed her sister) But, she condamned herself. Dina means "judgement". Information source : jewish texts=the Old Testament. Memory: Leah, Rachel, David, Salomon, Abraham, Esaie, Jeremy..... were jewish.
@@myriamv7551 I don't get HOW ON EARTH you could make such a ridiculous claim against Leah . Don't you know Leah HAD NO CHOICE in the matter ? Laban was the knieving one, I admit that, but Leah was thrown into this marriage AGAINST HER WILL . What woman in her RIGHT MIND would want to be some stranger's SUBSTITUTE LOVER, especially if that stranger worked 7 long years just to marry HER SISTER ! Furthermore even the bible says, the Lord took pity on Leah . God knew that Jewish customs PREVENTED a woman from being able to speak her mind on such matters and he knew she was being mistreated BECAUSE she wasn't Rachel . And whether you agree or not, no matter WHAT Leah did to try to please this husband she didn't want, nothing good she did or gave to him pleased him . Back in those days, having many children was considered a blessing and it brought you a great deal of respect from others around you, but not for Leah . You'd have to be PLUMB DUMB, to not see how much it must've hurt Leah to be thrown into a marriage she wasn't wanted for in the first place .
@@venomlily1651 I was removed my comment. But it's better to let it. In the Jewish Women Archive : write "Leah", then click on "Leah: midrash and aggadah". There's also : "Leah bible". Leah wanted Jacob to avoid her intended , Essau, who was wicked. Without Rachel's love and help, Leah would have been in a very deep shame and enbarrassment. Then, God helped her.
@@venomlily1651 You believe that Leah didn't marry Jacob by choice but why would she try to continuously one-up her sister for a man she didn't want? She wanted Jacob's love and affection. Why would a woman want love from a man she didn't want in the first place? Though the text doesn't tell us this, it appears that Leah conspired with her father, Laban, to deceive Jacob into marrying her.
@@shayemoore READ THE BIBLE before you start drawing the wrong assumptions about Leah ! First of all, IF you read the bible, you would know that back in those days, a woman was supposed to love her husband REGARDLESS of whether he loved her or not . Women had NO SAY, in the matter . They were treated little better than cattle . Also, if you can so easily see Leah as the bad guy, what about Rachel's treatment of Leah ? I think it's pitiful at best, how you can talk against Leah for doing the SAME THING Rachel HERSELF was guilty of, all while sweeping under the rug any deceitful acts Rachel did . Laban was the one who set both Leah AND Rachel up for disaster, and why did God permit Jacob to be tricked by Laban ? Because Jacob HIMSELF started the deceit, when he tricked his own brother and STOLE his birthright, his blessing which would have come to Esau from God, THROUGH his father . Like the old saying goes, " Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive ." Jacob got what he deserved and so did Rachel for taunting her sister for not being Jacob's favorite . If God Himself chose to bless Leah with so many children after seeing the way she was treated, then who are YOU to question it ? CASE CLOSED .
I have a real soft spot for Leah because I can relate to her in so many ways. As someone who has had to deal with being pushed aside, I know this feelings all too well. She is on character in the bible that my heart goes out too deeply. No woman deserves to feel this way but seeing how she endures gives me hope for the future.
Rachel was barren because she was an idol worshiper, she was beautiful yes but putting her faith in her father's fake gods. Leah put her Faith in the Most High GOD, proof of the matter, JESUS came from Leah's lineage, God is Faithful. She was the chosen one. When she died she's was buried next to her husband Jacob. Rachel was buried far somewhere on the road. You rippe what you sow.
the most high is not G-d’s title the the lord is the real title of G-d it is a label the most high is a label created by black supremacist fake reverse racist Hebrew Israelites.
Speaking from personal experience, yes, I think Leah did draw closer to God since he was the only one who really cared about her, and proved it by enabling her to have the children she needed for comfort and some honor, since she already felt so dishonored and uncared about by everyone else. In my experience, I have become much closer to God during my suffering in the past couple of years since my Mom passed. She and I were extremely close and she was a devout Christian. I had the loss to work through, and on top of that, dealing with a narcissist who kept imposing on me until she found she couldn't any more, so she stomped out of my life, sort of. Then she launched a vengeance/hate/cyber-bullying campaign against me, which she'll probably never stop. Back when she thought I was cool, she used to randomly rant about whoever in her past that she hated for whatever reason. In all my experiences during the past few years, I have turned to God more than I did in the past. I feel closer to him now than I ever have, and videos like this have helped me to start understanding, more than any Bible study or just simply reading it on my own.
Rachel also never suffered the terrible emotional abuse of being rejected or at least ignored as "having weak eyes" or being considered less attractive.
Even though Leah didn’t have Jacob’s love at least she had Gods love and was surrounded by children whom I assume loved her dearly. I feel so bad for the servant girl that had her baby essentially taken away from her.
They would have been allowed to raise the child ,It just would be considered the property of the wife.
@@kinglistosas5010 Great point!
Read Genesis 29.17. Jacob loved Rachel more, but she couldn’t bare children u TIL Benjamin..... they neede to populate the world.
Jacob worked 7 yrs to Marry Rachel but Laban wouldn’t let him marry Rachel, so he worked another 7 yrs. free to Mary Rachel.
I think God leveled the playing field by giving one natraul babies first ,since the other was more beautiful and loved .
Lots of lessons in this story
At the end of the day the bible is 100% correct when it says, ‘you reap what you sow’ Jacobs sin was extremely severe because he deceived his father Issac into blessings him and stole his brothers blessings and birthright, so leban deceiving him is only a reap of what he sowed.
God is just, it doesn’t matter how popular or big a person is, yes he will forgive you and still bless you but you can never run away from the consequences of your actions. You will still pay for what you did, if not you then your children will.And we see exactly that with Joseph and his brothers.
If you do evil to others it will destroy you more than it did to them.
Greed gets you nowhere
Pride gets you nowhere
Envy gets you nowhere
Jealously gets you nowhere
BUT, HUMILITY TAKES YOU FAR IN LIFE!!!
Let’s learn from stories like this and not the hard way. Thank you xx
Did we read the same story in the bible? Esau Willingly sold his birthright to Jacob for some red pottage. How did he deceive Esau? Esau was the one being deceptive when he was willing to be blessed by Issac when he knows he already sold the birthright to his brother Jacob. Please go back and read the story.
@@brokennation8398 It was deception because Jacob knew his brother was hungry, if he really cared he would of gave him the food for the sake that his brother was hungry, but no, jacob blackmailed his brother into selling his birthright. Please explain to me how that is JUST?! It didn’t stop there. Jacob and his mother pretended to be Easu and cooked a meal only Easu makes for Issac and knew that, that same day Issac was going to bless Easu Issac blessed Jacob thinking it was Easu but it wasn’t. . NOW PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT IS NOT DECEPTION???!!!!
If you intentionally pretend to be someone you are not, that is deception. If you take something that does not belong to you that is stealing. So not only was Jacob (before he become Israel )was a liar but a thief too. He stole a blessing that did not belong to him. You say that Easu was the deceptive one but please show me a scripture where Easu deceived Jacob??
Genesis 27: 33 -Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!”
Genesis27: 34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
Genesis 27: 35 But Isaac said, “Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.”
