- Jacob worked for Laban for 14 years for his wife Rachel. She must have been really something.
- What is it with wives giving their handmaids to their husbands to have more kids? They always seem to end up jealous in the end.
- Jacob's kids show up. They're sort of all over the place. Clearly Rachel is Jacob's favorite, and Rachel's two kids - Joseph and Benjamin, are his favorite kids.
- One narrative that will never get old for me is the story of reconciliation. In Chpt 33, Jacob goes back to meet with his brother Esau, who has every reason in the world to kill Jacob on sight. And yet it's quite the opposite. Their meeting was affectionate and tender, and they were able to overcome the things that they had done and said to each other. It mirrors to me the same way that Abraham treated Ishmael, even though Ishmael was the son who got cursed. Jacob & Esau eventually buried Isaac together.
- As a 17 year old, Joseph was kind of a brat.
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