The Jacob-Rachel-Leah Story
It is recommended that the series “A New Way to View The Women of the Bible,” “Women are Equal to Men,” and “Jacob and Esau Birthrights and Blessings” be read before reading the posts in this series.
Review of the previous post.
The previous post, post number 7 of 8, discussed Rachel’s theft of Laban’s idols.
Preview of this post.
This post, post number 8 of 8, presents a short discussions of a conclusion that might be drawn from this story.
- Conclusion
By viewing Jacob, Rachel and Leah as human beings, the moral teaching of the story is made pertinent and accessible to readers and listeners. The story remains as pertinent and poignant for today’s audience as it was for the audience in Ancient Times and as it will be to future audiences.
This is the final post of this series.