Sunday, October 12, 2025
“The Birth of Jacob’s Children”
Pastor Hiroyuki Anjiki

1. Leah’s children
(1) Reuben: “Reu” = behold, “ben” = a son
(2) Simeon: listen
(3) Levi: connect with, draw near to
(4) Judah: praise
2. Rachel’s female slave Bilhah’s children
(5) Dan: vindicate, judge correctly
(6) Naphtali: struggle
3. Leah’s female slave Zilpah’s children
(7) Gad: good fortune
(8) Asher: happy
4. Leah’s additional children
(9) Issachar: reward
(10) Zebulun: gift, dwell with
5. Rachel’s child
(11) Joseph: take away, add
* Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (NIV)

Thoughts to share at mini church:
1. Children were born one after another between Jacob and four women. What kind of plan and work do you think God had in place in the background of this happening?

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