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Genesis 29 Bible study: This time I will praise
Jacob served seven years for Rachel and was given Leah instead: the man who had come to his father as the firstborn was told "It is not done so… to give the younger before the firstborn." The LORD saw that Leah was hated and gave her four sons, and with the fourth she said, "This time I will praise the LORD." That son, Judah, is the one from whom Jesus comes.
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“She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.”
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“Laban tells Jacob the younger isn't given before the firstborn.”
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What's really going on
Rachel at the well
At a well near Haran, shepherds tell Jacob they know Laban, and "See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep" (29:4-6). The stone over the well is large, and the shepherds wait for all the flocks to gather before they roll it away (29:2-3, 8). When Jacob sees Rachel, he "went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock" (29:10). Then he kisses her, "and lifted up his voice, and wept" (29:11).
Where it leads to Jesus
Out of Judah
Genesis 29:35leads toHebrews 7:14
Leah names her fourth son Judah: "This time I will praise the LORD" (29:35). Matthew's list of Jesus' ancestors runs through him, "Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers" (Matthew 1:2), and Hebrews says "our Lord has sprung out of Judah" (Hebrews 7:14).
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- Seven years that seemed like a few days
- "In the morning, behold, it was Leah!"
- The LORD saw Leah
- Out of Judah
- The God who sees affliction
- 13 questions as you read
- 7 more Hebrew words
- A short check at the end
- Your notes, saved as you go
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The Hebrew word behind it
יְהוּדָהYehudahsay ye-hoo-DAH
Strong's derives the name from yadah (H3034) and gives "celebrated". Leah explains it: "This time I will praise the LORD", using yadah, which Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses "give thanks, laud, praise" in this form (29:35). Jacob uses the same verb when he blesses him: "Judah, your brothers will praise you" (49:8). Hebrews says, "our Lord has sprung out of Judah" (Hebrews 7:14).
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Genesis 29 Bible study questions
- 1Jacob, who deceived his father, was deceived by Laban. What do you make of how this chapter echoes chapter 27?
- 2"The LORD saw that Leah was hated." How does it help to know that God sees people others overlook?
- 3Leah's hope for her husband's love didn't come true, and with Judah she said, "This time I will praise the LORD." What would it look like to praise God before your situation changes?
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