Genesis 30: Jealousy & Cheating, Marks of an Incomplete Soul

A pregnancy tournament in the bedroom and a cheating spree in the workplace. This is Laban’s family’s dysfunction in full disclosure for the world to see, the fruit of an incomplete devotion to the one true God. Worshipers of Teraphim–Laban and his daughters fall prey of envy, jealousy and cheating, the result of having your value and worth linked to what you don’t have or fear losing to someone else. Yet we see Jacob’s dawn of character as he begins to submit to the supernatural guidance of God for His increase, and not his human effort.