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Verse Genesis 30:35. _THE HE-GOATS THAT WERE RING-STREAKED_]
התישים העקדים _hatteyashim haakuddim_, the _he-goats_ that
had _rings_ of _black_ or _other coloured hair_ around their _feet_ or
_legs_....
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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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_into the hand of his sons_ Laban in accepting Jacob's offer
determines to make the very best of the new arrangement. Any
parti-coloured goats, and any black sheep in his flock, "he removed
that day,...
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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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_AND HE REMOVED THAT DAY THE HE GOATS THAT WERE RINGSTRAKED AND
SPOTTED, AND ALL THE SHE GOATS THAT WERE SPECKLED AND SPOTTED, AND
EVERY ONE THAT HAD SOME WHITE IN IT, AND ALL THE BROWN AMONG THE
SHEE...
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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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RINGSTRAKED] 'striped.'
35-42. It would appear that Laban, after sorting out Jacob's speckled
sheep and goats from his own pure ones, gave the former in charge of
his sons to be kept at a distance fro...
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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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Laban tried to cheat Jacob. He agreed to Jacob’s plan. (See verse
34.) Jacob would take as his wages all the sheep that were not white.
And he would take all the goats that were not black. But Laban l...
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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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AND HE REMOVED. — The question has been asked whether it was Jacob
or Laban who made the division, and whether Jacob was to have all such
sheep and goats as were parti-coloured already, or such only a...
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וַ יָּ֣סַר בַּ † יֹּום֩ הַ ה֨וּא...
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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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_ His sons. These continued to observe the conduct of Jacob, while
Laban drove off all the flocks of divers colours to so great a
distance, ver. 36, that there was no danger of the sheep under Jacob's...
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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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35._And he removed that day_. From this verse the form of the compact
is more certainly known. Laban separates the sheep and goats marked
with spots from the pure flock, that is, from the white or bla...
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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 HE REMOVED THAT DAY THE HE GOATS THAT WERE RINGSTRAKED AND
SPOTTED,.... That had strakes of a different colour from the rest on
their shoulders, thighs, logs, or feet, or in any part of the body:...
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_He gave them into the hands of his sons_ To be fed apart by
themselves, lest Jacob should get any of them to mix with those of one
colour. _He set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob_ Such...
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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 he removed that day the he-goats that were ring-straked (banded)
and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and
every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among...
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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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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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THE HE-GOATS THAT WERE RING-STRAKED, which had lines or strakes like
bands about them of diverse colours from the rest of their body. EVERY
ONE THAT HAD SOME WHITE: this word _some_ is oft understood...
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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 30:35 removed H5493 (H8686) day H3117 goats H8495 speckled
H6124 spotted H2921 (H8803) goats H5795 speckle
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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 30:35 Having agreed on the wages, Laban
secretly removes all the animals he had promised to Jacob and gives
them to his SONS.
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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...