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- Jacob’s Flight from Haran
19. תרפים _t__e__rāpı̂ym_, Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen
times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter,
and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is...
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CHAPTER 31 JACOB'S SERVITUDE ENDED AND FLIGHT FROM LABAN
_ 1. Laban's behavior and God's commandment (Genesis 31:1)_
2. The dream vision to return to the land (Genesis 31:11)
3. Jacob's flight (Gen...
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GENESIS 31:22 TO GENESIS 32:2. AFTER MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS, JACOB AND
LABAN MAKE A COVENANT TO REFRAIN FROM AGGRESSION ON EACH OTHER'S
TERRITORIES. The analysis is uncertain; Gunkel assigns Genesis 31...
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TWENTY. The No. of disappointed expectancy. See App-10....
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The Pursuit of Laban, &c.
23. _his brethren_ i.e. the men of his kindred and clan, as in Genesis
31:25_; Genesis 31:32_. Jacob is similarly attended; cf. Genesis
31:37;...
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_This twenty years_ Jacob's indignant protest proclaims (1) his length
of service, (2) his perfect honesty, (3) his uncomplaining endurance
of hardship, in spite of capricious changes in his wage. And...
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PART FORTY-TWO
THE STORY OF JACOB: HIS RETURN TO CANAAN
(Genesis 31:17 to Genesis 33:20)
1. _The Covenant in Gilead: The Biblical Account_ (Genesis
31:17-55)_._
17 Then Jacob rose up, an
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_AND JACOB WAS WROTH, AND CHODE WITH LABAN: AND JACOB ANSWERED AND
SAID TO LABAN, WHAT IS MY TRESPASS? WHAT IS MY SIN, THAT THOU HAST SO
HOTLY PURSUED AFTER ME?_
Jacob answered and said to Laban. The...
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JACOB'S RETURN FROM HARAN
4-13. Jacob attributes his prosperity to God's favour.
14-16. Rachel and Leah point out that their father had no claim on
them, since Jacob had won them by his services, an...
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Most of what Jacob said was right. But Jacob had cheated Laban and he
did not say that.
‘You have changed my wages 10 times.’ Jacob was not right when he
said that. (See the comment on verse 7.)...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 31
GOD TELLS JACOB TO RETURN
V1 Laban’s sons said, ‘Jacob has taken all that belonged to our
father. He has gained all his wealth from our father...
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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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זֶה֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים שָׁנָ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙
עִמָּ֔ךְ רְחֵלֶ֥יךָ...
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THE DISPUTE BETWEEN LABAN AND JACOB
Genesis 31:22
These Chapter s afford a remarkable insight into God's forbearance. He
knew what was in Jacob's heart, and could see all its weakness and
deceit. The...
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In the midst of Jacob's success the second divine communication came
to him, commanding him to return to the land of his fathers and giving
him the promise, "I will be with thee." Thus, after at least...
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LABAN PURSUES JACOB AND HIS FAMILY
After three days, Laban was told of Jacob's departure. He and his men
finally overtook Jacob's company on the seventh day in the mountains
of Gilead. The night befo...
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Is there nothing in those verses to prompt Ministers to watchfulness
in their ministry; and servants to faithfulness in their service?
Above all, doth not the Reader discover somewhat here to bring to...
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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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_THE MID-PASSAGE OF LIFE_
‘And Jacob served.’
Genesis 29:20
‘This twenty years have I been with thee.’
Genesis 31:38
The twenty years of his sojourn in Mesopotamia are the least
interesting portio...
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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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THIS TWENTY YEARS [HAVE] I BEEN [WITH] THEE,.... So that he now must
have been ninety seven years of age:
THY EWES AND THY SHE GOATS HAVE NOT CAST THEIR YOUNG: or very few of
them: it was a rare case...
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This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes and thy she
goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not
eaten.
Ver. 38. _The rams of thy flock have I not eaten._] A li...
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1 Iacob vpon displeasure departeth secretly.
19 Rachel stealeth her fathers images.
22 Laban pursueth after him,
26 and complaineth of the wrong.
34 Rachels policie to hide the images.
36 Iacobs...
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FOURTH SECTION
_Jacob’s flight. Laban’s persecution. The covenant between the two
on the mountain of Gilead. Departure._
GENESIS 31:4 TO GENESIS 32:2
, 4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to...
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JACOB'S SECRET DEPARTURE
The prosperity of Jacob could not but awaken the envy of Laban's sons.
Jacob had gained all of this through his caring for their father's
sheep: now the majority of the sheep...
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36-42 If Jacob were willingly consumed with heat in the day, and
frost by night, to become the son-in-law of Laban, what should we
refuse to endure, to become the sons of God? Jacob speaks of God as...
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THY SHE-GOATS HAVE NOT CAST THEIR YOUNG, which thou owest in a great
measure to my care and diligence in ordering them, and principally to
God's blessing given to thee for my sake, by thy own confessi...
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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 31:38 twenty H6242 years H8141 ewes H7353 goats H5795 young
H7921 (H8765) eaten H398 (H8804) rams...
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‘And Jacob was extremely angry and berated Laban. And Jacob answered
and said to Laban, “What have I done wrong? What is my sin that you
hotly pursued after me? In your feeling about among all my thin...
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CONTENTS: Jacob's resolution to return. Laban's hot pursuit; their
quarrel and final agreement.
CHARACTERS: Laban, Jacob, Rachael, Leah.
CONCLUSION: The safety of believers under trying circumstance...
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Genesis 31:1. _He heard the words of Laban's sons._ Three causes are
assigned for Jacob's abrupt removal: first, the bitter reproaches of
Laban's sons: secondly, the consequent change in the countenan...
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_Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away
unawares to me, and carried away my daughters,
.. . ?_
LABAN’S EXPOSTULATION WITH JACOB, AND JACOB’S DEFENCE
I. LABAN’S EXPOSTU...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 31:19 Fearful that Laban will prevent him
from leaving Paddan-aram, Jacob escapes when his father-in-law is away
shearing sheep. When Laban discovers what has happened, he purs...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 31:34. The camel’s furniture.] “This was a packsaddle, in
the recesses of which articles might be deposited, and on which was a
seat or couch for the rider.” (_Murphy._)—
GEN...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 31:22, GENESIS 31:23
AND IT WAS TOLD LABAN ON THE THIRD DAY—_i_._e_. the third after
Jacob's departure, the distance between the two sheep-stations being a
three days' journey (_vi...
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And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away
all that was our father's; and all that which was our father's hath he
gotten all this glory (Genesis 31:1).
In other words, they...
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twenty. Genesis 31:41 ewes. Genesis 30:27 Genesis 30:30 Exodus 23:26...