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Date Posted: 20:18:45 08/21/11 Sun
Genesis 30:25-34 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. 27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: 32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Eleven sons and one daughter and Jacob says it's time to go home. Home is where the heart is and Jacobs heart is set on seeing a dad and mom he has not seen for years. He could not know it but when he does finally get home only a dad and the brother he fears will be waiting to greet him.
Jacob tells Laban of his plans to go back to the land of his nativity and Laban is not pleased. Jacob has married two of his daughters and among them is his grandchildren. Parting is not to Laban liking in so many words tells Laban; "I'll make it worth your while if you will stay". "Tell me what it will take to get you to stay and I will pay it." Jacob reminds Laban how the Lord has blessed him through Jacob being there and also reminds him of how little he had before and the wealth he now has because of Jacob's being with him. Jacob knows where the blessing comes from and Laban does too. Laban tries to get Jacob to set a wage and Jacob refuses. Jacob, like Abraham (Gen. 14:21-23), refuses to let it be said another had enriched him. Jacob has learned to depend on God and now trusts him to provide for him.
The deal Jacob makes with Laban is that all the spotted, speckled, and brown among Laban's herds will be his and all the pure in color (white) will be Laban's. In addition all the future livestock that is mixed color will be Jacob's and all the pure will be Laban's. Laban readily agrees to this knowing full well that his herds were for the greatest part true to breed. Jacob seals the deal with the vow that if any pure are among Jacob's flocks Laban should count them as stolen.
I don't know if Jacob had been talking to God about this matter or not but what is to take place could only be from the hand of God. Laban jumps at the deal and seals the agreement with "I would it might be according to thy word". Jacob has done all the talking and Laban can see nothing but a deal that was too good to be true. If Laban's flocks and herds had produced few spotted and off color livestock in the past why wouldn't it be so in the future. For Laban it seemed "win,win".
What the stage has been set for is a pattern that will run true to Israel from then on. When Israel left Egypt she left with Egypt's wealth. When Israel was taken into Babylon, Babylon went down to defeat at the end of the appointed time. When Israel left Persia to go back to her own land and rebuild she was enriched by Cyrus and the Persians. Not only were the gold vessels restored to the temple but the Persians people pitched in and gave much riches to the Jews who were returning to their own land. When God told Abraham "And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:" that promise didn't stop at the death of Abraham but went on to include his descendants.
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