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Jacob: Wrestling with God

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Is There a Karma Notion in This Book?

Jacob falls in love and goes to live with his uncle Laban there are two daughters there Lea as well as Rachel Lea is not a particularly attractive person it isn't exactly clear why but the story makes it quite clear she's definitely the least desirable of the two daughters. Jacob stays for a month which is the limit of hospitality in in that time if you stayed for a month you were welcome but you had to work for your keep I think after about three days something like that seems rather reasonable. So he stays a month and then he has a chat with Laban and he says he's he's fallen in love with Rachel by this time and he says uh I'll stay with you

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