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| | Daily Bible Study - Rachel |
 | | Rachel, from the Hebrew name pronounced raw-khale, was the daughter of Laban, niece and daughter-in-law of Rebekah, daughter-in-law of Isaac, granddaughter-in-law of Abraham and Sarah, younger sister of Leah, first-cousin and second wife of Jacob/Israel, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, from whom two of the Twelve Tribes of Israel originated. |
 | | We first read of Rachel when Jacob was sent to Haran (today in Iraq) by his mother Rebekah to live with her brother Laban to escape the deadly wrath of Esau (Genesis 27:43). |
 | | After a very eventful return journey in which Rachel stole her father's "household gods" (Genesis 31:19-55), Jacob "wrestled with God" and was then renamed Israel (Israel means he struggles with God) (Genesis 32:22-32), and Jacob met and was reconciled with his brother Esau (Genesis 33:1-20), they eventually made their way back to Bethel (Genesis 35:1). |
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