Genesis 27: 36 - Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice.[a] First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”
Issac himself said that Jacob tricked him, a word that can also be used to describe deception. Soo clearly Scripture itself is proving my point that Jacob was deceptive, and that same deception is why leban deceived him and his own sons. I stand by my joint. You reap what you sow. Not saying God will not bless you but you will still reap what you sow because God is JUST!!
So you’re right it clearly looks like we’re reading different bibles because your interpretation makes no sense.
@@kerlienlutayi5513 Sis Esau could have said no. He didn't have to sell his birthright to Jacob. No tricks involved with that. He wasn't really gonna die. We have all been so hungry that we felt like we were going to die. Everything that happened was in The Most High's will or it would not have come to pass. The Most High had already told Abraham and Rebecca that Jacob was supposed to receive the blessing. That's why Rebecca did what she did. The Elder was supposed to serve the younger. Also they were never really loving brothers towards each other they were fighting in the womb. Have you read the book of Jasher? It gives you a more in detail account of what happened between them.
@@brokennation8398 it's quiet obvious that Jacob was the deceiver. Though yes Esau was at fault as well but the big part was Jacob. I mean his name is literally translated to "cheat". If he himself never thought that he was a deceiver, why the name change to Israel from Jacob??
Great points with the comments... If there's something I learnt, is that nobody can sell their birthright and nobody can take that away. Like how we are, children of God.
To all the Leahs out there. As some one who has a sister like Rachel, my sympathies lie with Leah. It’s important to realise that God sees and knows all and he is just and righteous and not swayed with favouritism and externals that man is so easily swayed by. Don’t take things into your own hands or seek revenge. Stay faithful to Christ, in due time he will remember you and bless you. How many people were hurt by these two. The hand maids were people too! Look how the were used as objects. And, as we see later, Joseph’s brothers were also filled with jealousy over their younger sibling, how spoiled with love and favouritism Joseph was! So many lessons in this story, yet even today, people haven’t changed we are still those types of people in our hearts.
Amen.
Exactly, humans are still exactly the same as biblical characters. Thus God's message is Jesus Christ as our only template to walk in purity.
Reacting to a situation whether intelligently, foolishly or in the the fear of the Most High is intrinsic to human nature. The exercise of free will can be a curse as in the first disobedience in the Garden of Eden.. but it is a tool for the development of a godly character if used rightfully. Jacob humble himself and gave Isau gifts when they reunited. He has changed and grown in stature. He has overcome. To God be all the glory.
Leah was a rapist. When a man pretends to be someone else to trick a woman to sleep with him it would be rape. Same thing for Leah. JACOB DID NOT WANT HER. You are not owed love from someone. If someone doesn't love you they will never love you. He loved Rachel. They should have left Leah for dead on the side of the road. That's about what she deserved forcing her way into a relationship where no one wanted her. Is that what you do? Find someone who actually wants you don't try to steal the husband of your beautiful sister who wouldn't give you the time of day. Why else would you compare yourself to Leah?
Poor Leah. As a wife to a dishonest husband, who has always felt second place to someone (anyone) younger and more desirable, I am not Rachel. I am Leah, and this story turns my stomach. I did not steal my father's idols like Rachel did, yet I will not be exalted for that. I did not decieve my father with animal skin, yet I will not be exalted for that. I am Leah. I am Esau. I don't know what to do with that.
For those confused about the dynamics of this relationship:
1. Laban was greedy and took advantage of Jacob (he seen the blessings coming in)
2. God pitied Leah and opened her womb while closing Rachel’s to bring her relief.. Jacob did not care for her.
3. Rachel’s womb was closed in the beginning because the 12 tribes would not exist if Jacob had who he wanted.
4. Rachel turned it into a competition and was punished unknowingly. All Leah desired was her husband’s love.
5. In the end both Leah and Rachel were blessed. Leah’s children received the Kingship (Judah) and Priesthood (Levi) and Rachel’s had the Birthright (Joseph) and (10) numerous tribes.
Joseph the man who led the Hebrews across the Dead Sea to the place God called the “promised land” where honey 🍯 flows and the grass is evergreen 🌲
An exodus as it described and a popular chapter in the Bible
@@Manuel-gu9ls That was Joshua.
Do you blame Jacob? Imagine wanting the prettier sister and you make an agreement. You fulfill the agreement after seven years and then it’s broken. Do you think Laban told Jacob that he was given him Leah? Of course not, he did it at the time his agreement was completed. Leah is then given to you and you have to work another seven years for the one you wanted. On top of that you’re only supposed to have one wife according to God, even though it was excepted in these days. So they were going against Gods wills for his people. One thing also to look at is all the trouble men went through having multiple wives. Ones enough!
How about to start from the beginning
Jacob was greedy and deceived Essu and stole his birth right
Jacob was greedy and stole Essus blessing
Essu decided to kill Jacob
Jacob became a fugitive at his uncles
His uncle deceived him and gave him Lea instead of Rachel
His uncle then gave him Rachel
Rachel and Lea are chattels bought and sold by the these 2 greedy gnats men.
For the part that God takes Rachel's womb as a hostage and closes it so Jacob can care for Lea, I find that very low
Rachel is paying for her father's deceit and her husbands emotions
Jacob deceived his uncle( in such away a child won't believe it ) by making the cattle crave certain things then he stole his uncles cattle
His cousins discover what he was upto and told their dad
Jacob then ran away with his families and his loot
The whole thing is a made up story or in a better word, family feud that became holy
According to your comments the Creator is a man who is ruled by causality which makes them rather inaccurate.
You need to evolve to divine state to see the real story before us.
This is why history repeats itself 😅
Leah was " tender eyed" which could also mean that she lacked confidence , had low self esteem and was unable to make eye contact with others. I love Leah because she wore her beauty IN her and not ON her
Yes definitely
Maybe it meant light-eyed.
I would be too if my dad used my sister as a catfish to marry me off
@@princess-hd7io Exactly!
Is it inner beauty when you conspire with your father to steal your sister’s husband? Leah knew exactly what she was doing and paid the price for it. God had mercy on her, because the price she was paying would have crushed her to the point of uselessness otherwise. And for those saying Leah didn’t have a choice; remember how her aunt Rebecca (Laban’s sister) was told she could deny marrying Isaac?
Until you have seen a “Leah” in your church deceive/seduce another sister’s fiancé/boyfriend into marrying her, you will keep pitying her.
What is interesting is that Jacob was later buried next to Leah if I remember correctly and something about the way they were at the end tells me that Jacob did respect and care for her after years together. Maybe she wasn’t what he originally desired but she became what he needed in the end
I believe that was Rachel
You have understood the whole thing
@@Esmeb89547 no, he asked to be buried near Leah.
@@hzlkelly okay cause google said it right?
And that doesn’t mean his feelings changed for her. There’s not enough details in the story that’s says they ended up happy together
This demonstrates the social status of women at that time, and how their lives and futures were dependent on whether or not they were married and gave birth to male children. This is an example of how some societal standards can result in harmful and unfavorable outcomes.
See? This is why polygamous relationships don't work
Exactly
@@jadeacampbell5206 ty
@@redrasegardenBased.
Excatly. Thank you so very much!! We have example on example!
