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Verse Genesis 31:3. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JACOB, RETURN - AND I
WILL BE_ _WITH THEE._] I will take the same care of thee in thy
_return_, as I took of thee on thy way to this place. The Targum
read...
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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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JACOB'S FLIGHT. This section is, for the most part, from E, Genesis
31:1; Genesis 31:3 are from J, Genesis 31:18 (after cattle) from P.
Jacob realises from the words of Laban's sons (J) and the altere...
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_And the Lord said_ In a dream; cf. Genesis 31:11.
_the land of thy fathers_ i.e. Canaan, as the country of Abraham and
Isaac.
_I will be with thee_ The renewal of the promise of the Divine
Presence...
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_5. Jacob's Preparation for Flight_ (Genesis 31:1-16).
The complete success that Jacob achieved excited the envy and jealousy
of Laban's sons, who were evidently old enough to be entrusted with
the ca...
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_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO JACOB, RETURN UNTO THE LAND OF THY FATHERS,
AND TO THY KINDRED; AND I WILL BE WITH THEE._
The Lord said ... Return. Notwithstanding the ill-usage he had
received, Jacob might...
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31:3 kindred; (e-16) Or 'birthplace.' see ch. 24.4,7....
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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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Jacob had left the country that is called *Canaan 20 years before this
time. Jacob’s mother Rebekah had promised to tell Jacob when he
should return. (See Genesis 27:45.) But she did not tell him. Per...
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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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THE LORD SAID UNTO JACOB. — This is probably the revelation, more
exactly described in Genesis 31:10, as given to Jacob in a dream. It
is there ascribed to Elohim, but here to Jehovah. The narrator’s...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל ־יַעֲקֹ֔ב
שׁ֛וּב אֶל
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JACOB LEAVES LABAN
Genesis 31:1
Jacob was a remarkable mixture. He had an eminently religious nature,
and had intimate dealings with God. Note Genesis 31:3; Genesis 31:5;...
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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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JACOB DECIDES TO LEAVE LABAN
Laban and his sons eventually began to see Jacob as a drain on their
flocks. Laban ceased to believe God was blessing him because of Jacob
(Genesis 30:27). So, God told hi...
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Sweet thought! When we can trace all our mercies into God's gifts, and
all events which concern us, into God's ordination. See Genesis 45:7....
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Proverbs 3:6....
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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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3._And the Lord said unto Jacob_. The timidity of the holy man is here
more plainly seen; for he, perceiving that evil was designed against
him by his father-in-law, still dared not to move a foot, un...
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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 THE LORD SAID UNTO JACOB,.... In answer to a prayer of his; or
seeing what difficulties and discouragements Jacob laboured under, he
appeared unto him for his encouragement and instruction how to...
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And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and
to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Ver. 3. _Return unto the land of thy fathers._] Laban's frowns were a
grief to Jacob; t...
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_The Lord said unto Jacob, Return_ God, who orders all things aright,
having blessed Jacob with greater substance in the house of Laban than
he could have obtained in his father's house, without great...
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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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The Plan to Flee...
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And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers and
to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. Canaan was the land of
Jacob's fathers, Genesis 17:8; Genesis 26:3; there lived his neare...
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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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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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1-21 The affairs of these families are related very minutely, while
(what are called) the great events of states and kingdoms at that
period, are not mentioned. The Bible teaches people the common du...
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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 31:3 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Jacob H3290 Return H7725
(H8798) land H776 fathers H1 family...
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JACOB IS COMMANDED BY YAHWEH TO RETURN HOME AND TRIES TO SLIP AWAY
(31:1-21).
Genesis 31:1
‘And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, “Jacob has taken
away all that was our father's, and he h...
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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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_And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers_
JACOB’S DEPARTURE FOR CANAAN
I. IT WAS HASTENED BY PERSECUTION.
II. IT WAS PROMPTED BY A SENSE OF OFFENDED JUSTICE.
III. IT WAS...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 31:7. Changed my wages ten times.] Probably to be understood
as a round number, meaning any number of times—as often as he could.
The expression “ten times” is used for frequ...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 31:1
AND HE—Jacob had now served twenty years with Laban, and must
accordingly have been in his ninety-seventh or seventy-seventh year
(_vide_ Genesis 27:1)—HEARD THE WORDS OF LABA...
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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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Return. Genesis 28:15 Genesis 28:20 Genesis 28:21 #ff. Genesis 32:9
Gene
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The Lord said unto Jacob, Return and I will be with thee — though
Jacob had met with very hard usage, yet he would not quit his place
'till God bid him. He came thither by orders from heaven, and ther...