We will look at the whole of what he said to them as recorded in the Bible ( Genesis 49: 3-27). When Jacob (Israel) was about to die, he called his 12 sons to his side to tell them what would happen “in days to come” ( Genesis 49:1). What Were the Blessings Given to Each of the Sons of Jacob? Rachel finally received the blessing of conception (God has taken away my reproach- Genesis 30:23) and gave birth to (11) Joseph and (12) Benjamin, whom she bore as she died. When Leah realized she ceased bearing Jacob’s sons (for the moment), she gave her servant, Zilpah to Jacob and she bore him (7) Gad and (8) Asher.Īfter this, Leah again conceived (twice) and gave birth to (9) Issachar and (10) Zebulun. Then Rachel gives Bilhah, her servant girl to Jacob, “so that she may give birth on my behalf” ( Genesis 30:3). Leah gives birth to (1) Reuben, (2) Simeon, (3) Levi, and (4) Judah. The sons of Jacob in order of birth (and to whom) are as follows: So began a game of wills between the two sisters to “win” Jacob’s love.
This was based on the condition Jacob would work another seven years for Rachel also. Laban, craftier than Jacob, promised him Rachel, but because tradition dictated the younger was not given before the eldest daughter, he tricked Jacob and sent Leah to him on his wedding night. When confronted about his trickery, Laban agreed to give Rachel to Jacob after the first week of his marriage to Leah. Jacob offered to serve Laban seven years in exchange for Rachel’s hand in marriage. After Jacob arrived at his Uncle Laban’s, he fell in love with Rachel when he met her at the shepherd’s well ( Genesis 29:9-14).
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