@@HeavenlyDivineTaro too true
In the first seven years while Jacob worked for Rachel, they couldn't find anyone for Leah?! Laban played his daughters
Never thought about it like that. That is a long time to have found a suitor.
I thought this too, but then I realized she must have been pretty undesirable.
He wanted to keep him for another seven years
Leah and Jacob were already married.
Leah was in on the scheme as well. She knew Jacob thought she was Rachael when she wed him.
There are many Leah's and Rachel's in this world today. It's actually sad.
Right that right that so many Rachel and Leah in this world but I think Leah wanted to have a child with Jacob more than Rachel
I look forward to you're video's.
I Love all the Biblical stories you tell..
These women are imperfect but so loyal... I don't think I can live with a husband like Jacob... I don't think I can share my husband with anyone. Or maybe I'd stay in obedience with God. I don't know. They're so emotionally resilient.
Haha it was not the idea of their husband to sleep with that many women, it was their idea. They knew well their children will become the patriarchs of a great eternal nation, the more children you had, the more power, influence and grace you harvest 💁♂️ They were wise and calculated in my opinion. They clearly pimped out Jacob, I wonder how he could handle that much copulation with 4 women like that 😂 He litterally had no say in this matter!
Good thing you are born in the 21st century. Cause if was back then you really didn't have a choice if your husband decided to get a new wife
Jacob being deceived may be him reaping what he sowed after deceiving Esau for the birthright
Never thought about that
Esau sold his birthright for some red pottage so How was Jacob being deceptive again? Esau willingly sold his birthright to Jacob. Also the Most High already stated to Abraham and Rebecca that Jacob would receive the blessing so it was obviously his will that the situation played out the way it did or else he would not have allowed Rebecca's plan to suceed. It was Rebecca who overheard Isaac about to bless Esau and called Jacob in to put Esau's clothes and the skins on Jacob.
@@brokennation8398 that’s right. It was clearly the Creators plan. But it was Rebecca, Esau and Jacob’s mother who devised the plan to ensure that Jacob received the blessing. And Esau was happy to sell his birthright for a bowl of porridge.
@@jaijai5250 Right and in Genesis 25:34 it clearly states that Esau despised his birthright but I guess Most people skip over that scripture in an effort to demonize Jacob.
Exactly!
The Bible never describes Leah as unattractive. EVER.. It merely describes her as "Tender-Eyed"
She was unattractive to Jacob.
I always thought that it meant that she had doe-eyes, meaning she had beautiful eyes but was less attractive than her sister.
😂 everybody got preference but what comes to mind as a Leah aka Le le is men can’t every have a baby on women with functional wombs
I read that tender eyed meant a lazy eye. I guess we will never know. 🤷🏽♀️
@@RaquelCGary you could ask a rabbi if you get stuck to see what they suggest if it helps
If you notice both the King Line and Priest line came through Leah. Both lines leading to Jesus.
True. I also noted the Rachael might not have truly believed in God and so took her father’s idols. Maybe that’s why kings and priests came from Leah who would have taught them the ways of the God of Jacob.
@@nyariefortue indeed. And another lesson in the story is just because someone is attractive does not make them a good person.
@@nyariefortue great observation! God chose Leah, Jacob chose Rachel and in the end, she was highly honored by being buried with Jacob's father's and mother's. And even he requested to be buried next to his God-given wife, LEAH. What a beautiful story!
@@kinglistosas5010 in the Book of Luke you find out Mary is half Levite and half tribe of Judah. So sir you are very much mistaken.
@@kinglistosas5010 Mary's is a decendant of Nathan.Joseph is NOT Jesus Bilological Father. Only Mary's husband. Almighty God is the Father. Why do you think they made the point of going into the events that happened 6 months before Jesus was conceived in the Book of Luke. And why do you think Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary's uncle when he was in his priestly duties in the Temple.
The servant girls always make my heart ache . Those poor girls/women , they has no option
Wow! This was great. I was expecting just an animation but the revelation revealed have me analyzing actions that I've made. Please continue to do these.
I never payed attention to Leah's perspective before. First time I read it, I was too caught up in the Jacob and Rachel love story. Also, judging what was cultural practice of the time, with a 21st century view does make biblical characters seem a bit machivellian but way more fascinating lol.
So basically if a man doesn’t love you stop pushing because there is another one he loves more than you, this is a very sad story that liah had to suffer like that
She was in on it. Everyone reaped what they sowed.
I think this is a lesson from the Bible.
@@jasonwilliams8321 she also may have had to go along with what her father told her to do. Women did not have rights back then Especially not when living in their fathers household. She got the short hand of the stick period.
There's nothing this narrator will say that fits in to how everything was...and u can't change the fact that jacob love Rachel even until death, he never joked with Rachel children. The love he had for Rachel I presumed cause God to have a covenant with Joseph, not all the children Leah had 😃 Rachel was buried because there was no practice of embalming then...and how do u wish to carry an unpreserved body till the cave of macpelah? She was buried along the way towards Bethlehem. Jacob grieved for her death so much that he needed her to be buried not where he will have to go see everyday. The tomb or cave at macphelah is a family buried ground which Abraham bought...so Leah is entitled to be buried there,but Jacob never said " buried me close or next to Leah, he only asked to buried in the family cave" so what's special about Leah be buried there?? Leah was so desperate that she knew she was tricked and yet will not leave. Imagine she was married to Jacob but was still begging Rachel to give her a chance to sleep with Jacob by exchanging with her mandrakes.
It's interesting that Jesus came through Leah's line and not Rachel's.
I think Leah embraced God more than Rachel. Rachel was an idol worshipper, remember that she stole idols out of her father's house and lied so that she could keep them.
Yes bloodline is no joke to God.
Yeah and also through Judah who slept with his daughter in law thinking she was a prostitute, through Rahab the prostitute, through Ruth the moabite (pagan background). It shows us how merciful God is. Our human mentality would make sure to create a perfect ancestry line for the savior. But God chose people full of imperfections.
yes because Rachel stole her father's teraphim
@@the4cqueen148 good point
Mom used to say having a baby is nothing to be proud of, but raising a child is.
Rachel disgrace is not about her actions but about her not having children, it still is like that in certain middle eastern cultures, when a woman doesn't have kids they make her feel less and disgraced. I came from that culture!
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Jacob never had a problem that she couldn t have children. She had that problem and even had quarrels about that with Jacob. If that came from her maternal instincts, rivalry with her sister or the desire to be socially acceptable in all matters, we really don t know. But JAcob never had a problem with her not being able to have a child.
@Laura_Seicean the fact that people feel the need to defend this nonsense of gibar gabber, ridiculous, racist, misogynistic, and even at times criminal texts befuddle me!!!!!!
But again, religion that tells you, you are better than everyone else and your soul is better that everyone else's soul, why wouldn't you defend it????
If Leah was such a great person and was innocent in Laban's deception, wouldn't she feel awkward about persuing Jacob? And feel bad for him&her sister? It seems to me she had feelings for him and wanted him from the get go even though she knew he loved her sister. It seems weird for her to feel intitled to his love. If that were me and I was forced into this scenario...i would have been praying for a way out,Not helping myself to the man my sister is in love with&clearly is in love with her. By all intent and covenant Rachel was his real wife because that is who he loved& made a willing commitment to before God. Leah was against his free will and nothing to do with love or commitment. The love was never hers to begin with, she tried to buy it with children. In that way she actually was trying to steal what was never hers& initiated a rivalry with her sister. being ugly doesn't make you innocent.
