Waking up with the wrong woman | Genesis 29-30 | Dominic Steele | 20 September 2026

It is soap opera ugly!  And one of the funniest chapters in the bible. 

What a family! Jacob falls desperately in love with Rachel, works seven years to marry her — and then wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover the wrong woman in his bed. 

What follows is a painfully messy story of deception, rivalry, infertility, jealousy, sexual bargaining and a family desperately trying to manufacture for themselves the blessing God has already promised to give.

Yet through all the dysfunction, God sees, hears, remembers and keeps his promises.