Reading for March 13th

Read Genesis 31.1-55 Jacob flees from Laban with his family and flocks.
In verses 1-2 Envy and conflict within the extended families of Jacob and Laban
increase as Jacob's wealth and flocks increase.
In verses 14-16 after having experienced conflict between themselves (30.1, 15),
Leah and Rachel are now united in their negative feelings toward their father Laban.
In verse 19 the household gods were idols that were believed  to carry with them power,
prosperity, and the legal claim to the family's property.
In verse 32 Jacob unknowingly predicts what will happen to Rachel.
She will soon die prematurely in childbirth (35.16-20).
In verse 35 the way of women refers to her menstrual period.
In verses 47-48 the site for the boundary covenant or agreement between
Jacob and Laban has two names.
One name, Jegar-sahadutha, means "the heap of witness" in the Aramaic language
spoken by Laban the Aramean (25.20).
The other name for the same site, Galeed, also means "the heap of witness,"
 but in the Hebrew language spoken by Jacob.
The names refer to the heap of stones that mark the boundary between
Laban's Arameans and Jacob's Israelites.
In verse 49 Laban names the pillar Mizpah, meaning "watchpost."
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