Genesis 29 – More deceit, and Jacob marries Rachel and Leah

Read Genesis 29

- V15-30, Jacob is deceived by Laban, his own relative. Do you think this was part of the punishment intended by God to help Jacob realise how wrong his own deceitfulness had been ?

- V23-25, how could Jacob do all this without realising it was Leah instead of Rachel ?... do you think he had too much to drink at the feast ?...or was it simply too dark to tell ? … do you know people who have done things they’ve regretted the following day ?...can we learn anything from this ?

- V30, marrying two people may bring problems in itself, but to love one more than the other is surely a recipe for disaster !...but it is also a flaw within Jacob which arises later on too. In what ways must we guard from favouritism in our families, and at church ?