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Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee by Pieter Potter

Jacob persuades Leah and Rachel to flee by Pieter Potter

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Tired of Laban's broken promises, Jacob decides to leave his uncle's land. Here he informs his wives Rachel and Leah and convinces them to join him. They immediately agree, as Laban had mistreated them as well. Also, God had instructed Jacob to return to the land of his fathers.


Pieter Potter was a Dutch painter, father of the better known Paulus. He depicted the episode in a pastoral landscape.

Details

Artist
Pieter Potter
Created
1638
Medium
oil on panel
Dimension
81cm × 54cm
Passage
Genesis 31:5
Housed at
Museum Catharijneconvent Lange Nieuwstraat 38, Utrecht

Found in: Genesis, Genesis 31, 17th century, Jacob

Genesis 31:5

5 and said to them, “I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 31:5 · World English Bible

The artist

Pieter Potter

Pieter Potter

1597 - 1652

Enkhuizen, Netherland

Pieter Symonsz Potter (1597, Enkhuizen – 1652, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

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