I don't know. I feel uncle Laban was the real culprit here. Question is was Leah a willing participant or a pawn in her father's plan? If she was aware of it, given the culture of the time, could Leah disobey her father if he asked her to trick Jacob? What would have happened to her if she was divorced during that era? Also it must be remembered that Jacob did agree to keep Leah. How much of a choice did she have in that gentlemen's agreement? Did she have the choice to walk out of the marriage?
@@dolphineachonga555 Leah had the option to say no, just like her aunt Rebecca when being asked to marry Isaac.
It was all part of God's plan.
The twelve tribes had been predestined either Way, number 12 Signify God's fulfillment of the covenant.
Furthermore, Leah walked with God and subsequently became the mother of the Judah of whom tribe King David and Jesus Christ are the descendants
It was all THE CREATORS will. Jacob marrying Leah, Rachael and having relations with their maids Zilpah and Bilhah was preordained. It's all about the 12 tribes of Israel and the Messiah.
THE CREATORS will must be done.
THE CREATOR BLESS
Unfortunately it kinda tradition: you see it wasn't right for the youngest daughter to marry before the elders daughter
I really enjoy this explaining series of the Bible Verses. Thank you for doing them. Now I know more than before. And I look forward to the next explaining episode❤️
I was baptized, went through confirmation, not married through the church, but will be put to rest in the order of the Christ.
And I have never ever read or understood the Bible. Until I found this channel. This is brilliant learning for newbies.
a teacher helps us grow in understanding . A preacher will bring us to our knees to repent then we can be taught by a teacher unto understanding. teachers are so important and this teacher really lets you learn so as to contemplate and hence may come understanding if the Holy Spirit opens our eyes. God bless
It'll be hard understanding the Bible never having read it 🤔
Please start reading it for yourself too
This is Jerry Springer biblical style
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Its amazing how the Bible doesn't shy away from human drama..old testament is full of it!
I just met a girl named Leah, and was about to bring up this story…. but I had no idea it was this messed up. Doesn’t seem the best thing after all. 😂
My Mom was named after Leah apparently because my grandma thought she was having a Boy and the Woman in the room next to her had the opposite happen so they swapped names. My Mom and Aunts are all equally beautiful and have completely different taste in men.
Why didn’t Jacob say no to sleeping with his wive’s servants?!
This was part of the culture at the time.
I know some cultures that still do this today. The first wife allows or finds another wife for her husband to father children with, when she can't.
Actually it wasn’t part of the culture, this was just a case of two sisters who were jealous of each other and competing by trying to bear more children than the other. A man was only supposed to have one wife permitted to him and though it is not a sin to have multiple wives, it wasn’t very common among regular citizens.
Abraham did it, too.
@@jdfodio His wife Sarah told him to because she didn’t believe the prophecy that she would give birth to the promise child Issac.
People need to stop saying Leah was forced or didn’t have a choice, because she did! Her aunt Rebecca (Laban’s sister) had the opportunity to deny the proposal to marry Isaac, so women having that option was also a part of the family culture.
Instead, Leah conspired with her father to deceive a man she had witnessed laboring for her sister for 7 years!
God is merciful and compassionate when people are in humble positions, but she absolutely reaped what she sowed and her life should be a warning to any other potential “Leah’s” out there.
That is also a very good point.
Um, no where in the Bible does it indicate that Leah was "in" on it. She was also a victim.
@@no1specialtoyou789 The fact that everyone int he story reaped what they sowed suggests otherwise. Everyone gained some and lost some. Leah was spared from the dishonor of being an old maid but she lived through a loveless marriage.
In those times, having a husband was the best alternative. Remaing an old maid at the mercy of your relatives was very risky. That is why parents would make huge efforts to find a suitable husband for their dauthers rather than keep them as unmarried. Laban knew Jacob well and realised he was a good man who would treat Leah well even if she didn t love her and he was right. I think a lot of that rivalry in the family was caused by Rachel who couldn t have children and was frustrated by that. JAcob really tried to keep everyone happy regardeless of his personal feeling. And, yes, Rebbeca was asked if she wanted to marry Issac but Rebbeca as beautiful while Leah seemed not being able to find someone wiling to marry her so maybe she was in depair, maybe she wasnt happy that her husband loved another woman more but she worked the best with what she had and seemed to be able to be appreciative for what she had.
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Legends of history make learning fun!!!!!
That is true
They forgot to mention my ancestor Benjamin
I'm sure Jacob loved Leah but it wasn't a passionate love like he had for Rachel.
The verses states openly that he did not.
But she did outlive Rachel perhaps Jacob made up for lost time and grew to love his first God-given wife LEAH. After all, she's honored by being buried with his fathers and mother's and Jacob even asks to have him buried next to Leah.
@@no1specialtoyou789 wow that's deep
The Bible makes it quite clear that she was unloved.
She was not God given. Jacob’s choice was Rachael. Leah was married out of trickery.
My issues with this story is why Rachel had to suffer barrenness because of Jacob loving her and not Leah. It doesn’t seem fair for me to suffer because a man loves me and not my sister …. She didn’t ask to be loved by him
She suffers bareness not because Jacob loved her more but because she stole her father's idols and brought them into Jacob's camp..
Why would GOD bless someone who sleeping with their sisters man? Why should she have a baby by her sister husband or kids dad? She didn’t ask nor did she stop it.
Not sure Rachel was barren because she was loved by Jacob. In the end its not about who we desire but whom God chooses to bless and uplift. Jacob and his mom deceived Isaac so that he can steal Esau's birthright and then he gets deceived. God is just
@@jazzyk830 once again Jacob did not want Leah. Leah was forced upon him and him having sex with her was a duty. He wanted Rachel.
@@pearlettesealey4771 I still don’t see why Rachel had to be barren…. Jacob and his mom has very little to do with Rachel’s barrenness. Also she didn’t even get to raise her children…
"...it was still several years of his life he was never going to get back."
Yeah I know a woman like that too...
Most men are like that
@@canesugar911 Most people. Friends and toxic family waste you away
@@MsElizaRae i was responding to a comment that specifically mentioned women. Did you correct that comment? 🙄
@@canesugar911 Lol 'Correct' I was adding on.
@@MsElizaRae okay "adding". My question still stands.
Let’s not forget about Rachel’s attachment to idols and only God knows one’s hearts.
Leah and Rachael were Laban's daughters so the whole family was brought up in idolatry. Leahs sons were reprobates while Joseph and Benjamin were righteous.
@@jasonwilliams8321Not true . All son was blessed
@@Christ-Ina86 Joseph didn't shag prostitutes or participate in the genocide of an entire city state unlike his half brothers.
@@jasonwilliams8321 and the Messiah was ultimately born from Leah’s line.
@@KierstinSchwarz So?
My older sister is named Rachel and of course I, Leah. I was lonely so I gave birth to son (from a narcissistic) and he's so perfect. My sister gets the love of course.
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Leah got a generational blessing . Your blessing may be bigger . Your son might be blessing to others
For both Rachel *and* Leah, you can feel sympathy for both, yet also feel annoyed with the actions they take in trying to compete with each other in winning Jacob's love.
