28.07.2009 :: Genesis 31

Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
Psalm: 43 Mk 12:28-34
Rio de Janeiro - (Brazil) The Rt Rev'd Celso Franco de Oliveira
Coadjutor - (Brazil) The Rt Rev'd Filadelfo Oliviera Neto

Reading:
Genesis 31

Thoughts:
Well, obvoiusly Laban is none too pleased with his son-in-law. So God tells Jacob to get himself gone. He discusses it with his wives, and they approve of the idea, so they all get ready and leave.

Of course, Rachel steals some stuff from her father while she's packing. (This family is really dishonest!)

Laban goes after Jacob, but God warns him not to do anything nasty. Properly chastened, Laban merely asks about the missing things. Jacob allows Laban to search, and Rachel cleverly sits on the things she stole, telling her father that she cannot stand because she is having her period.

Jacob and Laban build an altar and make a covenant between them, and then Laban leaves Jacob and his family to their own devices.