JACOB SERVES SEVEN YEARS FOR RACHEL. LABAN SUBSTITUTES LEAH AND
SECURES FOURTEEN YEARS'SERVICE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TWO. Apart from
bits of P (Genesis 29:24; Genesis 29:28_ b_, Genesis 29:29) the
section belongs to JE. Analysis is very uncertain. Probably Genesis
29:1 is from E, Genesis 29:2 from J.... [ Continue Reading ]
GENESIS 29:31 TO GENESIS 30:24. THE BIRTH OF JACOB'S CHILDREN. This
section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31;
Genesis 30:9 is from J, Genesis 30:1; Genesis 30:8 is from E, Genesis
30:14 mainly from JE, the two strands here being hard to unravel. It
records the origin of... [ Continue Reading ]