God even uses our
deceptions to fulfill his promises.
Jacob, who worked for
seven years to marry Rachel,
eventually ended up
marrying not only Rachel but also her sister Leah.
Additionally, he took
their maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah, as concubines,
and through these four
women, he fathered children (Genesis 29:20-29, 30).
This was in accordance
with the blessing from his father Isaac,
"May God Almighty
bless you and make you fruitful" (28:3),
and the promise from God
to Jacob,
"Your offspring
shall be like the dust of the earth" (v. 14),
which God fulfilled in
this manner.
God used even Laban,
Jacob's uncle, deceiving him
to ultimately fulfill
the blessing Isaac had prayed for Jacob's descendants.
The faithful God works
through human fallibility
to accomplish the
fulfillment of His promises.
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