Jacob: The Struggle for Blessing #3 - The Struggle for Blessing

Jacob hopes Rachel’s love will fill the emptiness he carries from growing up without his father’s blessing. After seven years of work, Laban deceives him with Leah, echoing Jacob’s own deception of his father. Yet Leah carries the deeper struggle. She names three sons from her longing for Jacob, then names Judah with praise to the Lord. God sees the unloved woman and places the promised Messiah in her family line, freeing her to seek in Him what no husband, child, or dream can give. Bible Reference: Genesis 29:13–35 Preacher: Tony Van Drimmelen