The Girl Almost Nobody Loved

One of the many wonderful things about the Bible is how full it is of real people and their real struggles. It is not a sterile Book. God clothed His truth in skin through the hundreds of individuals He told us about. Often overlooked is Leah, the wife of the patriarch Jacob, who lived nearly 4,000 years ago. Though the ancient culture of Genesis 29—31 seems strange to us, the dysfunction of