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Verse Genesis 30:37. _RODS OF GREEN POPLAR_] לבנה לח _libneh
lach_. The _libneh_ is generally understood to mean the _white
poplar_; and the word _lach_, which is here joined to it, does not so
much...
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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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_poplar_ R.V. marg. _storax tree_. The Hebrew name is _libneh_, and is
probably connected with the word _laban_, meaning "white." By some it
is identified with the _styrax officinalis_.
_plane tree_ I...
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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 JACOB TOOK HIM RODS OF GREEN POPLAR, AND OF THE HAZEL AND CHESNUT
TREE; AND PILLED WHITE STRAKES IN THEM, AND MADE THE WHITE APPEAR
WHICH WAS IN THE RODS._
Jacob took him rods (Hebrew, a rod) of...
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30:37 maple; (c-11) Or 'plane-tree.'...
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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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POPLAR.. HAZEL.. CHESNUT] rather, 'storax,' 'almond,' 'plane.'...
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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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AND JACOB TOOK HIM RODS... — Jacob’s plan was to place before the
ewes and she-goats at breeding time objects of a speckled colour, and
as he put them at their watering-place, where everything was fam...
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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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And Jacob (l) took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and
chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white
appear which [was] in the rods.
(l) Jacob used no deceit in this f...
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Compare with, Genesis 31:9....
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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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37._And Jacob took him rods of green poplar_. The narration of Moses,
at first sight, may seem absurd: for he either intends to censure holy
Jacob as guilty of fraud, or to praise his industry. But fr...
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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 TOOK HIM RODS OF GREEN POPLAR,.... Of the white poplar tree,
called green, not from the colour, but from the moisture, being such
as were cut off of the tree:
AND OF THE HAZEL AND CHESTNUT...
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And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut
tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear
which [was] in the rods.
Ver. 37. _And of the hazel._] Or nut t...
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_And pilled white streaks in them_ Pilled off the bark from the rods,
at certain distances, till the white appeared between the bark. _He
set the rods in the gutters_ Or channels of water, at the time...
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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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JACOB'S GREAT WEALTH...
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And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel-and
chestnut-tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white
appear which was in the rods. Since the bark of the Oriental gum, the...
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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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JACOB TOOK RODS: this he did by Divine appointment, as will appear in
the sequel, which is sufficient for Jacob's justification. TOOK RODS
OF GREEN POPULAR, AND OF THE HAZEL AND CHESNUT TREE; either b...
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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 30:37 Jacob H3290 took H3947 (H8799) rods H4731 green H3892
poplar H3839 almond H3869 trees H6196 peeled...
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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 30:37 To produce more speckled and spotted
sheep and goats, Jacob manipulates the breeding process. Scholars
differ as to how Jacob is using STICKS with PEELED WHITE STREAKS IN...
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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...
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Jacob. Genesis 31:9 green poplar. hasel. chestnut tree. Ezekiel 31:8...
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Here is Jacob's policy to make his bargain more advantageous to
himself than it was likely to be: and if he had not taken some course
to help himself, it would have been an ill bargain indeed; which h...