Rachel may be considered the more haughty and spoilt one due to her being the more popular and beautiful of the two sisters, yet I also can't imagine the pain she must have felt when the man she loved (or at least I *believe* she loved Jacob as he did her and it wasn't purely a symbol of pride and vanity on her part) being stolen away from her on her wedding day by her own sister. Understandable she'd feel some hurt and resentment towards Leah for that. Though she'd also have to realise that Leban was *really* the one at fault here and could have tried to make peace with her sister for the sake of creating a somewhar healthy and stable home (under the tough circumstances anyway).
Though also we also see Leah's pain of rejection due to always being in the shadow of her beautiful younger sister, and having the man she loves love Rachel instead. While she does *expect* too much from Jacob, as she *knew* he worked 7 years for her sister, it doesn't change the fact that it would have been painful to be married to someone who doesn't love you.
So while I sympathise with *both* Leah and Rachel, I certainly don't condone their actions of using their maidservants to produce children for them, and using it as a weapon to one-up the other and fight over their husband's love and affections.
I feel that Jacob must have had a real pain trying to keep *both* wives happy, especially Rachel the woman he loved. Plus, sharing a husband I'm sure would not be fun for *any* woman. A good reason why God meant a relationship between a man and wife to be monogamous, as a polygamous relationship is often a pit for jealousy and heartache.
The haughty moniker is given by modern feminist interpretations. the Bible gives little explanation to the characters of either women so are left to discern what we can by their actions. Rachael and Leah were the nieces of Rebekah who was described as a woman of character. We assume that Rachael wa haughty because of her looks so why then should we not assume Rebekah was being how she was very beautiful? We al know women who are pretty and homely who have character traits ranging from admirable to loathsome.
@@jasonwilliams8321 Who knows, this is all speculation after all. It's hard to know if their aunt/mother-in-law Rebekah was the woman they took after in personality or if they were more scheming and selfish like Leban. Though Rebekah herself was also a schemer (which Jacob clearly took after) due to her ploy for Jacob to deceive Isaac into thinking he was Esau so he would get his father's blessing.
Rachel is like *both* Rebekah and Leban in that she stole her father's idols and hid them underneath her and using the excuse that she had her period so Leban wouldn't touch her when he went looking the idols.
We can't be sure what Rachel and Leah were like in character but it was *very* obvious their was a strong sibling rivalry between them and jealousy as a result of having to share a husband.
If JacOB had been faithful to his wife, the FAMILY is happy without triangular relationships.
It’s not Jacob’s fault that he was tricked into marrying Leah. It’s his father-in-law’s fault. Jacob always loved Rachel. That won’t change just because he was tricked into marrying someone else.
Faithful my ass, he didn't want to marry leah in the first place
Do the story of Solomon if you havent already let me go look. Loved this one!
I feel like Jacob enjoyed this that's why he didn't stop it. Being the man, you'd think he would take control if he truly didn't want to produce all these children with these women.
Don't forget that children were necassary. They there literally there asurerance when people got old and sick. Also, the mortality rate was high. It was wise to have many children "just in case".
@@zwischenburkaundbikini2418 I know. But the fact that he did it even with the servants. I just personally believe he enjoyed the sex with all these women, and that he wasn't nessesarily a victim
@@SoraxGirl don't forget that it was the wive's idea. I do not know why Leah came up with it, but for Rachel it seemed the only way to have her "own" child.
@@SoraxGirl Sex and love are completely different. Jacob had sex with Leah simply because she had a vjj. He did not love her and it was evident.
@@SoraxGirl his wives literally told him to sleep with THEIR SERVANTS to have children. Jacob kept bending to them cause they were going to make sure he did anyway.
I love it when you do biblical stories I even share them with my family especially my children
Leah gave birth to Judah the tribe of Jesus, just saying...
@Rocky Leah was always the underdog and her character was more morally sound then Rachel who reacted as if she’s used to getting what she wants.
Can’t compare the two. Rachel should have repented, instead she just wanted to outdo her sister. Meanwhile Leah who was having children galore, was insecure and wanted Jacob’s love.
@@CrownxMe7 she doesn’t deserve Jacob’s love, she didn’t consider his feelings and thinks she could love him by marrying him upon the wedding without knowing her, kinda like I am when I was suddenly dragged into a relationship I didn’t know of and couldn’t establish a common grounds with her instead she avoided me and talk whenever she has no one else and before I know it, I could be replaced by someone more attractive and successful who’s in the same level as her...
I rejected and dumped her before that ever happened after all, I was in 2nd year in college when she’s at her final years to graduate 🎓 .... How can I keep up with her when my priorities are studies, I want someone who’s in the same level as me in my school years not someone 2 years ahead....
Yup! So Leah wins. # Team Leah.
@Rocky She slept with her HUSBAND on her wedding night, she did nothing wrong. I'm sure Jacob would not have been her first choice either. Her father kept tradition and gave jacob the firstborn sister to be married & jacob was very aware of this tradition , i don't know what made him think he was going to get away with marrying the younger daughter first. The sad part is his uncle pretty much used leah as a bargaining chip But Leah wins in the end because the bloodline of Yeshuah came through her.
@@the4cqueen148 she only “won” because she humbled herself eventually, while Rachel kept worshipping idols. Leah died seeing even her children ignored by Jacob in favor is Rachel’s firstborn. No one knows what happens after they die, so she was “robbed” of her vindication anyway.
Btw, I truly hope you never get to see a “Leah” break the heart of someone you love and cause much grief for all parties involved.
The blueprint story for The Handmaid's Tale..
The only person benefitting Here is Jacob.
Jacob:"Good guy Bad guy"
" I am the guy 🔫"😎
I don't need to have affairs.
My wives are to much good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Poor Jacob
How many?
How many more women he had to Fuck ?😔
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@@Nishom0926 😂 I agree, poor Jacob 🙄
@@chloejames4537 Sadly, people interpret the Bible to fit whatever they WANT it to say. They don't do, or practice what the Bible Actually says..if they did they should give up every belonging the own, for a start (Jesus "commands" this) many "Christian's" have not even read a Bible. And, yes, this Bible story Is what The Handmaid's Tale is based upon.. its heavy, dark stuff and shows how the Bible's word's can be manipulated by Men
Jacob is the Dutiful Husband version of johnny sin in Bible 😂
Great video, can I add that Rachel gives birth to two sons Joseph and Benjamin. She died giving birth to the last one. Leah does get Jacobs respect in sense that she is Buried with him and Rachel is not.
Rachel was buried along the way...how do u guys expect Jacob to be buried there...Jacob loved Rachel and everything from her till he breath his last...Leah gave birth to multiple sons but none make name like Rachel son Joseph...the covenant was with Rachel seed and not Leah
@@praywithhadassah you obviously havent read the Bible. Jesus came from the tribe of Judah. Judah is Jacob and Leah's 4th son...what are you talking about? Leah was his God-given wife and was honored in the end.. not Rachel.
@@no1specialtoyou789 yeah true...
@@praywithhadassah if he loved her that much he should have been buried next to her. On his deathbed he thought of Leah. Not Rachel.
I think that Leah wanted to be with Jacob and to make Rachel jealous disrespecting Rachel I feel like that Rachel and Leah didnt get Long
People are complicated man.
