_THEN JACOB WENT ON HIS JOURNEY, AND CAME INTO THE LAND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST._ Then Jacob went ... - Hebrew, lifted up his feet. He resumed his way next morning with a light heart and elastic step, after the vision of the ladder; for tokens of the divine favour tend to quicken the discharge of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE LOOKED, AND BEHOLD A WELL IN THE FIELD, AND, LO, THERE WERE THREE FLOCKS OF SHEEP LYING BY IT; FOR OUT OF THAT WELL THEY WATERED THE FLOCKS: AND A GREAT STONE WAS UPON THE WELL'S MOUTH._ And he looked ... - as he approached the place of his destination, he, according to custom, repaired to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THITHER WERE ALL THE FLOCKS GATHERED: AND THEY ROLLED THE STONE FROM THE WELL'S MOUTH, AND WATERED THE SHEEP, AND PUT THE STONE AGAIN UPON THE WELL'S MOUTH IN HIS PLACE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB SAID UNTO THEM, MY BRETHREN, WHENCE BE YE? AND THEY SAID, OF HARAN ARE WE._ Jacob said ... My brethren ... Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? He was the grandson of Nahor. Bethuel is passed over as of no note in the family (see the note at Genesis 24:53; Genesis 24:55). Finding from the she... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, IS HE WELL? AND THEY SAID, HE IS WELL: AND, BEHOLD, RACHEL HIS DAUGHTER COMETH WITH THE SHEEP._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SAID, WE CANNOT, UNTIL ALL THE FLOCKS BE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND TILL THEY ROLL THE STONE FROM THE WELL'S MOUTH; THEN WE WATER THE SHEEP._ They said, We cannot, until. In order to prevent the consequences of too frequent exposure in places where water is scarce, it is not only covered and... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHILE HE YET SPAKE WITH THEM, RACHEL CAME WITH HER FATHER'S SHEEP: FOR SHE KEPT THEM._ While he yet spake ... Rachel came. Among the pastoral tribes the young unmarried daughters of the greatest sheikhs tend the flocks, going out at sunrise, and continuing to watch their fleecy charge until su... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB TOLD RACHEL THAT HE WAS HER FATHER'S BROTHER, AND THAT HE WAS REBEKAH'S SON: AND SHE RAN AND TOLD HER FATHER._ Jacob told Rachel ... According to the practice of the East, the term "brother" is extended to remote degrees of relationship, as uncle, cousin, or nephew.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN LABAN HEARD THE TIDINGS OF JACOB HIS SISTER'S SON, THAT HE RAN TO MEET HIM, AND EMBRACED HIM, AND KISSED HIM, AND BROUGHT HIM TO HIS HOUSE. AND HE TOLD LABAN ALL THESE THINGS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LABAN SAID TO HIM, SURELY THOU ART MY BONE AND MY FLESH. AND HE ABODE WITH HIM THE SPACE OF A MONTH._ He abode ... a month. Among pastoral people a stranger is freely entertained for three days; on the fourth he is expected to tell his name and errand; and if he prolongs his stay after that ti... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LABAN SAID UNTO JACOB, BECAUSE THOU ART MY BROTHER, SHOULDEST THOU THEREFORE SERVE ME FOR NOUGHT? TELL ME, WHAT SHALL THY WAGES BE?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LABAN HAD TWO DAUGHTERS: THE NAME OF THE ELDER WAS LEAH, AND THE NAME OF THE YOUNGER WAS RACHEL._ The name of the elder was Leah (weak-eyed, Gesenius), and the name of the younger was Rachel, х_ RAACHEEL_ (H7354), sheep, ewe] - who might be so called from the mildness of her temper, or, as Har... [ Continue Reading ]
_LEAH WAS TENDER EYED; BUT RACHEL WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WELL FAVOURED._ Leah ... tender-eyed - i:e., soft blue eyes-thought a blemish; according to others, weak, dull, bleary eyes. [Septuagint, _ ASTHENEIS_ (G772); Vulgate, lippi.] RACHEL ... BEAUTIFUL AND WELL FAVOURED, х_ YªPAT_ (H3303) _ TO'AR_ (H... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB LOVED RACHEL; AND SAID, I WILL SERVE THEE SEVEN YEARS FOR RACHEL THY YOUNGER DAUGHTER._ I will serve thee seven years - a proposal of marriage is made to the father without the daughter being consulted, and the match is effected by the suitor either bestowing costly presents on the famil... