Why didn't Jacob divorce Leah?

[MerciG777]

Or couldn't he?

I just wonder it seems like Jacob was unhappy and may have loved his children but didn't ever warm to marrying Leah.

He was still providing for her and enjoying her body producing 6 children I think.

Why didn't he divorce her?

 

[WIP]

Or couldn't he?

I just wonder it seems like Jacob was unhappy and may have loved his children but didn't ever warm to marrying Leah.

He was still providing for her and enjoying her body producing 6 children I think.

Why didn't he divorce her?

I'm guessing he's the only one that can answer that question.

 

[LeviR]

Or couldn't he?

I just wonder it seems like Jacob was unhappy and may have loved his children but didn't ever warm to marrying Leah.

He was still providing for her and enjoying her body producing 6 children I think.

Why didn't he divorce her?

See Ruth 4

 

[Josef]

Hey All,
Just speculation here, but Leah was probably very easy to talk to. She probably could not compete with Rachel on a physical level. Nobody called her beautiful. She was average or better than average looking. But, next to her sister, nobody noticed her.

Think about someone beautiful today; maybe Jennifer Lopez for example. Nobody can deny that she is beautiful. She is probably 50+ years old now, and is still gorgeous. Her sisters may be beautiful in their own ways, but J Lo got the looks in that family.

Back to Leah:
Leah may have had good conversation skills. My guess is that, even though Jacob was duped into Leah, he grew to love her. Remember also that ten of his twelve children (male children) were from Leah. She could not have been tooo bad.

Keep walking everybody.
May God bless,
Taz

 

[Who Me]

Why didn't he divorce her?

Read Gen31:36-42 Jacobs angry response to Labans treatment of him.
Divorce was a disgrace to the woman and her family.
How do you think Laban would have reacted to Jacobs insulting his family honour?

 

[Vinny37]

Or couldn't he?

I just wonder it seems like Jacob was unhappy and may have loved his children but didn't ever warm to marrying Leah.

He was still providing for her and enjoying her body producing 6 children I think.

Why didn't he divorce her?

I guess that unlike our Western idea that treats marriage as a contract (either party up-stakes if supply does not reach demand), Jacob knew that annulling his marriage covenant with her—unintended yet entered into—was not permitted and would have shamed him as disloyal. Had she been sexually disloyal, he probably would have divorced her, but she hadn’t. He had made his bed. Polygamy was not a problem, and for him extended to four wives (two primary; two secondary). Happiness was not deemed a human right. He had a duty of care to her, and that was that. Covenant annulment was based on gross disloyalty.

 

[for_his_glory]

Hi MerciG777

You might find your answer by reading Genesis 29 and 30. Part of it was that Rachel was barren and Leah was fruitful. But God did open Rachel's womb at certain times.