Why has no one made the life of Jacob a TV series. Soooo much drama
The Real Housewives of Ancient Israel : Season 1
(Season 2 will be about Solomon's wives)
The plot twists in here....😮
the premier up to the finale was already covered in one video. Wouldn't be that many episodes. Also you don't want to be cursed with adding or taking away from what's in the bible for making the series reasonable long.
@robert brooks a television series would obviously be loosely based off the og story kind of like the chosen
This is how you get students to pay attention.
This is so good! Thank you so much for explaining!
Thanks for sharing this story! 🤙🏼🙏🏻🛐
It's so fascinating! Thank you for making this video!
This is why we can't have family Thanksgiving dinners anymore!!
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I haven't been celebrating it but what makes you say this? Just curious.
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Thank you for this video. Your insight into this story is appreciated.
8:35 to be fair, the Bible does have laws surrounding barren wives, and she really could have been subject to judgement that could lead to her death.
I'm interested. Please tell me what some of those laws are.
Lol that's not true any sources ?you're making things up Hannah, Sarah etc were barren most their lives they became pregnant after prayer 🛐, they weren't killed off as you imply
I’ve never seen any such laws in the Torah (5 books of Moses), nor in Leviticus nor Numbers…where did you see these laws?
@@erica8332 they didn't say they killed they were kinda stigmatized in society. Back then if a woman couldn't bear child she was no used to her husband or his family.
The artist is on point. I can feel some occult symbology when i admire the art. 😉😉
Occultism is nothing to dabble with, though... (not at all)
Are you sure you have the correct narrative. Is it not about God and Tribes and nations. I think Rachel had struggled very much( seeing it from a woman's viewpoint) She maybe didn't give birth first or marry first, to the man who actually loved her. She struggled with great emotions not just jealousy. Nevertheless, they are all in God's account of history with multiple lessons
Thank You for your channel. Maybe a Comprehensive Story on “Tartarus” would be a revelation in these unusual Times?
Looks like the real winner was Jacob 🤣
Oh come on
He degraded into a child making machine.
Even though he still got to hit lots of women
@@olamideifarajimi3292 ohh no how terrible. A wealthy and chosen man was forced to produce offspring
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A spin off MOVIE of this Bible story is: Like Water for Chocolate,
Enjoy
It's also a book and I noticed the similarities when my teacher was explaining the plot
Great vid! I never heard the story broken down that way...makes a lot of sense.
Rachel also then had a second son and his name is Benjamin. You forgot about him. Then she died from childbirth.
I enjoy this channel more than any teacher.
21:52 It’s kind of like doing the dishes, I think ( lol!)
Like with your sibling, you split the chores or tv time if you want something out of them
Why is Rachel being blamed for 'sullying the marriage' when one- Jacob already has another wife so there isn't much loyalty on his end and two-While it may have been her idea JACOB is the one that slept with the servant. And the text even implies that God was 100% on board with the whole servant surrogate plot. It seems like it was significantly more acceptable back then.
Also how did this guy not have a single daughter?
He did, her name was Dinah...
We got to open the Bible for ourselves sometime not let utube do all the story telling
These are examples for our growth and to gives us understanding on how the Hebrew nation came about
Think that each biblical book was written from the perspective of the prevailing culture which was mostly patriarchal. Though few of the prominent women were mentioned and were written about( Ruth, Esther, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah). You're right. Rachel didn't sully her marriage. It was common practice then and some cultures still do it today. Also the man having multiple wives and mistresses wasn't a problem then.
Jacob had become apathetic he knew he was being tricked and deceived and he was just eating every trick he dished out. This is why he wrestled with the angel till he blessed him. He was a guy that knew the world was a revolving door but after his uncle and his wives used him he had enough and wanted God to just give him a fresh start.
Leah is an example of unrequited love she wanted the love of Jacob but it was not there to begin with.
Rachel is an example of desired love she thought that by not having children her husband would not desire her but he had the love there for Rachel even though she was barren.
The main lesson here is humility. It was only until Rachel became humble she got a child when she realized that it's not about competition and vanity but all must humble before God and receive. A telling and useful tale.
No biblical support for any off what you said.
@@jasonwilliams8321 there’s no need for it’s a observation which everyone is entitled to.
Weak eyes are said to mean blindness. She was someone no one would have married back then because she would have been seen as a burden, even if she was only slightly vision-challenged. Where do you get anything about him not being turned on by her? Laban and his daughters made this pack to secure their stay at home and continuing wealth. He's a foreigner - to tie him down with multiple families was to guarantee his need to stay and work in their land. The bible doesn't show a rivalry, but a breeding competition - something country folk do to this day. Had they any hostility over him, one would not have sold him to the other for mandrakes...
I feel like we always try to lessen the fact that it really was a discussion about their looks: Leah was not beautiful and Rachel was gorgeous. So many women over time try to explain well it was Leah’s confidence or her something, but the Bible does not mince words around calling a woman beautiful or plain. I do think that this story underscores where the Bible states: man looks on the outward appearance but God looks at the heart. Remember Xerxes brings out Vashti to show off her beauty? Remember Esther…initially it was for her beauty. Sarah? Also. Rahab? Yep. So the problem is within us humans, that we focus on this outward appearance, that respect and attention is divided unto it. Jacob was tricked because he tricked Esau, it’s a story of how God works with us. Now as for Leah, I resonate with her, she was simply a victim of other people’s sin.
Very true ! The Bible even describes the men as beautiful . Saul, David, Daniel, Solomon, Moses, Joseph. All handsome men and that their looks helped them be respected and loved by the people around them
@@mochajocabed ohh yes good point!! Thank you!
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Amen! God chose Leah, Jacob chose Rachel. In the end, Leah was honored not only by being buried next to her husband Jacob but also the mother of which Jesus descends from through Judah their (Jacob and Leah) son. My heart is for Leah people assume she was in on her father's deceptive plan but the Bible doesn't tell us, so she surely was the victim of others sin yet God still honored her and blessed her.
@@no1specialtoyou789 God did not choose Leah otherwise He would have made her palatable to Jacob instead of dooming her to a life of rejection and lovelessness. God simply worked around man's screw ups.
Why are women ordering the men to sleep with servants etc? I thought men were the ones in charge?
Hi there yes some women seem to think this. Not saying you;just saying.
Who are the women "ordering" men to sleep with servants?
Rachel was barren and became jealous of Leah. God’s plan was for Jacob to have many children but it ended up turning into a competition between the women.. God specifically opened Leah’s womb and closed Rachel’s in order to fulfill the prophecy of the 12 children of Jacob.
1. God pitied Leah because she cared for Jacob.
2. Had Jacob impregnated Rachel from the beginning, the 12 tribes would not have been born.
Jacob could have refused just as Abraham could have. But in both scenarios the men desired children. Therefore they sleep with extra women. And it is easier in the relationship if it’s the wife’s idea and not the mans.
The Sister's "servant women" were slaves. Slaves have to do as their Master/Mistress tell them..
The only person benefitting Here is Jacob.
Jacob:"Good guy Bad guy"
" I am the guy 🔫"😎
I don't need to have affairs.
My wives are to much good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Poor Jacob
How many?
