Genesis 29:30-31:55

The Whole Counsel of God

Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Fr. Stephen De Young discusses the ending of Genesis Chapter 29, as well as Chapters 30 and 31.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Come and study the Holy Scriptures with us as Father Stephen DeYoung teaches verse by verse
0:05.7	on the podcast, The Whole Council of God.
0:09.1	Father Stephen holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies.
0:12.5	And it's an Orthodox priest serving at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.
0:21.9	Verse 31, but when the Lord saw Leia was hated,
0:25.7	he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
0:30.4	So this is God stepping in already
0:34.8	to work on making this situation right.
0:39.5	Because what's...
0:41.7	If you're a woman, like Leia,
0:45.9	Leah had no say in any of this, right?
0:48.6	Like, none of this is Leah's idea.
0:52.6	Right?
0:53.3	And she's now, for the rest of her life in this marriage with this guy who doesn't love her,
1:00.6	who's also married to her sister, who he does love.
1:04.9	Right.
1:06.1	Not a great spot for her to be in as a woman.
1:09.6	But in the ancient world, the hope and the security
1:14.8	you have is you have kids, in particular, you have sons, right? Especially if you have the firstborn
1:24.3	son. He's the one who's going to inherit everything when the husband dies, right?
1:30.5	And you're his mom.
1:32.3	He's going to secure your future.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Fr. Stephen De Young, and Ancient Faith Ministries and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.