Genesis 30:25 As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country. 26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you.” 27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.
When Jacob had served Laban seven more years for Rachel, after being tricked into marrying Leah (see yesterday's post), Laban kept finding ways to keep Joseph around. Not willing to say so at the time, Laban realized that he was being blessed through Joseph. There was something about Joseph's birth which prompted Jacob to finally leave. Of course, he was in no hurry to go back where his brother Esau was, fearing that bitterness had settled in and his elder brother would envy his success. It probably was a key time for Rachel as well, not that she had proved to her family she could bear a son, she could now leave with no shame. Joseph was more than due overtime pay. Sometimes God keeps us places and we wonder why so long. He has His plans and purposes. Besides preparing us for greater things, He is preparing special blessings to take along with us.
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