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Verse Genesis 30:2. _AM I IN GOD'S STEAD_] Am I greater than God, to
give thee what _he_ has refused?...
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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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GENESIS 29:31 TO GENESIS 30:24. THE BIRTH OF JACOB'S CHILDREN. This
section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31;
Gene
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_Am I in God's stead_ See Genesis 50:19. For God as the author and
giver of human life, cf. Genesis 16:2; Genesis 29:31; 1 Samuel 1:5. A
similar exclam
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Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24. Birth of Jacob's Children
31 35 (J); Genesis 30:1-24 (J, E and P)
In this section is narrated the account of the birth of eleven sons
and one daughter. Six of the son...
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3. _Jacob's Family_ (Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24).
_Basic Facts:_ (1) Jacob became the father of twelve sons and one
daughter. The inferior value set on a daughter is displayed in the
bare announce...
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_AND JACOB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST RACHEL: AND HE SAID, AM I IN
GOD'S STEAD, WHO HATH WITHHELD FROM THEE THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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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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וַ יִּֽחַר ־אַ֥ף יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּ רָחֵ֑ל
וַ
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SONS BORN TO JACOB
Genesis 30:1
The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because
they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel.
After all, history is made in...
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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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Rachel and Jacob were naturally frustrated by her inability to bear
children. Like Sarah before her, Rachel chose to have a child through
her handmaid, Bilhah. The son born of the handmaid was named D...
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And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in
(a) God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
(a) It is only God who makes one barren or fruitful, and there...
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_Angry at the rash and apparently blasphemous demand of Rachel.
(Menochius) --- As God, pro Deo. Am I to work a miracle in opposition
to God, who has made thee barren? To him thou oughtest to address...
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See Job's conduct. Job 2:10....
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Psalms 127:3; 1 Samuel 1:6
Sad perversion of the original appointment of God! Genesis 2:24;
Matthew 19:5. " Be built up by her." Hebrews...
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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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2._And Jacob’s anger was kindled_. The tenderness of Jacob’s
affection rendered him unwilling to offend his wife; yet her unworthy
conduct compelled him to do so, when he saw her petulantly exalt
hers...
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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 JACOB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST RACHEL,.... Whom yet he dearly
loved, hearing her talk in such an extravagant manner, as her words
seemed to be, and were not: only expressive of great uneasiness...
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And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in
God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Ver. 2. And Jacob's anger was kindled.] He that will be angry, and...
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_And Jacob's anger was kindled_ He was angry at the sin, and showed
his displeasure, by a grave and pious reply: _Am I in God's stead?_
Can I give thee that which God denies thee? He acknowledges the...
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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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And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in
God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? The
stern reproof of Jacob was fully deserved by Rachel: In the place...
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The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah...
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SECOND SECTION
_Jacob’s wives and children. Jacob and Rachel, Laban’s youngest
daughter. First and second treaty with Laban. His involuntary
consummation of marriage with Leah. The double marriage. L...
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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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1-13 Rachel envied her sister: envy is grieving at the good of
another, than which no sin is more hateful to God, or more hurtful to
our neighbours and ourselves. She considered not that God made the...
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JACOB'S ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST RACHEL for the injury done to
himself, and especially for the sin against God, in which case anger
is not only lawful, but necessary. AM I IN GOD'S STEAD? It is God's...
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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 30:2 Jacobs H3290 anger H639 aroused H2734 (H8799) Rachel
H7354 said H559 (H8799) God H430 withheld...
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‘And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I
in God's place? Who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Rachel's accusations stir up Jacob's anger. He too no doubt feels
f...
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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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_Rachel envied her sister._
RACHEL’S IMPATIENCE
I. IT WAS UNGODLY.
1. She was the victim of unholy passions. Envy and jealousy.
2. She took a despairing view of life.
3. She failed rightly to rec...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 30:1. Give me children, or else I die.] Heb. “If none, I am
a dead woman.” As to the raising up of seed, I shall be as good as
dead. An old Jewish proverb says, “The childles...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 30:1
AND WHEN RACHEL SAW (apparently after, though probably before, the
birth of Leah's fourth son) THAT SHE BARE JACOB NO CHILDREN
(literally, _that she bare not to Jacob_),_ _RAC...
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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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And Jacob's anger was kindled — He was angry, not at the person, but
at the sin: he expressed himself so as to shew his displeasure. It was
a grave and pious reply which Jacob gave to Rachel, Am I in...