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Verse Genesis 31:47. _LABAN CALLED IT JEGAR-SAHADUTHA_] יגר
שהדותא _yegar_ _sahadutha_, the _heap_ or _round heap of
witness; but Jacob called it_ _galed_, which signifies the same thing.
The first i...
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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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JEGAR-SAHADUTHA. Chaldaic. witness-heap....
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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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_And Laban called it_ This verse, which anticipates and does not agree
with Genesis 31:48, must be a learned gloss.
Laban the Syrian (cf. Genesis 31:20; Genesis 28:5) gives an Aramaic
name, Jacob the...
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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 LABAN CALLED IT JEGAR-SAHADUTHA: BUT JACOB CALLED IT GALEED._
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha [yªgar] - a heap of stones х_
SAAHªDUWTAA'_ (H3026)], testimony, witness. This word may be either
Ch...
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31:47 Jegar-sahadutha, (c-5) Galeed. (c-10) The one is Aramaic, the
other Hebrew. both meaning, 'Heap of witness.'...
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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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JEGAR-SAHADUTHA. GALEED] We have here the popular etymology of the
name Gilead. Both words in the text mean 'heap of witness,' the former
being Aramaic, the latter Hebrew. The double designation is du...
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‘Jegar-sahadutha’ means ‘the heap that is a sign’. It is in
the Aramaic language. The inhabitants of the region that is called
Paddan-aram spoke the Aramaic language. Haran, where Laban lived, is
in P...
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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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JEGAR-SAHADUTHA. — These are two Syriac words of the same meaning as
Gal-’eed, _Heap of Witness._ A Syriac (or Aramaic) dialect was most
probably the ordinary language of the people in Mesopotamia, bu...
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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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וַ יִּקְרָא ־לֹ֣ו לָבָ֔ן יְגַ֖ר
שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑א...
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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Genesis 31:43
In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be
written documentary evidence accessible, to prove that certain
transactions h...
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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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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Though Jacob accused Laban of intending to do him harm if God had not
warned him, Laban claimed he would not hurt his own family. Perhaps to
save embarrassment be...
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And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it (k) Galeed.
(k) The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the
Hebrew tongue....
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_Testimony. Hebrew makes Laban give this etymology, Jegar-saha-dutha;
while Galaad means the hill or the witness. The Syrian language had
now begun to deviate some little from the Hebrew of Jacob. ---...
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The heap of witness....
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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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47._And Laban called it_. Each, in his own language, gives a name, of
the same signification, to the heap. Whence it appears, that Laban
used the Syrian tongue, though born of the race of Heber. But i...
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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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AND LABAN CALLED IT JEGARSAHADUTHA,.... Which in the Syriac and
Chaldee languages signifies "an heap of witness"; it being, as after
observed, a witness of the covenant between Laban and Jacob:
BUT J...
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And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
Ver. 47. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 31:44 _"_...
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_But Jacob called it Galeed_ The name Laban gave it signifies _the
heap of witness_, in the Syrian tongue, which he used, and _Galeed_
signifies the same in Hebrew, the language which Jacob used. It
a...
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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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JEGARSAHADUTHA:
that is, The heap of witness...
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43-55 Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob,
therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to
own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a
c...
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Both names signify the same thing, _a heap of witness; _ only Laban
gives the name in the Syrian language; but Jacob, though he had been
long conversant in Syria, and understood that language, yet he...
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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 31:47 Laban H3837 called H7121 (H8799) Sahadutha H3026 Jacob
H3290 called H7121 (H8804) Galeed H1567...
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‘And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha (‘heap of witness' in
Aramaic), but Jacob called it Galeed (‘heap of witness' in Hebrew).'
This is interesting testimony to the fact that the Arameans spoke an
earl...
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JEGARSAHADUTHA
Chaldean, the heap of witness....
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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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_Let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness
between me and thee_
LABAN’S COVENANT WITH JACOB
I. IT WAS FORCED UPON HIM BY CIRCUMSTANCES.
1. His long journey in pursuit of Jacob...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 31:47 MIZPAH, meaning “watchtower,”
became the name of a settlement north of the Jabbok River. It was the
hometown of Jephthah (Judges 11:11
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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 31:47. And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called
it Galeed.] “It is remarkable that in giving these names Laban
chooses the Chaldee, Jacob the Hebrew, for the same...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 31:45
AND JACOB TOOK A STONE, AND SET IT UP _for_ A PILLAR—or _Matzebah_,_
as a _memorial or witness of the covenant about to be formed (Genesis
31:52); a different tran
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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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Jegar-sahadutha. i.e., the heap of witness. Chald. Galeed. Hebrews
12:1...