Old Testament - Genesis 29:31 - 30:45 - (Tribes of Israel Begin - Pt. 2)
Channel: Calvary Chapel Windward
Date: 2016-02-08

Old Testament - Genesis 29:31 - 30:45 - (Tribes of Israel Begin - Pt. 2) - CC Windward - Pastor Tim

Old Testament - Genesis 29:31 - 30:45 - Tribes of Israel Begin - Pt. 2 - Calvary Chapel Windward - OAHU, HAWAII - Pastor Tim Newman - From Local Olelo / Oceanic / Time Warner Cable show "A View from Calvary" - Episode #: - Original Air Date: 6/10/2012 A.D.

PASTOR TIM's NOTES:

Genesis 29:31-30:43
“The Tribes of Israel Begin”
part two
1. Leah hopes to be APPRECITATED by winning the birth wars.
Vs. 31-35
1a. The need for APPRECIATION is seen in the contrast of these two wives.
One is loved and the other is unloved
God opens the womb of one of them and not the other
1b. The hope for APPRECIATION is seen in the names of the first three sons.
Leah gives birth to Rueben
Reuben means “look, a son.”
Leah gives birth to Simeon
Simeon means “the Lord has heard.”
Leah gives birth to Levi
Levi means “attachment,”
Leah may have given up on being loved and just hoped for attachment.
1c. The need for APPRECIATION is now given to the LORD.
Leah gives birth to Judah
Judah means “praise.”
Here Leah made no plea for love or improved relations with her husband. She had
given up.
2. Rachel’s ANGER will lead to 4 more children in the birth wars.
Chapter 30
Vs. 1-13
2a. Rachel’s ANGER is now focused on her husband.
The ROOT of the anger is envy Prov 23:17-18
The opposite of Envy is contentment. 1 Tim 6:6
 Paul says that contentment is something he has learned.
Phil 4:11-13

2b. Rachel’s ANGER will lead to a third and fourth wife.
Dan means “judged” or “vindicated.” “
Was God setting things right?
NO! This is all Rachel.
Bilhah’s second child is born- Naphtali means “wrestlings.”
Leah will now give her handmaiden to be wife #4
Gad means “good fortune,” and Asher means “happy.”
3. Rachel hopes for an ADVANTAGE by bargaining for a secret ingredient.
Vs. 14-24
3a. Rachel is placing her hope for a son on a bunch of
mandrakes.
Her belief if based on superstition and not faith. Song 7:13
3b. Rachel has no ADVANTAGE as Leah gives birth to two more sons.
Leah gives birth to a 5th son- Issachar
The text is explicit that Leah’s renewed fertility comes from God.
Issachar means “wages,” a name that Leah ironically employs to denigrate
Rachel’s making her hire Jacob with the mandrakes.
Leah gives birth to a 6th son- Zebulun
Leah also gives birth to a daughter named Dinah
3c. Rachel’s only ADVANTAGE is that God remembers her
lowly state.
Rachel gives birth to Joseph
“The LORD has taken away my reproach”
Rom 5:20
4. Jacob makes an AGREEMENT with Laban for his wages.
Vs. 25-36
4a. Jacob makes an AGREEMENT with Laban so he can return
home.

Deut 18:10-12
Laban was all about the money.
“Laban knew the price of everything and the value of nothing”.
4b. Jacob makes an AGREEMENT with Laban for his wages
Jacob now requests the opportunity to remove certain
sheep, lambs and goats based on the markings.
What’s Jacob doing here?
Jacob is trusting the Lord- he really is ready to go home.
5. Jacob believes he can ARRANGE a scheme in order to increase his flocks
Vs. 37-43
5a. Jacob will ARRANGE striped sticks in order to influence the birth rate of the flocks.
5b. Jacob will ARRANGE to have the stronger flocks and weaker flocks separated.
Jacob’s flocks did prosper and become more numerous.
5c. Jacob’s ARRANGEMENTS were not the cause of his prosperity.
Jacob had become a rich, rich man.
Moreover, Jacob’s prosperity did not rest on dishonesty.
He was absolutely truthful and equitable in his dealings with Laban. And his wealth had
come quickly!
His prosperity rested solely upon God’s blessing.
 Luke 1:46-48



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