The Bible - Jacob (1994)

Description

Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle star as Jacob and Rachel, two young lovers willing to go through anything to be together. After tricking his older brother Esau, played by Sean Bean, out of his birthright, Jacob leaves home in fear for his life. Jacob takes shelter with his Uncle Laban, who proves to be a master of deceit himself. Realizing that Jacob has fallen in love with Rachel, his youngest daughter, Jacob offers Rachel's father the only thing he can give for her hand in marriage - manual labour for seven years. But uncle Laban is a treacherous and selfish man, and on what should be the hapiest night of Jacob's life, he orchestrates the ultimate deceit. Rachel must watch as Jacob is forced to start a family with another and Jacob must work for his conniving uncle for close to two decades to win the love of his life.