https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf Let's chat about our reading! en-us 2021-09-27 17:29:07 UTC 2021-09-28 00:45:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60d.png https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772766938 I thought the parallel of Rachel and Leah’s conflict to Jacob and Esau’s conflict was super interesting.]]> 2021-09-28 00:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772766938 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772767634 Rachel is Jacob’s favorite wife, and her kids are his favorite out of the 12. She is the one that he wanted to marry and waited 7 years to marry. ]]> 2021-09-28 00:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772767634 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772768748 I think it’s helpful to remember that even though Rachel was the one whom Jacob fell in love with, she still had conflicting emotions and insecurities that aren’t always talked about. ]]> 2021-09-28 00:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772768748 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772769198 Her beauty, unwillingness at first to trust that God will allow her to be barren, and agreement with Leah for the mandrakes.]]> 2021-09-28 00:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772769198 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772771120 She was really into beating Leah on how many kids she could have with Jacob. It was like her main goal out of life.]]> 2021-09-28 00:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772771120 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772772035 She constantly tries to get Jacob to love her, but Rachel remains his favorite. She has the most kids with Jacob. Jesus came from Judah’s line, and he was Leahs kid. ]]> 2021-09-28 00:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772772035 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772772183 I find the pattern of infertility throughout this part of the Bible to be a really interesting detail showing that God will provide even if it looks bleak. Rachel falls under this category before she had Joseph. ]]> 2021-09-28 00:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772772183 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772772445 it was really sweet how much the text talks about Jacob loving Rachel vs. treating marriage as transactional in nature - she was the sole object of his affection]]> 2021-09-28 00:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772772445 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772775232 Her “weak eyes”, initial jealousness of Rachel’s relationship with Jacob, and ability to trust in God even though He was not super well-known at the time.]]> 2021-09-28 00:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772775232 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772776443 The Regina George of sisters it seems ]]> 2021-09-28 00:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772776443 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772776593 It was interesting to learn that she didn't believe in God before meeting Jacob, but through her rivalry with Rachel, she became a believer and even named her sons based on her relationship with God.]]> 2021-09-28 00:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772776593 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772777235 She says that the Lord saw her in her misery, much like Hagar]]> 2021-09-28 00:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772777235 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772777476 Jacob’s feelings of affection towards her and willingness to work 14 years for Laban to marry her.]]> 2021-09-28 00:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772777476 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772778224 She still lived Jacob even though he was married to Leah first.]]> 2021-09-28 00:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772778224 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772780331 the part explaining her “weak eyes” was interesting, i always wondered what that meant!]]> 2021-09-28 00:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772780331 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772781512 I thought that it was really romantic that Jacob worked for his uncle for 14 years to marry the woman he loved.]]> 2021-09-28 00:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772781512 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772781926 Jacob was in a way “forced” to marry Leah bc she was the oldest sister. Yet even through that Jacob never found love with her. But even through this she still had children with Jacob and continued to live with them. ]]> 2021-09-28 00:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772781926 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772783299 I loved the sentence, “but Leah found a way to focus on the blessings God had given her, not the ones He hadn’t”]]> 2021-09-28 00:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772783299 https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772789539 I was surprised that even after marrying him, Jacob didn't really try to love Leah, and yet she still stayed with him.]]> 2021-09-28 00:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mgparish/asmoyvny79pfzchf/wish/1772789539