In Genesis 32 Jacob wrestles with God. In Genesis 30:8, the Hebrew text states, (literally) that Rachel, with wrestlings of God, I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed. In Genesis 42, Jacob would struggle again, this time through deciding whether or not to withhold sending his son to Egypt in exchange for his starving families daily bread. Thank God that He did not withhold the sending of His only Jesus Christ so that we may be offered the Bread of eternal Life.
AELW 5:340
An interesting listing by Luther.
A table copied from Dr. Luther’s work on chronology which illustrates the historical sequence in an excellent manner
| | Leah bore | | Rachel bore | |
| | Reuben | 1 | 0 | |
| | Simeon | 2 | 0 | |
| | Levi | 3 | 0 | |
| | Judah | 4 | 0 | |
| | 0 | 5 | Dan | |
| | 0 | 6 | Naphtali??? | from Bilhah |
| | 0 | 7 | Joseph | |
| | Gad | 8 | 0 | |
| from Zilpah | ??? Asher | 9 | 0 | |
| | Issachar | 10 | 0 | |
| | Zebulun | 11 | 0 | |
| | Dinah | 12 | 0 | |
| | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| | | | Benjamin |
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