White sticks, speckled sheep, and a pile of rocks

Who was Jacob? What happens when two master tricksters face off? Are relationships more important than being right? Where are you unwilling to compromise?

"White sticks, speckled sheep, and a pile of rocks" is a reflection based on Genesis 30:25-43.

Works Referenced

Brueggemann, Walter. Genesis. (Interpretation: a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching). Atlanta, Georgia: John Knox Press, 1982.

De La Torre, Miguel A. Genesis. BELIEF: A Theological Commentary on the Bible). Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. Kindle edition.

Fretheim, Terence E. “Genesis.” In New Interpreter’s Bible, Volume I. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2015.

Levenson, Jon D. “Genesis.” In The Jewish Study Bible: Second Edition, edited by Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Sadler, Jr., Rodney S. “Genesis.” In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, edited by Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page, Jr., Matthew J. M. Coomber. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014. Kindle edition.

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