RACHEL

• (Daughter of Laban and the favorite wife of Jacob)
  • Meets Jacob at a well Gen. 29:9-12
  • Jacob serves Laban for an additional seven years to obtain her as his wife Gen. 29:15-30
  • Sterility of Gen. 29:31
  • Her grief in consequence of her sterility; gives her maid, to Jacob in order to obtain children in her own name Gen. 30:1-8, 15, 22-34
  • Later productiveness of; becomes the mother of
    • Joseph Gen. 30:22-25
    • Benjamin Gen. 35:16-18, 24
  • Steals the household images (teraphim, legal deed) of her father Gen. 31:4, 14-19, 33-35
  • Her death and burial Gen. 35:18-20, 48:7; 1 Sam. 10:2