Word: shechem
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...spent there serving the closefisted Laban that he might marry his daughter Rachel; how Laban in turn cheated him, substituting his other daughter Leah ; how Jacob ended by marrying them both and taking his family and riches back to his own country; the reconciliation with Esau; the massacre at Shechem; the death of Rachel. This first volume of Joseph and His Brothers is Jacob's story; except for the brief glimpse of Joseph at the beginning he comes into it hardly at all, is not even born until p. 381. His story is to follow in subsequent volumes...