They were two ordinary women dealing with their personal conflicts, as is the case with many today.

Raquel and Leah were two ordinary women dealing with their personal conflicts, as happens with many to this day.

Between the lines of the biblical text show that Leah went through several traumas related to the feeling of rejection. The likely meaning of his name is a clue. Considering that children’s names were generally chosen based on some experience during birth, it is curious that Lia’s name comes from the Hebrew la’ah, which means “tired”, “exhausted”. This would be an indication of a highly traumatic birth for your mother.

Then we see that even though she was older, she had no suitor who wanted her. And, finally, with each child born she fights more and more for the love of a husband who despises her.

Rachel, in turn, appears cunning and competitive, as the biblical text states in the passages in which she competes with Leah over her children. Certainly also someone who harbored great bitterness towards his father figure, as he stole Laban’s idols as a way of later claiming his father’s lands.

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