Yesterday was the first sunday after Denaha. The Gospel is the first preaching of Jesus - "Repent the kingdom of heaven is at hand" - Matthew 4: 12 - 22
Genesis 30 : Jacob's sons
Rachel is very upset that she doesnt have any children. She complains to Jacob but he says God is the one who gives children. So she gives her slave Bilhah to Jacob. Jacob has two sons through Bilhah - Dan and Naphtali. Leah gives her slave - Zilpah to Jacob. Jacob has 2 sons through Zilpah - Gad and Asher.
During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes, which he brings to his mother Leah. Rachel likes mandrakes and asks Leah for it. Leah says "You have already taken my husband, now you're also trying to take my son's mandrakes.". Rachel says "If you give me the mandrakes, you can have Jacob for tonight.". So Leah gets to be with Jacob. She is blessed by God and becomes pregnant again. She bears 3 more children, sons - Issachar, Zebulun and a daughter - Dinah. In the meantime, God blesses Rachel also. She gives birth to a son and names him - Joseph.
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