How many more women he had to Fuck ?😔
Very well made video, thank you!
Men really love beauty more than character!!
When Rachel finally realized her errors to God I was like "Finally, for a moment there I thought God would have to give Leah a full legion of children before this woman finally learned something!"
Anyway, great video like always, really looking forward to see the tale of Joseph, who is my favorite biblical character alongside Moses and Solomon (Jesus is someone apart)
YOU SOUND RIDICULOUS RACHEL DID NOTHING WRONG LEAH DID! SHE KNEW JACOB WAS BEING TRICKED INTO SLEEPING WITH HER AND SHE WENT ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE SHE WAS JEALOUS OF RACHEL! STOP LYING
THE ONLT VICTIM IN THIS ENTIRE STORY IS RACHEL! SHE WAS BETRAYED BY HER FATHER FIANCE AND SISTER
@@H.R.H-Amina_Bin_Shafiq-SHAKTI Okay, but there's really a need to scream at me? I don't understand where this rage come from. You disagree with what I said? That's cool, I have no problem with that. If you wanted we could have discussed calmly about our points, but I'm feeling you're not keen on that, oh well.
@@lucasbranc I OBVIOUSLY JUST LIKE TALKING IN ALL CAPS! THIS PARABLE EVOKES NO EMOTIONS IN ME HAPPY OR SAD OR MAD.
This was actually funny😂
I’m not sure how hard you dug into this story, considering you left out a few things that other books mention, such as The Legends of The Jews: They were twins, Leah was only older by a few minutes, this is part of why it was so easy for Laban to fool Jacob. The reason Leah was the less desirable is because “weak eyes” refers to poor eyesight, and due to the demanding physical duties of a wife she needed to be physically fit in able to work. Remember, that was one of the things they mention about Rebekah that made her a good candidate for Isaac, they sought a maid who could carry A LOT of water. The reason Jacob desired Rachel so much is simple, THE LORD controls the hearts. You just said it was his love for her that made him endure bondage, which is how The Lord chooses to shape his children. Everything that happened is because of God, and his Glory. Rachel scarified The mandrakes to him, and declares he alone controls the womb, then she’s given Joseph then Benjamin. God is Sovereign, all things are by his design, happening according to his will. You’re a vessel, fitted for honor or fitted for destruction. Either way, He’s The Potter, hallelujah! Amen.
Amen!!
Hallelujah!!
So poor eyesight was a reason that no man was willing to step up and marry her?
@@jasonwilliams8321 If you read my comment, it explains why that would be a big issue to men at that time.
I need to learn more about these historical figures for research purposes...
This story is the true definition of a baby shower.
Excellent video also do you think it’s possible if you can do a video on The Battotai who were a special police squad formed in Japan by the Meiji Government in 1877 during the Satsuma Rebellion.
When Rachel says, ‘God has removed my disgrace”, I thought she was referring to her baroness.
@@mayebouee8099 This video says it’s in reference to her ways.
She worshipped idols.
@@the4cqueen148 yes she stole have father's idols..
No one thinks of the hand maids. They are treated as nothing. Less of human. Neither of them were loved
Rachael the original mean girl🤣
Yes she was.
No, she wasn’t. She was frustrated with the mess her father and sister created. They should not have interfered in her love affair with Jacob
@@LL949her father plotted by himself. The Bible doesn't say Leah had any involvement, she was also a victim.
Srewed out of her rightful marriage to Jacob as his first wife by Laban's treachery.....how was that mean?
@@no1specialtoyou789 Everyone in the story reaped what they sowed. Leah had a loveless marriage and her sons were regarded less by Jacob. Rachael died prematurely but gave birth to the most righteous man in the family.
you should do a video on King Leonidas
I get it. Corinthians 14 I think it is. The interpretation. There's two tongues. The Bible is told in two tongues. Jesus Christ. and lil old satan. And it's up to us to decipher who is speaking.
There is nothing more beautiful than natural beauty the Bible teaches us many ways of doing so. It also teaches so it's the 10 commandments. Greed. Pride. And envy are from the devil. You harvest what you plant. And I'm so sad things like this have to happen. God will permit us to go to certain things so we can grow from them and learn from our mistakes. The laws from before are different from now but I will stick with the ten commandments and my faith in the Lord
LEAH EYES WAS NOT ON LUST. HER SISTER WAS
Your sources?
Love these stories
May God forbid this from happening to any person I rather be alone than deal with all this effed up bullshit.ewwwww🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is why you have one wife and one husband.
@@MrSophire true.
This was because Leah had a more deceptive appearance, and Rachels face had a more open one, and were told that this was because a woman's face was to remain covered, because of the angels she has more faces. I learned about this in ancient archaeology studies class.
Jacob is the Dutiful version of johnny sin in Bible 😂
Excellent commentary.
Rachel made Leah to enter in the marriage. Jacob and Rachel had signs to recognize each other because Laban was known as the Deceiver. When Rachel saw her sister, Leah, coming in the nuptial bedroom, she thought : "Leah can't stand up the public shame ." Then, she gave the signs to Leah and went in under the bed in order to lend her voice. Read The Jewish Women Encyclopedia= Rachel aggadah. Rachel was jewish. So, I red in some jewish texts. Without Rachel's deed, never Leah would get married Jacob. Rachel shared heroically her man.
Nice fan fiction.
Poor leah I birthed 4 children and I never had his love. But no regrets because God gave me blessings with my children and in my suffering I found God
You cannot "deserve"love.
My 3rd son is Levi humanity's Greatest warrior against Titans
You know it's crazy how GOD works because Rachel's only son Joseph turned out to be greatly used by GOD & GOD used him to save his whole family from the famine
Rachel had Benjamin also and died in labor.
Their God needed low vibrations for his Children to come true them, So not until Rachael is not Happy feeling jealous and resentment towards her sister, Then they were able to Conceive their Spirit Children
A spin-off movie is: Like Water for Chocolate
Enjoy 😉
He needed them to Let Go. Sometime you can’t until all else (your own plans) fails.
vibrations especially low vibrations ,high vibrations were not Biblical ,Torahic ideas ,concepts in the Bible especially the Old Testament and the new testaments in the Bible and in the Torah do not put your Harry Potter Satanic ,Luciferian dungeons and dragons fantasy anti-Christian ,Christianphobic ,anti-Biblical ,Biblephobic ,anti-Torahic ,Torahicphobic anti-Jewish,Judeophobic ,anti-Semitic wizardry ,witchcraft ,sorcery ,the occult ,occultic theosophy theosophy,paganism ,pagan ,black magic ,dark magic ,devil worshipping ,satan worshipping ,magic ,magical concepts ,ideas muddled up in the Bible especially the Old Testament, the New Testament in the Bible and the Torah where it does not belong the Bible is the only for G-d’s chosen elect of the one hundred forty four thousand not you .
Awesome analysis
I LOVE the way you explained their rivalry . Every minister that I've ever heard preach about it, always seemed to speak from a " Poor Leah " point of view and that's it . But you brought out their whole range of emotions so well . I believe the REAL lesson we should take from this is how CORRUPT marriage can be, when you take more than 1 wife or husband . Or as the bible puts it, " A slave cannot serve 2 masters, or he will learn to love the one and hate the other . I find it disheartening, how even after having so many children, Leah's sons still were not loved as much as Rachel's child was . Jacob even cursed his sons once he was reunited with him after the king of Egypt took him into captivity . As for Jacob being treated like a servant, I think he was just enjoying his nightly " pimp duties ", since all it required was sleeping with a different woman every night . I mean, come ON, this guy needed no Viagara back in those days .
