“And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.”
He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. The arrangement follows Jacob's preference order in reverse — least loved in front, most loved in the rear — designed to protect Rachel and Joseph if the encounter turns violent. The application: the choices about who to protect most reveal who is most valued. Jacob's arrangement is honest about his loves, however painful that honesty.
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