"...for I have learned by experience..." -Genesis 30:27 After reading Genesis 30 this morning, my mind stopped in its tracks on the above phrase in verse 27: "I have learned by experience." I am not sure about you, but I certainly have learned by experience "how not to" respond to my spouse when I am upset, and after nearly a decade, my spouse has learned "how not to" respond to me. Some things in life cement themselves in our minds forever simply because we have learned them by experience.