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Rachel
“Hey, I just met you… and this is crazy… but here’s some water… so have some… maybe?” I know, they just aren’t as good without Moth & Ethan. But they’ll be back next week. Promise.
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Seven Years
I told you they would be back. Sometimes it takes them a minute to catch up to the action.
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Finally
Wow. Seven years. Really? I had to wait over a year to marry my wife, and I certainly didn’t do any shepherding. Substitute-teaching and truck-loading, yes, but no sheep. Spoiler Alert: I think there...
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Honeymoon
I still don’t get this. I mean, how did he not know? It must have been some wedding reception. Even if she was wearing a veil, and it was dark, and Jacob was crazy drunk, he had to have been able to...
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Another
Just clarify, Jacob got to marry Rachel before working another seven years. Still, she must have been some kind of special. And her dad must have been some kind of jerk.
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Time
The Genesis account makes a point of telling us that Jacob favored Rachel over Leah. She was his first choice after all. However, Rachel was infertile for many years, while her sister didn’t seem to...
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Sorry if the undertones of this particular strip are more “adult-themed” than usual, but I think the events in Genesis chapter 30 are meant to be a little disappointing and perhaps slightly shocking to...
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Poor Reuben seems to have a pension for being caught in the middle of controversy. Oldest child problems I guess. You can read more about the mysterious mandrake plant here, but basically it was (and...
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Disgrace
Again with the mandrakes? I guess that’s the thing with superstitious people. They try to cover all their bases. I’m sure there’s some useful baseball analogy in there somewhere, but for now, don’t...
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We are in chapter 31 of Genesis now, and here we see Jacob finally attempting to leave the encampment of his crooked uncle/father-in-law, not just out of frustration, but also because God tells him to....
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Here we see the near-fatal result of Rachel’s actions from last week. Laban catches up with Jacob’s group and confronts them about their retreat and theft of property, but not before being warned by...
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