Bible History
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9-11. While he yet spake with them, Rachel came--Among the pastoral tribes the young unmarried daughters of the greatest sheiks tend the flocks, going out at sunrise and continuing to watch their fleecy charges till sunset. Watering them, which is done twice a day, is a work of time and labor, and Jacob rendered no small service in volunteering his aid to the young shepherdess. The interview was affecting, the reception welcome, and Jacob forgot all his toils in the society of his Mesopotamian relatives. Can we doubt that he returned thanks to God for His goodness by the way?
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Outline
1 Jacob comes to the well of Haran
9 Jacob meets Rachel
13 Jacob is entertained by Laban
18 He covenants for Rachel
23 Jacob is deceived with Leah
28 Jacob marries Rachel also, and serves for her seven years
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32 Leah bears Reuben
33 Simeon
34 Levi
35 and Judah
Map of the World of Abraham
The World of Abraham, the first Hebrew
Ancient Customs
Well stones
Roll the stone from the well's mouth
Names Significance
Flocks of Sheep
High day
Men Kissing
Marrying relatives
Weak eyed
Brides Bought
Marriage Feast
The Eldest Marries First
Handmaid
Praise the LORD
Geography
The land of the people of the east.
Haran
The Old Testament
Genesis Resources
Creation
Adam and Eve
The
Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob
and the 12 Tribes
Joseph
and Egypt