In this video listen to Genesis 30 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Genesis 30 infertility is again an issue in the scriptures and Rachel is unable to have children. She copies Sarah - her grandmother in law and gives her servant to her husband. This time there is no competition between servant and owner, but there is competition between sisters and wives, Leah and Rachel.

Infertility can happen for many reasons, but in this chapter we see it was the Lord, for his own undisclosed reason, that closed Rachels’ womb. At Peace, we have had the blessing of seeing many infertile couples blessed with children, and John Alley, long-time senior minister here has a grace for those type of prayers. I (David Alley) was the result of such a type of situation where the Lord opened my mother’s womb.

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