When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive
She named him Reuben, It is because the Lord has seen my misery,
So she named him Simeon, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved.
Because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
This time I will praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah.
God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun
Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
Rachel servant, Bilhah:
God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.” Because of this she named him Dan.
I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.” So she named him Naphtali.
Leah servant Zilpah:
What good fortune! So she named him Gad
How happy I am! The women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Then God remembered Rachel:
God has taken away my disgrace.”She named him Joseph.
The deceit over Leah leads to intolerable home life. The unloved wife hopes with each new son to win her husband's affection. Rachel, lovely and loved, is embittered by continuing childlessness. And Jacob finds himself traded between the two. (The law would later rule out taking 'a woman who is your wife's sister to make ger a rival wife')
Why?
God is caring for everyone and make things done in God's plan, it does not follow the desire of Jacob and anyone desires.
God made the foundation of Israel and let Jacob have many sons, for his inheritance will be many as the stars in the sky and sand on the shore.
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叫你不生育的是神，我豈能代替他作主呢？
拉結孩子的名字比較有怨氣。利亞孩子的名字比較正面。
風茄是催情藥。
結果利亞把風茄給出去反而得到兩個兒子。得到風茄的拉結反而沒有生孩子。
即使使女生的孩子，終不是自己的兒子。拉結在無計可施時，反而拉結有孩子了。約瑟的意思是添丁時，即她無計可施時，神讓她可以生。人唯一能做的是男女同房，其他就是不是人能夠努力得到的。
利亞的六個孩子都不是利亞努力得到的，其實她是最不看好的。
拉班把純白羊的、黑的帶走，有斑點的歸雅各。當時以為動物交配時看到什麼就是什麼。雅各一直有神的幫助，一直很順利。好像雅各自己努力做些事情，雖然沒有科學依據，插樹枝是人當時唯一自己能做的。在人自己可以做的部份要自己努力，至於結果完全是神的工作。 如夫妻要同房，是否有孩子在於神。人要盡本份，結果是神的工作，如傳福音，我們要傳，是否得到是神的工作。神預定要成就，必定成就，如果我們不做，這福氣就與我們無關了。
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How?
God is a wonderful and mighty God, his power and plan beyond our plan and mind.
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