Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 30: 17-21
MEDITATION
Genesis 30:17-21
17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.
19 Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20 And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.
21 Afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. God listened to Leah
a. It was not the mandrakes that caused Leah to be fertile.
b. Leah had sought the LORD in prayer over her family problems.
2. A fifth son
a. Leah was able to bear again.
b. She called her fifth son “Issachar”.
c. His name was also symbolic. It meant “wages”
d. Leah’s line of thought:
i. Leah had worked hard.
ii. She had even given Zilpah as Jacob’s fourth wife.
iii. She felt that she had been paid her wages, hence, Issachar.
3. A sixth son
a. Leah continued to be productive.
The sixth son was called “Zebulun” (it meant “dwelling”).
b. It represented her hope that Jacob would now choose to dwell with her instead of Rachel.
4. A daughter
a. Leah also had a daughter whom she called “Dinah”.
b. The root word is the same as “Dan”. She felt that God had judged in her favour.
经文：创世记 30：17-21
沉思
《创世记 30：17-21》
17神应允了利亚，她就怀孕，给雅各生了第五个儿子。
18利亚说：“神给了我价值，因为我把使女给了我丈夫。”于是给他起名叫以萨迦。
19利亚又怀孕，给雅各生了第六个儿子。
20利亚说：“神赐我厚赏，我丈夫必与我同住，因我给他生了六个儿子。”于是给他起名西布伦。21后来又生了一个女儿，给她起名叫底拿。