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LABAN SAID, IT IS BETTER THAT I GIVE HER TO THEE, THAN THAT I SHOULD GIVE HER TO ANOTHER MAN: ABIDE WITH ME._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB SAID UNTO LABAN, GIVE ME MY WIFE, FOR MY DAYS ARE FULFILLED, THAT I MAY GO IN UNTO HER._ Jacob said, Give me my wife. The betrothals often continue for years, as they did in Jacob's case, before a man demands his wife. When a man demands his betrothed, a day is fixed for the nuptials, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LABAN GATHERED TOGETHER ALL THE MEN OF THE PLACE, AND MADE A FEAST._ Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast, х_ WAYA`AS_ (H6213) _ MISHTEH_ (H4960)] - made a banquet, a symposium [Septuagint, epoieese gamon]. In both these phrases, the idea of the marriage feast is... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE EVENING, THAT HE TOOK LEAH HIS DAUGHTER, AND BROUGHT HER TO HIM; AND HE WENT IN UNTO HER._ In the evening, that he took Leah ... and brought her to him. The ample bridal veil enveloped the whole person, so that it was impossible to discern the features of the wearer. Thi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LABAN GAVE UNTO HIS DAUGHTER LEAH ZILPAH HIS MAID FOR AN HANDMAID._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FULFIL HER WEEK, AND WE WILL GIVE THEE THIS ALSO FOR THE SERVICE WHICH THOU SHALT SERVE WITH ME YET SEVEN OTHER YEARS._ Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also, ... i:e., complete without disturbance or interruption the week's marriage festival of this one, and then Rachel will be given y... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JACOB DID SO, AND FULFILLED HER WEEK: AND HE GAVE HIM RACHEL HIS DAUGHTER TO WIFE ALSO._ Gave him Rachel ... also. It is evident that the marriage of both sisters took place nearly about the same time, and that such a connection was then allowed, though afterward prohibited (Leviticus 18:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LABAN GAVE TO RACHEL HIS DAUGHTER BILHAH HIS HANDMAID TO BE HER MAID._ Gave to Rachel ... Bilhah ... to be her maid. A father in good circumstances still gives his daughter from his household a female slave, over whom the young wife, independently of her husband, has the absolute control.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WENT IN ALSO UNTO RACHEL, AND HE LOVED ALSO RACHEL MORE THAN LEAH, AND SERVED WITH HIM YET SEVEN OTHER YEARS._ He loved also Rachel more than Leah. This affection for Rachel seems to have been love at first sight, and of the most ardent character; more like what is read in romance book stha... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE LORD SAW THAT LEAH WAS HATED, HE OPENED HER WOMB: BUT RACHEL WAS BARREN._ When the Lord saw ... This statement is of great importance in the progressive development of the covenant. It is not to be considered as made by the sacred historian merely in the style of Scripture, which ascr... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LEAH CONCEIVED, AND BARE A SON, AND SHE CALLED HIS NAME REUBEN: FOR SHE SAID, SURELY THE LORD HATH LOOKED UPON MY AFFLICTION; NOW THEREFORE MY HUSBAND WILL LOVE ME._ Son ... called his name Reuben - i:e., behold! a son. Names were always significant; and those which Leah gave to her sons were... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN AND BARE A SON; AND SAID BECAUSE THE LORD HATH HEARD THAT I WAS HATED HE_ _ AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN, AND BARE A SON; AND SAID, BECAUSE THE LORD HATH HEARD THAT I WAS HATED, HE HATH THEREFORE GIVEN ME THIS SON ALSO: AND SHE CALLED HIS NAME SIMEON._ Simeon - i:e., favourable... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN, AND BARE A SON; AND SAID, NOW THIS TIME WILL MY HUSBAND BE JOINED UNTO ME, BECAUSE I HAVE BORN HIM THREE SONS: THEREFORE WAS HIS NAME CALLED LEVI._ Levi - i:e., a joining.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN, AND BARE A SON: AND SHE SAID, NOW WILL I PRAISE THE LORD: THEREFORE SHE CALLED HIS NAME JUDAH; AND LEFT BEARING._ Judah, х_ YªHUWDAAH_ (H3063)] - i:e., praise or thanksgiving. [It is a Chaldeeism derived from the Hiphil of _ YAADAAH_ (H3027), to praise, of which the common... [ Continue Reading ]