Genesis 30: 9-13: “When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son. And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.”
This section tells us all about polygamy and why it is so bad. There are supporters of polygamy who talk about being sister wives and helping each other but that is not true. We were designed by our Creator to be in monogamous relationships and anything else leads to significant emotional problems. In this case, there was huge problems between the sisters because they were in competition with each other. In order to solve the problem they added extra wives to the mix but that really didn’t help. Leah had four sons but she took her slave girl and gave her to Jacob because she hoped that would solve the problem. She even reached the stage where she called the second child of her slave “happy” but this didn’t seem to help in the long run. It is hard to blame these girls for the problem because it came from a cynical decision on their father’s part but they still had to bear the consequences. It is important for us to understand that other people can suffer significantly when we make bad decisions but even though this may be the case, anyone can trust in the Lord and find comfort and security in Him despite the problem and despite our sinful nature.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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