@vernomlily16 No,no and no! Rachel can be complained: neither Leah. Rachel lost so much. Leah won so much. Rachel and Jacob made a recognition password each other for the wedding night. The father, Laban, was known as The Cheater everywhere. They suspected a misdeed from him. But big surprise ! Laban pushed Leah in the wedding bedroom in Rachel's identity ! When Rachel saw that, she knew Leah could stand the very deep shame by rejecting. Rachel, official fiancée, gave ( sorrow in soul) the password to her sister. Rachel was an human being as you, me. All the night, Jacob called the name of Rachel whilz making love Leah, in reality.That's why, Jacob hated Leah. Because of her, he worked 7 years in additional. Before, Leah cried a long time to avoid getting married with Essau. That's why, Leah behaved in that way. It is the explanation. Leah praised to getting married Jacob before Rachel. Then, Rachel deserves respect. She is a hero. No girl shares a man with another.No one! In love, there's no mercy. Result: Leah bought trouble in Rachel's life. Why? because Jacob loved her. Leah argued Rachel. Leah'sons hated Rachel ( it seems) All her lifetime, Leah was jealous of Jacob's love for Rachel. Leah is righteous but was very unfair with her sister. Why her jealousy ? weird. How long time did Leah love Jacob? Before or after her wedding ? question ! Leah is righteous except grateful with Rachel. You think. For love for Leah, Rachel, while her wedding, let another woman sleep with her man. It was very awful. (Leah betrayed her sister) But, she condamned herself. Dina means "judgement". Information source : jewish texts=the Old Testament. Memory: Leah, Rachel, David, Salomon, Abraham, Esaie, Jeremy..... were jewish.
@@myriamv7551 I don't get HOW ON EARTH you could make such a ridiculous claim against Leah . Don't you know Leah HAD NO CHOICE in the matter ? Laban was the knieving one, I admit that, but Leah was thrown into this marriage AGAINST HER WILL . What woman in her RIGHT MIND would want to be some stranger's SUBSTITUTE LOVER, especially if that stranger worked 7 long years just to marry HER SISTER ! Furthermore even the bible says, the Lord took pity on Leah . God knew that Jewish customs PREVENTED a woman from being able to speak her mind on such matters and he knew she was being mistreated BECAUSE she wasn't Rachel . And whether you agree or not, no matter WHAT Leah did to try to please this husband she didn't want, nothing good she did or gave to him pleased him . Back in those days, having many children was considered a blessing and it brought you a great deal of respect from others around you, but not for Leah . You'd have to be PLUMB DUMB, to not see how much it must've hurt Leah to be thrown into a marriage she wasn't wanted for in the first place .
@@venomlily1651 I was removed my comment. But it's better to let it. In the Jewish Women Archive : write "Leah", then click on "Leah: midrash and aggadah". There's also : "Leah bible". Leah wanted Jacob to avoid her intended , Essau, who was wicked. Without Rachel's love and help, Leah would have been in a very deep shame and enbarrassment. Then, God helped her.
@@venomlily1651 You believe that Leah didn't marry Jacob by choice but why would she try to continuously one-up her sister for a man she didn't want? She wanted Jacob's love and affection. Why would a woman want love from a man she didn't want in the first place? Though the text doesn't tell us this, it appears that Leah conspired with her father, Laban, to deceive Jacob into marrying her.
@@shayemoore READ THE BIBLE before you start drawing the wrong assumptions about Leah ! First of all, IF you read the bible, you would know that back in those days, a woman was supposed to love her husband REGARDLESS of whether he loved her or not . Women had NO SAY, in the matter . They were treated little better than cattle . Also, if you can so easily see Leah as the bad guy, what about Rachel's treatment of Leah ? I think it's pitiful at best, how you can talk against Leah for doing the SAME THING Rachel HERSELF was guilty of, all while sweeping under the rug any deceitful acts Rachel did . Laban was the one who set both Leah AND Rachel up for disaster, and why did God permit Jacob to be tricked by Laban ? Because Jacob HIMSELF started the deceit, when he tricked his own brother and STOLE his birthright, his blessing which would have come to Esau from God, THROUGH his father . Like the old saying goes, " Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive ." Jacob got what he deserved and so did Rachel for taunting her sister for not being Jacob's favorite . If God Himself chose to bless Leah with so many children after seeing the way she was treated, then who are YOU to question it ? CASE CLOSED .
I have a real soft spot for Leah because I can relate to her in so many ways. As someone who has had to deal with being pushed aside, I know this feelings all too well. She is on character in the bible that my heart goes out too deeply. No woman deserves to feel this way but seeing how she endures gives me hope for the future.
Rachel was barren because she was an idol worshiper, she was beautiful yes but putting her faith in her father's fake gods.
Leah put her Faith in the Most High GOD, proof of the matter, JESUS came from Leah's lineage, God is Faithful. She was the chosen one. When she died she's was buried next to her husband Jacob. Rachel was buried far somewhere on the road. You rippe what you sow.
But what did Rachel do to deserve that exactly? She only reciprocated a love for a man who loved her back. There’s no wrong in that
The side chicks definitely ain't gonna agree with this one lol
the most high is not G-d’s title the the lord is the real title of G-d it is a label the most high is a label created by black supremacist fake reverse racist Hebrew Israelites.
@@albinakemet you’re off topic..what are you saying?
@@Esmeb89547 I am not off topic do not say I am off topic when I am not off topic you know what I am saying .
Speaking from personal experience, yes, I think Leah did draw closer to God since he was the only one who really cared about her, and proved it by enabling her to have the children she needed for comfort and some honor, since she already felt so dishonored and uncared about by everyone else.
In my experience, I have become much closer to God during my suffering in the past couple of years since my Mom passed. She and I were extremely close and she was a devout Christian.
I had the loss to work through, and on top of that, dealing with a narcissist who kept imposing on me until she found she couldn't any more, so she stomped out of my life, sort of.
Then she launched a vengeance/hate/cyber-bullying campaign against me, which she'll probably never stop. Back when she thought I was cool, she used to randomly rant about whoever in her past that she hated for whatever reason.
In all my experiences during the past few years, I have turned to God more than I did in the past. I feel closer to him now than I ever have, and videos like this have helped me to start understanding, more than any Bible study or just simply reading it on my own.
Heart breaks often leads a woman to God.
It's a lesson we could learn from Leah, her heart break lead her to God and in the end she was highly blessed and favored.
But Leah had natural and legitimate children 🤷🏽♀️
That part 💯 all these side chicks are pressed when they read this story
@@no1specialtoyou789 LOL
So did Rachael -Joseph and Benjamin. As well Leah pimped her maid out too.
Did you forget about Benjamin?
Offspring of Rachel
@@nantashawheeler8942 That's right. But he didn't mention that.
Benjamin came along much later in the story after the sister's baby race had ended.
Rachel also never suffered the terrible emotional abuse of being rejected or at least ignored as "having weak eyes" or being considered less attractive.