hello everyone aren't you excited to hear a new story
from the Bible yes yes we are which story are you going to tell us today holy today's
story is about a remarkable woman of the Bible named Rachel who is Rachel what
happened to her Rachel was the youngest daughter of
Laban who was the grandson of a man named Nahor and the brother of a woman
named Rebecca Rachel was an extremely beautiful girl she had met Jacob but she
went to get water from the well for Laban's flock of sheep this was the
time when Jacob was running away and trying to escape his brother Esau was
anger and displeasure towards him the moment Jacob saw Rachel he fell in love
with her beauty and immediately wanted to marry her he agreed to work for Laban
after several years of working for him did Laban agree to the marriage however
the day after his wedding Jacob found out that the woman he
married was not Rachel but Levens oldest daughter Leah on the
day of their wedding it was impossible for him to understand as the bride was
heavily veiled and her face was covered as per tradition
Jacob realized and Laban had tricked him and instead of his younger daughter
he got him married to his oldest daughter Leah
this made Jacob very upset but he continued to work for Laban for seven
years so that he could marry Rachel during this time Jacob and Leah had
children finally after another seven years
Jacob married Rachel but he had no children with her this became a
situation of envy and jealousy among both the sisters Leah was very upset
about Jacob choosing her sister over her why Rachel was heartbroken that she was
unable to have any children with Jacob out of desperation Rachel
gave one of her servants to Jacob as his wife and decided that any children they
would have would be credited to Rachel as the child's mother soon Jacob had a
son with the servant and the baby was credited to Rachel Rachel named him
Joseph Joseph grew up to be Jacob's favorite son days passed by and Rachel
soon became a mother again but she died while giving birth to the child she
named him Ben Ani which later Jacob changed to Benjamin
that was a great story holy I'm glad you liked it
now it's time to know who earns the brownie points which I know I'll do
let's see so today's question is what was Rachel's father's name I told you
I'm going to win today's points ha Rachel's father's name was Laban
wonderful that is absolutely correct. Wo. hoo i win i win alright alright calm down
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