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- Jacob’s Family and Wealth
6. דן _dān_, Dan, “judge, lord.”
8. נפתלי _naptālı̂y_, Naphtali, “wrestling.”
11. גד _gād_, Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד _bāgād_,
“in victory or” =גד...
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CHAPTER 30 JACOB WITH LABAN
_ 1. The sons of Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:1)_
2. The sons of Zilpah: Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:9)
3. The children of Leah: Issachar, Zebulon and Dinah (Genes...
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JACOB GROWS RICH BY OVERREACHING LABAN. This is a difficult section.
It is taken from JE. The analysis is uncertain. To J may be assigned
Genesis 30:25; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 30:29;...
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ANSWER. By the Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia,_ righteousness is
personified.
IN TIME TO COME. Hebrew. _to-morrow._ Figure of speech _Antimereia_
(of Adverb), App-6. some future day....
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_my righteousness_ i.e. my uprightness, honesty, and straightness of
dealing.
_answer for me_ i.e. "testify with regard to me"; or, better, as in 1
Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 1:16, "witness against me."
_...
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WHEN IT SHALL COME, &C.— This may be rendered, according to Le
Clerc, _when it_ (my righteousness) _shall came before thy face,
respecting my reward,_ or as to the matter of my reward. The
_righteousn...
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4. _Negotiations With Laban_ (Genesis 30:25-43).
_Jacob proposes to provide for his own household, Genesis 30:25-31_.
From the reading of the text it seems that Joseph must have been born
at the end o...
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30:33 hereafter, (a-8) Lit. 'on the day of to-morrow.' face. (b-17) Or
'for it will come before thee with my wages.'...
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JACOB'S CHILDREN. HIS STRATAGEM TO INCREASE HIS PROPERTY
1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great
reproach: cp. Luke 1:25. Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength
and p...
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Jacob stakes his reputation that Laban shall never find any white
sheep or black goats in his (Jacob's) flocks....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 30
JACOB HAS 6 MORE SONS
V1 Rachel saw that she produced no children for Jacob. And she was
angry with her sister because her sister was successf...
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
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וְ עָֽנְתָה ־בִּ֤י צִדְקָתִי֙ בְּ
יֹ֣ום מָחָ֔
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JACOB'S FLOCKS INCREASE
Genesis 30:25
There is little in this story to the credit of Jacob, and nothing to
choose between him and Laban. They are well matched one against
another; and if anything, Ja...
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In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at
things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary
allowances for the imperfect light in which these people live...
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GOD CAUSED JACOB TO PROSPER
After the seven years of service for Rachel were completed, Jacob told
Laban he desired to return home. Laban did not want him to go because
he knew God had made him wealth...
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So shall my (k) righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it
shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not
speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, th...
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_Of theft, if they be found in my possession. I am so well convinced
that God will reward my justice, that, even contrary to what might
naturally be expected, he will enable me to have plenty of spott...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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33._So shall my righteousness answer for me_. Literally it is, “My
righteousness shall answer in me.” But the particle בי (_bi_)
signifies _to me _or _for me _(86) The sense, however, is clear, that
J...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35.
I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the
Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not
possessed; but...
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SO SHALL MY RIGHTEOUSNESS ANSWER FOR ME IN TIME TO COME,.... Either by
the success I shall have, and the blessing of God upon me, making it
prosperous; it will appear in time to come, and to all poste...
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So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall
come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that s...
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1 Rachel in griefe for her barrennesse, giueth Bilhah her mayd vnto
Iacob.
5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali.
9 Leah giueth Zilpah her mayd, who beareth Gad and Asher.
14 Reuben findeth Mandrakes, wit...
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So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall
come for my hire before thy face; every one that is not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that sha...
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The Contract Between Laban and Jacob...
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THIRD SECTION
_Jacob’s thought of returning home. New treaty with Laban. His
closely calculated proposition (Prelude to the method of acquiring
possession of the Egyptian vessels). Laban’s displeasur...
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THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH
The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to
Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious
lesson in Rachel's word...
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IN TIME TO COME:
_ Heb._ tomorrow...
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25-43 The fourteen years being gone, Jacob was willing to depart
without any provision, except God's promise. But he had in many ways a
just claim on Laban's substance, and it was the will of God tha...
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When the cattle shall, contrary to their natural and usual course,
bring forth young ones of a contrary colour to their own, it will
hereby be evident that this is the work of God, who hereby pleads m...
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These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the
principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before
us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
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Genesis 30:33 righteousness H6666 answer H6030 (H8804) time H3117 come
H4279 wages H7939 comes H935 (H8799) before
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JACOB PROSPERS AND DECIDES TO RETURN HOME (GENESIS 30:25 TO GENESIS
32:2).
This passage is centred around two theophanies and two covenants. In
the first theophany Yahweh appears to Jacob and tells hi...
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CONTENTS: Jacob's posterity in Padan-aram. Another bargain between
Jacob and Laban.
CHARACTERS: Rachael, Jacob, Laban, Leah, Joseph.
CONCLUSION: The toiling and scheming of men is the result of igno...
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Genesis 30:2. _Am I in God's stead._ Rachel's impatience provoked
Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of
God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his own h...
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_Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it_
JACOB’S NEW CONTRACT OF SERVICE
I. IT WAS ENTERED UPON IN OPPOSITION TO HIS BETTER FEELINGS AND
CONVICTIONS.
II. IT WAS MARKED BY WORLDLY PRUDENCE.
1. Th...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 30:31 As payment for his services, Jacob
asks Laban to give him livestock with distinctive markings. Then it
would be obvious which animals were Jacob’s and which were
Laban’s....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 30:27. I have learned by experience.] This verb is taken from
a noun, which means a serpent. It seems to have such a meaning as,
“to ascertain by means of a close, subtle, an...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 30:25
AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN RACHEL HAD BORN JOSEPH,—either at or about
the expiry of the second term of seven years. Jacob's family now
consisted in all of eleven sons and one...
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Now when Rachel saw that she could not bare Jacob children, Rachel
envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me children, or else
I'm going to die. And Jacob was angry with her: and he said, Am I...
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righteousness. Genesis 31:37 1 Samuel 26:23 2 Samuel 22:21 Psalms 37:6
answer....