Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Genesis 29:14
the space of a month:
Heb. a month of days
the space of a month:
Heb. a month of days
Verse Genesis 29:14. _MY BONE AND MY FLESH._] One of my nearest relatives....
- 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
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 ...
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...
SPACE OF. MONTH. Hebrew. month of days, i.e., by Figure of speech _Hypallage_, the days of. month. Compare Numbers 11:20....
_my bone and my flesh_ See note on Genesis 2:23, and cf. Genesis 37:27. Laban readily acknowledges the relationship which Jacob claims. _the space of a month_ Lit. "a month of days." See on Genesis 24...
2. _Jacob's Double Marriage_ (Genesis 29:13-30). _The Meeting with Laban._ When Laban heard of Jacob's presence, _he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house._ T...
_AND LABAN SAID TO HIM, SURELY THOU ART MY BONE AND MY FLESH. AND HE ABODE WITH HIM THE SPACE OF A MONTH._ He abode ... a month. Among pastoral people a stranger is freely entertained for three days;...
29:14 time. (a-21) Lit. 'a month of days.'...
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...
This does not mean that Jacob stayed for only a month. He began by staying for a month. After that, he agreed that he would stay for another 7 years. (See verse 20.) And in the end, he stayed for 20 y...
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...
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...
THE SPACE OF A MONTH. — Heb., _a month of days,_ that is, a full month....
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לֹו֙ לָבָ֔ן אַ֛ךְ עַצְמִ֥י וּ
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...
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...
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...
And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my (f) bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. (f) That is, of my blood and kindred....
_My flesh, entitled to my utmost protection and friendship. (Calmet)_...
It is profitable to remark, of whom these things were spoken in after ages; our great kinsman after the flesh. Ephesians 5:30....
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...
14._And he abode with him the space of a month_. Though Laban did not doubt that Jacob was his nephew by his sister, he nevertheless puts his character to trial during a month, and then treats with hi...
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...
AND LABAN SAID TO HIM, SURELY THOU [ART] MY BONE AND MY FLESH,.... Nearly allied in blood, being his sister's son: AND HE ABODE WITH HIM THE SPACE OF A MONTH; or "a month of days" m, a full month to...
And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. Ver. 14. _Surely thou art my bone, &c._] Good words cost nothing; and the veriest countrymen...
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...
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. He was satisfied with the account as given by Jacob, for it proved conclusively that the latter was his nephew. AND HE ABODE WITH HIM THE S...
Jacob Meets Rachel...
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...
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...
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...
HE ARMED HIS TRAINED SERVANTS, whom he had disciplined and instructed both in religion and in the military art too, both which were necessary to make them good soldiers, that they might both fight wit...
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...
Genesis 29:14 Laban H3837 said H559 (H8799) Surely H389 bone H6106 flesh H1320 stayed H3427 (H8799) for...
‘And so it was that when Laban heard the news of his sister's son, Jacob, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. And Lab...
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...
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...
_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...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 29:1 There are similarities between this passage and the earlier journey of Abraham’s servant to Paddan-aram to find a wife for Isaac (ch. Genesis 24:1). While both accounts in...
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...
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...
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...
art my. Genesis 29:12 Genesis 29:15 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 13:8 Judges 9:2...