Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel: With wide brush strokes this narrative covers fourteen years in which Jacob agrees to labor for marrying Laban’s daughter (vv. 15–20) and his marriages to Leah and Rachel (vv. 21–30). Jacob finds himself married to Leah, the unwanted older daughter, powerfully portraying the theme of reaping what one sows. The man who deceived his brother and father is bested by a father-in-law in regard to his wife, his closest companion. Throughout this narrative and the Laban-Jacob cycle two terms are key: “serve, work” (’abad; vv. 15, 18, 20, 25, 27, 30; 30:26 [twice], 29; 31:6, 41; ’abodah; 29:27; 30:26) and “pay or earn” (sakar; 30:16 [“hired” in NIV; twice in Hb.], 18, 28, 32, 33; 31:8 [twice] and maskoret; 29:15; 31:7, 41). The recurrence of these terms allows the rea…