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Yaakov didn't come up with the scheme on his own. If he had done so, it would have required relying on a miracle without any expectation of one - he would have been better off working for "normal" ...
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#2: Post edited
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manassehkatz
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2020-12-07T04:05:32Z (almost 4 years ago)
Yaakov didn't come up with the scheme on his own. If he had done so, it would have required on a miracle - he would have been better off working for "normal" wages.- Rather, he had a prophetic dream *first*, as recounted in Genesis 31:10. He only tells the story when he is getting ready to leave in order to explain to his wives how he got the Laban's flocks and why now, when God spoke to him in a *second* dream, that it was time to leave. (Ramban, referenced in Artscroll Stone Chumash on 31:13 that there were two distinct dreams recounted at one time.)
- Yaakov didn't come up with the scheme on his own. If he had done so, it would have required relying on a miracle without any expectation of one - he would have been better off working for "normal" wages.
- Rather, he had a prophetic dream *first*, as recounted in Genesis 31:10. He only tells the story when he is getting ready to leave in order to explain to his wives how he got the Laban's flocks and why now, when God spoke to him in a *second* dream, that it was time to leave. (Ramban, referenced in Artscroll Stone Chumash on 31:13 that there were two distinct dreams recounted at one time.)
#1: Initial revision
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manassehkatz
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2020-12-07T03:41:52Z (almost 4 years ago)
Yaakov didn't come up with the scheme on his own. If he had done so, it would have required on a miracle - he would have been better off working for "normal" wages. Rather, he had a prophetic dream *first*, as recounted in Genesis 31:10. He only tells the story when he is getting ready to leave in order to explain to his wives how he got the Laban's flocks and why now, when God spoke to him in a *second* dream, that it was time to leave. (Ramban, referenced in Artscroll Stone Chumash on 31:13 that there were two distinct dreams recounted at one time.)