Genesis 29: Jacob Labors to Get Two Wives
Jacob arrived in Haran after approximately 3 to 4 weeks of traveling to encounter one of his future wives at a well, Rachel, who he immediately fell in love with. Laban did a tricky maneuver and got Jacob to work for Rachel’s hand in marriage for seven years, after which he substituted Leah, the older less attractive sister, and got another seven years labor out of Jacob. Rachel may have been in on the scheme as well. Oh well, Jacob ends up getting back at Laban later.
God chooses Leah as the favored wife though Jacob loves Rachel the most. Rachel has no children so far and Leah has four.
Men love the most beautiful, the strongest, the fastest, the richest but God loves to use the less beautiful, the weaker, the slower, and the poorest to accomplish His will. Though Leah is the “hated” one, or at least the one loved least of the two, through her came David and Jesus.
I need to have the eyes of God; to see not what appeals to the eyes but what comes from the heart.