Anyone who has ever had concern about their wages should be interested in Jacob's ongoing difficult relationship with his father in law Laban. So far Laban has proved to be more than a match for Jacob in every respect. Laban is deceitful and greedy and Jacob has been at his mercy for 14 years. As their struggle continues in chapter 30, Jacob finally emerges with the upper hand: not because he is smarter, but because Jacob has a more powerful ally that Laban could not match.
Main Points
- The blessing of association with God's people
- The blessing that Jacob enjoys due to God's intervention
- The blessing that we can know through obeying God