(Text : Genesis 30:2)
And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
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Genesis 30:4-6 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
This was the custom in those days; the child that Bilhah would have be looked at as that of Rachel, but only a sense; the Holy Spirit plainly proclaims the actual mother. Concerning this, God often strives to overcome men’s wickedness through kindness, and pursues the unworthy with His Grace. The meaning of the name Dan is: “Judging.” Whether Jacob understood such or not is open to qoustion; however, he must have 13 sons in order to found the Nation of Israel. Twelve would be for the regular tribes, while one would be for Priestly Tribe. But as usual, even as here, the flesh is mixed with Faith.
In addition, Genesis 30:14, 16 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes. And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
These passage present a perfect picture of prayer mixed with superstition. According to Oriental superstition, the mandrake possessed the virtue of promoting fruitfulness and fertility. It was an apple-like fruit. From this verse 16, we know that Leah sought the Lord as regards her conceiving another son, which she did. The Lord heard and reward her prayer, and this despite the fact that superstition had been involved regarding the mandrake. How so much the Lord overlooks in answering prayer for all of us.
Finally, Genesis 30:20, 22 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Here is the meaning of Zebulun: “Dwelling.” So, in the six sons of Leah, we have the totality of the plan of God. A “son” is born; he “hears” the gospel; he is “joined” Christ; he “praises” the Lord; he is “rewarded”; and he will “dwell” with the Lord forever. The mandrakes could not remove sterility, the Lord demonstrated by allowing Rachel’s barrenness to continue at least two years longer. Though she had made use of this supposed remedy, and by opening Leah’s womb without them; we should learn from all of this how the Lord rules in all things; but, once again, it’s so easy for any of us to resort to the flesh.
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