What a different culture is displayed in Genesis 29 and 30. It is so different to see a man having so many wives and children from various women. I think it is interesting that the tribes of Israel grew from the strife of two sisters who were both fighting for the love of Jacob.
When Jacob approaches Laban in Genesis 30:25-26 about leaving to his own land was it greed that motivated Laban? Knowing what is coming in the next chapters makes me wonder about if Laban truly understood that God was blessing Jacob? I know God used Jacob’s time with Laban to bless him and build up a fortune for him but I find my self wondering about what the people side of the story. Laban is Jacob’s uncle so there is a family bond there but yet I think a father doesn’t want to that easily give up his daughters. You wonder if Laban had memories how he never saw Rebekah after she left and he would like to keep his daughters around as long as he could. Also why did Jacob know to but the striped branches in the water? There is so much that is left unanswered in the stories of the Bible but the core story that God wants us to know is always intact.
