Lux Domini

Genesis  29:9

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

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Interpretation

See Rachel's humility and industry. Nobody needs to be ashamed of honest, useful labour, nor ought it to hinder any one's preferment.

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This thought runs through Genesis 29:9-13.

Genesis 29:9 Genesis 29:10 Genesis 29:11 Genesis 29:12 Genesis 29:13

Glossary

Rachel Person
Ewe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s wives ( Gen. 29:6 , 28).