Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Jacob and Laban the bargain hunters.

Jacob's first interaction with his mothers family was to cast "sheep's eyes" at Rachael and her sheep Gen 29:10! (And of course he does the macho thing of rolling the stone away from the mouth of the well for Rachael).

He knew a good bargain when he seen it in Rachael... and the sheep but so did Laban. The wheeling and dealing went on in the household must have been very stressful for all concerned.

An interesting thing about sheep eyesight is that they don't see in color only black and white. I wonder whether that will have any bearing on the breading practices in the story? Siobhan

1 comment:

YHWH Sister said...

I didn't know that about sheep. That helps a little in the understanding of the reeds and Jacob peeling back the bark to show the white.