Motherhood: What’s in a Name

Motherhood: What’s in a Name

by | Dec 31, 2023 | Childbearing; yearning for childbearing, Compensation for Leah, Competition, Conception, Control; being under God's control, Jealousy, Leah, Names; meaning of names, Rachel, Superstition

Genesis 29:31-30:24Part 3 of 3 As the years went by, Rachel held Jacob’s heart, but Leah bore his children. Few things can provoke a woman to jealousy more than seeing another woman have child after child, while she remains childless. The ability to conceive and bear...