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Verse Genesis 29:10. _JACOB WENT NEAR, AND ROLLED THE STONE_] Probably
the flock of Laban was the last of those which had a right to the
well; that flock being now come, Jacob assisted the shepherds t...
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- Jacob’s Marriage
6. רחל _rāchēl_, Rachel, “a ewe.”
16. לאה _lê'âh_, Leah, “wearied.”
24. זלפה _zı̂lpâh_, Zilpah, “drop?”
29. בלהה _bı̂lhâh_, Bilhah, “timidity.”
32. ראוּבן
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CHAPTER 29 JACOB WITH LABAN
_ 1. Jacob's arrival at Padan-aram (Genesis 29:1)_
2. His service for Rachel (Genesis 29:15)
3. Laban's deception (Genesis 29:21)
4. Jacob receives Rachel ...
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JACOB SERVES SEVEN YEARS FOR RACHEL. LABAN SUBSTITUTES LEAH AND
SECURES FOURTEEN YEARS'SERVICE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TWO. Apart from
bits of P (Genesis 29:24; Genesis 29:28_ b_, Genesis 29:29) the
secti...
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_went near, and rolled_ Jacob disregards the rule of the well; and at
the risk of incurring the wrath of the local herdsmen and shepherds,
by a feat of great personal strength, removes unaided the sto...
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ROLLED THE STONE, &C.— Out of complaisance to his relation Rachel,
and to shew his officiousness in her service, Jacob assisted the
shepherds to roll away the stone, when she approached with her flock...
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PART FORTY-ONE
THE STORY OF JACOB: HIS EXPERIENCES IN PADDAN-ARAM
(Genesis 29:1 to Genesis 31:16)
The Biblical Account
1. Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the
children of the...
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_AND WHILE HE YET SPAKE WITH THEM, RACHEL CAME WITH HER FATHER'S
SHEEP: FOR SHE KEPT THEM._
While he yet spake ... Rachel came. Among the pastoral tribes the
young unmarried daughters of the greatest...
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JACOB IN MESOPOTAMIA WITH LABAN
The divine care and blessing promised to Jacob at Bethel (Genesis
28:15) are illustrated in the narrative of the sojourn of the
patriarch at Haran, which apparently las...
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Until Jacob left home, he used to do what his mother told him to do.
(For example, see Genesis 27:13-14.) But from this time, he himself
decided what he would do. He did not wait to see what the local...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 29
JACOB MEETS RACHEL
V1 Then Jacob continued his journey. He came to the land where the
people in the east lived. V2 As he looked, he saw a well...
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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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LABAN HIS MOTHER’S BROTHER. — The threefold repetition of these
words has no other reason than that given in the Note on Genesis 28:5....
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וַ יְהִ֡י כַּ אֲשֶׁר֩ רָאָ֨ה יַעֲקֹ֜ב
אֶת
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JACOB IN LABAN'S HOME
Genesis 29:1
Well might Jacob lift up his feet! See margin. When we are sure of God
we receive strength that enables us to _run_ with patience the race
that is set before us. Th...
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Pursuing his journey after his experience at Luz, now called Beth-el,
Jacob came into "the land of the children of the east." Here the next
twenty years of his life were to be spent, during which he a...
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THE DECEIVER IS DECEIVED
When Jacob came to a well in a field in northern Mesopotamia, he
inquired where he was. He learned he was near Haran and soon met
Rachel, his uncle Laban's daughter, who was c...
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_Cousin-german, and uncle, are put for brevity's sake by St. Jerome,
instead of the Hebrew, "the daughter of Laban, brother of Rebecca his
mother," and "his mother's brother." (Haydock)_...
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Brother, here means no more than a relation....
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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 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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JACOB SAW RACHEL, THE DAUGHTER OF LABAN HIS
MOTHER'S BROTHER,.... Coming with her flock towards the well, and for
whom and whose flock only the shepherds might be waiting:
A...
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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his
mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that
Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, an...
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1 Iacob commeth to the well of Haran.
9 He taketh acquaintance of Rachel.
13 Laban enterteineth him.
18 Iacob couenanteth for Rachel.
23 He is deceiued with Leah.
28 He marrieth also Rachel, and...
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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his
mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that
Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth,...
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Jacob Meets Rachel...
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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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JACOB MEETS RACHEL AND LABAN
After many days of travel Jacob came to the land of his relatives. He
could not phone to find his directions to their home, nor did he have
any street and house number, bu...
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9-14 See Rachel's humility and industry. Nobody needs to be ashamed of
honest, useful labour, nor ought it to hinder any one's preferment.
When Jacob understood that this was his kinswoman, he was ver...
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THE VALE OF SIDDIM WAS chosen by those five kings for the place of
battle, that their adversaries being ignorant of the place might
unawares fall into those pits, which they by their knowledge of it
t...
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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 29:10 Jacob H3290 saw H7200 (H8804) Rachel H7354 daughter
H1323 Laban H3837 mothers H517 brother H251 sheep
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‘While he yet spoke with them Rachel came with her father's sheep,
for she looked after them. And so it happened that when Jacob saw
Rachel, the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep o...
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CONTENTS: Jacob and Laban, two bargain makers, meet.
CHARACTERS: Jacob, Laban, Rachael, Leah, Reuben, Levi, Judah.
CONCLUSION: The believer who has erred may not be forsaken of God, but
he is permit...
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Genesis 29:1. _Jacob went on his journey._ Our version fails here to
express the lively sense of the Hebrew, as in most versions. _Levabit
pedes;_ he tripped along with light feet, being now assured t...
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_Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people
of the east_
JACOB’S EXPERIENCE ON HIS JOURNEY
I. THAT GOD’S PRESENCE WITH HIM MADE HIS DUTIES AND HIS TROUBLES
LIGHT. He who ca...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 29:1. Went on his journey.] Heb. _Lifted up his feet._ (See
Psalms 74:3.) The idea is that he journeyed with alacrity. _Rashi_,
the Jewish commentator, says, “his heart was el...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 29:1
THEN JACOB WENT ON HIS JOURNEY (literally, _lifted up his feet—a
_graphic description of traveling. Inspired by new hopes, and
conscious of loftier aims than when he fled from...
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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the people of
the east. And he looked, behold there was a well in the field, and,
there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that...
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rolled. Exodus 2:17...