†. Gen 29:32 . . Leah conceived and bore a son, and named him
Reuben; for she declared: The Lord has seen my affliction. Now
my husband will love me.
Reuben's name is from Re'uwben (reh-oo-bane') which means: See; a son!
Children do have a way of bonding a (normal) man to their mother. It
doesn't always work, but often does.
†. Gen 29:33 . . She conceived again and bore a son, and declared;
This is because The Lord heard that I was unloved and has given me
this one also. So she named him Simeon.
Simeon's name is Shim'own (shim-one') which means: hearing. Leah was
obviously a woman of prayer and had no reservations about sharing her
personal problems with the god of her choice.
†. Gen 29:34 . . Again she conceived and bore a son and declared;
This time my husband will become attached to me, for I have borne
him three sons. Therefore he was named Levi.
Levi's name is Leviy (lay-vee') which means: attached.
Jacob was indeed a family man now. In spite of his romantic passions for
Rachel, he would never again feel the same way about Leah. She could
never be just another woman in the house now that she was the mother of
his children. Jacob couldn't help but feel bonded to her. God's idea worked.
You say: how do I know it worked? Because the next boy was named in
gratitude to God for saving the marriage.
†. Gen 29:35 . . She conceived again and bore a son, and declared;
This time I will praise The Lord. Therefore she named him Judah.
Then she stopped bearing.
Well done! And Judah was a real honor too. His became the tribe of Israel's
kings; and from them descended David, and Christ.
The scheme God implemented to bond Jacob to Leah would probably not
work with men like Esau. Not all guys are cut out to be family men. But
Jacob was definitely cut out for it because he was a man who liked being
home at night (Gen 25:27).
Cont.
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Reuben; for she declared: The Lord has seen my affliction. Now
my husband will love me.
Reuben's name is from Re'uwben (reh-oo-bane') which means: See; a son!
Children do have a way of bonding a (normal) man to their mother. It
doesn't always work, but often does.
†. Gen 29:33 . . She conceived again and bore a son, and declared;
This is because The Lord heard that I was unloved and has given me
this one also. So she named him Simeon.
Simeon's name is Shim'own (shim-one') which means: hearing. Leah was
obviously a woman of prayer and had no reservations about sharing her
personal problems with the god of her choice.
†. Gen 29:34 . . Again she conceived and bore a son and declared;
This time my husband will become attached to me, for I have borne
him three sons. Therefore he was named Levi.
Levi's name is Leviy (lay-vee') which means: attached.
Jacob was indeed a family man now. In spite of his romantic passions for
Rachel, he would never again feel the same way about Leah. She could
never be just another woman in the house now that she was the mother of
his children. Jacob couldn't help but feel bonded to her. God's idea worked.
You say: how do I know it worked? Because the next boy was named in
gratitude to God for saving the marriage.
†. Gen 29:35 . . She conceived again and bore a son, and declared;
This time I will praise The Lord. Therefore she named him Judah.
Then she stopped bearing.
Well done! And Judah was a real honor too. His became the tribe of Israel's
kings; and from them descended David, and Christ.
The scheme God implemented to bond Jacob to Leah would probably not
work with men like Esau. Not all guys are cut out to be family men. But
Jacob was definitely cut out for it because he was a man who liked being
home at night (Gen 25:27).
Cont.
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