Genesis 30:22–24
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The book of Genesis does not present us with saints posing for stained-glass windows. It gives us the raw, unfiltered, and often deeply dysfunctional history of the covenant family. And nowhere is this more apparent than in the household of Jacob. We have a man with two wives, who are sisters, locked in a bitter, decade-long fertility contest. We have envy, manipulation, desperation, and the use of surrogate maids in a baby-making war. It is a tangled, knotted mess of human sin and striving. If your family has ever felt complicated, take heart; you are in good company. But it is precisely in this mess that we see the glorious and meticulous providence of God. God does not need ideal conditions to work His sovereign will. In fact, He specializes in bringing His perfect plan to pass not just in spite of our sin and folly, but often right through the middle of it.