Laban Deceives Jacob the Deceiver

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Laban Deceives Jacob the Deceiver

• Genesis 291-30

Presented by Bob DeWaay September 4, 2005
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Jacob Goes to Haran to Find a Wife

• Genesis 291
• Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the
  land of the sons of the east.

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Isaac Sent Jacob to Laban

• Genesis 281, 2
• So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and
  charged him, and said to him, You shall not take
  a wife from the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to
  Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your
  mother's father and from there take to yourself
  a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's
  brother.

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Like Isaacs Servant Jacob Comes to a Well

• Genesis 292
• And he looked, and saw a well in the field, and
  behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there
  beside it, for from that well they watered the
  flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well
  was large.

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Several Flocks Were Herded in this Area

• Genesis 293
• When all the flocks were gathered there, they
  would then roll the stone from the mouth of the
  well, and water the sheep, and put the stone back
  in its place on the mouth of the well.

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Jacobs Parents Told Him to Find Laban, His Uncle

• Genesis 294, 5
• And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are
  you from? And they said, We are from Haran.
  And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son
  of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

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Rachel is Coming

• Genesis 296
• And he said to them, Is it well with him? And
  they said, It is well, and behold, Rachel his
  daughter is coming with the sheep.

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Jacob Asks Why They Are Wasting Time

• Genesis 297, 8
• And he said, Behold, it is still high day it
  is not time for the livestock to be gathered.
  Water the sheep, and go, pasture them. But they
  said, We cannot, until all the flocks are
  gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth
  of the well then we water the sheep.

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Echoes of Genesis 24

• Genesis 299
• While he was still speaking with them, Rachel
  came with her father's sheep, for she was a
  shepherdess.

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Jacob Takes Immediate Action

• Genesis 2910
• And it came about, when Jacob saw Rachel the
  daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the
  sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob
  went up, and rolled the stone from the mouth of
  the well, and watered the flock of Laban his
  mother's brother.

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Jacobs Joy at Finding A Relative and Possible
Wife

• Genesis 2911, 12
• Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted his voice
  and wept. And Jacob told Rachel that he was a
  relative of her father and that he was Rebekah's
  son, and she ran and told her father.

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Labans Enthusiastic Response

• Genesis 2913
• So it came about, when Laban heard the news of
  Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him,
  and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him
  to his house. Then he related to Laban all these
  things.

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God Has Providentially Led and Protected Jacob
Thus Far

• Genesis 2914, 15
• And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone
  and my flesh." And he stayed with him a month.
  Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my
  relative, should you therefore serve me for
  nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?

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Older and Younger Motif

• Genesis 2916, 17
• Now Laban had two daughters the name of the
  older was Leah, and the name of the younger was
  Rachel. And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was
  beautiful of form and face.

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Jacob Had Nothing to Pay, So He Offers to Serve

• Genesis 2918
• Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, I will
  serve you seven years for your younger daughter
  Rachel.

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Jacob Gladly Serves for Rachel

• Genesis 2919, 20
• And Laban said, It is better that I give her to
  you than that I should give her to another man
  stay with me. So Jacob served seven years for
  Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days
  because of his love for her.

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Jacob Had Been Promised to Be Served But Now He
Is Serving

• Genesis 2729
• May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to
  you Be master of your brothers, And may your
  mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be those
  who curse you, And blessed be those who bless
  you.

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Laban Prepares a Mishteh

• Genesis 2921, 22
• Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for
  my time is completed, that I may go in to her.
  And Laban gathered all the men of the place, and
  made a feast.

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Leah Had Been Veiled at the Feast, now it is Late

• Genesis 2923, 24
• Now it came about in the evening that he took
  his daughter Leah, and brought her to him and
  Jacob went in to her. Laban also gave his maid
  Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid.

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The Deceiver was Deceived

• Genesis 2925
• So it came about in the morning that, behold, it
  was Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you
  have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I
  served with you? Why then have you deceived me?

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A Repeated Theme First-born

• Genesis 2926, 27
• But Laban said, It is not the practice in our
  place, to marry off the younger before the
  first-born. Complete the week of this one, and we
  will give you the other also for the service
  which you shall serve with me for another seven
  years.

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Each Daughter Gets a Servant as a Generous
Wedding Present

• Genesis 2928, 29
• And Jacob did so and completed her week, and he
  gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. Laban
  also gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel
  as her maid.

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Jacob Serves Another Seven Years

• Genesis 2930
• So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he
  loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with
  Laban for another seven years.
  

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Applications

• Understand the Difference Between What God Uses
  and What God Approves
  
• There are Consequences for Sin
• God is Faithful to Keep His Promises

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Understand the Difference Between What God Uses
and What God Approves

• Genesis 5020
• And as for you, you meant evil against me, but
  God meant it for good in order to bring about
  this present result, to preserve many people
  alive.

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The Difference Between What God Uses and What God
Approves

• Behind the Scene
• On the Scene
• Beyond the Scene

• Gods Purposes
• Deception
• Gods Salvation

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Understand the Difference Between What God Uses
and What God Approves

• Acts 223, 24
• this Man, delivered up by the predetermined plan
  and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross
  by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
  And God raised Him up again, putting an end to
  the agony of death, since it was impossible for
  Him to be held in its power.

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There are Consequences for Sin

• 2Timothy 313
• But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad
  to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
  

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There are Consequences for Sin

• Galatians 67, 9
• Do not be deceived, God is not mocked for
  whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For
  the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the
  flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to
  the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal
  life.

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God is Faithful to Keep His Promises

• 1Corinthians 18, 9
• who shall also confirm you to the end, blameless
  in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is
  faithful, through whom you were called into
  fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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