Identifier: bibleitsstory58horn (find matches)
Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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tors have un-happily suggested may mean sore-eyed orsquinting; but one hates todisfigurement as added to theunhappy Leah. Jacob thoughtfor his heart was already goneHe promptly offered to serve Laban seven years forthe younger sisters hand. The father consented,and the years sped by, seeming to Jacob but a fewdays, for the love he had to her. When, however,the time was completed, Laban had the wedding heldat night, and cunningly substituted Leah for Rachelin the ceremony; nor did Jacob know of the deceituntil the next day. He was enraged; but Laban paci-fied him by giving him Rachel also to be his wife,on condition that he should serve yet another sevenyears in repayment. Thus both the daughters were wedded to Jacob. Leahs lot, however, was sad indeed; for he loved her not. She gave him four sons and afterwards other children, while Rachel for a long time had none; yet Jacob clung to Rachel, and at length he openly hated Leah. She sank to be little more than a servant in the household
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®()e jFligfjt from J^aran BY LUCA GIORDANO, A NEAPOLITAN, THE LAST OF THE GREAT ITALIAN ARTISTS, DIED 1705.J, So he fled with all that he had.—Gen., SI, 21. AT LENGTH Jacob matched his own guileagainst that of Laban. When he had servedhis fourteen years and proved himself byfar the ablest man of all the household, Laban en-treated him to stay for other wages. So they agreedthat all the striped and spotted animals in Labansflocks and herds were to be Jacobs. Then Jacobso arranged, by placing striped and spotted sticksbefore the beasts, that all the best of the young herdswere his, and he grew rich. Again and again Labanchanged the form of the arrangement as to which ofthe new cattle were to be Jacobs; but always thechange worked to Jacobs advantage, the favor ofGod was with him. Laban and especially Labanssons became furious, until Jacob, watching them,knew that he must go away. He summoned his twowives secretly to him in the field, and bade themgather all his household goods. Then

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