blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
Jacob had worked 7 years for Laban so he could marry Rachael. The time seemed to him as if it were only a few days because of his love for Rachael.
Then:
Gen 29:23-25 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
In this passage, Laban brings Leah, instead of Rachael, to Jacob, and it seems like it wasn't until morning, after the marriage was consummated, that Jacob figured out that it was Leah instead of Rachael. That seems a little unusual to me.
I was wondering if anybody knows some reason why, if I'm reading the passage correctly, it wasn't until morning when Jacob finally seemed to figure out what Laban had done? I scratch my head every time I read it.
Does anybody know anything about the marriage customs back then? I thought, maybe, since in Genesis 24:65, Rebekah took a vail, and covered herself when she was first brought to Isaac, that perhaps it was the custom to leave the vail on until "the morning after".
Any thoughts?
Bob
Then:
Gen 29:23-25 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
In this passage, Laban brings Leah, instead of Rachael, to Jacob, and it seems like it wasn't until morning, after the marriage was consummated, that Jacob figured out that it was Leah instead of Rachael. That seems a little unusual to me.
I was wondering if anybody knows some reason why, if I'm reading the passage correctly, it wasn't until morning when Jacob finally seemed to figure out what Laban had done? I scratch my head every time I read it.
Does anybody know anything about the marriage customs back then? I thought, maybe, since in Genesis 24:65, Rebekah took a vail, and covered herself when she was first brought to Isaac, that perhaps it was the custom to leave the vail on until "the morning after".
Any thoughts?
Bob