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Verse Genesis 29:6. IS _HE WELL?_] השלום לו _hashalom lo_? Is
there peace to him? _Peace_ among the Hebrews signified _all kinds of_
_prosperity_. Is he a prosperous man in his family and in his
prope...
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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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_Rachel_ The name means "Ewe," a personal name, though, possibly, also
tribal. In very early times, the designation of an animal seems often
to have been transferred to a family or clan in connexion w...
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IS HE WELL?— In the margin of our Bibles it is, _Is there peace to
him?_ which is agreeable to the Hebrew. _Peace,_ with them, was a word
comprehensive of all happiness; hence used in salutation, See...
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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 HE SAID UNTO THEM, IS HE WELL? AND THEY SAID, HE IS WELL: AND,
BEHOLD, RACHEL HIS DAUGHTER COMETH WITH THE SHEEP._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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29:6 well? (d-8) Lit. 'Has he peace?' well; (e-14) Lit. 'Peace.'...
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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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We can be certain that God caused Jacob and Rachel to meet.
Abraham’s servant and Rebekah met in a similar way. (See Genesis
24:15.)...
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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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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר לָהֶ֖ם הֲ שָׁלֹ֣ום לֹ֑ו וַ
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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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And he said unto them, (d) [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well:
and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
(d) Or, "he is in peace?" by which the Hebrews mean prosperity....
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_Health. Hebrew, "in peace;" by which name all good things are
designated. (Du Hamel)_...
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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 HE SAID UNTO THEM, [IS] HE WELL?.... In good health, he and his
family, or "is peace unto him" b; does he enjoy prosperity and
happiness? for this word was used in the eastern nations, and still
i...
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And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
Ver. 6. _And, behold, Rachel his daughter._] Note, that our least and
ordinar...
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_Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep_ According to the custom of
those times, when simplicity and industry were in fashion among
persons of great quality, and of both sexes. They who find fault...
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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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Jacob Arrives in Mesopotamia...
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And he said unto them, Is he well? "Is there peace to him?" AND THEY
SAID, HE IS WELL; AND, BEHOLD, RACHEL, HIS DAUGHTER, COMETH, is even
now coming, with the sheep....
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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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1-8 Jacob proceeded cheerfully in his journey, after the sweet
communion he had with God at Beth-el. Providence brought him to the
field where his uncle's flocks were to be watered. What is said of t...
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According to the manner of those times, EXODUS 2:16 SONG OF SOLOMON
1:7,8, when humility, innocency, simplicity, and industry were in
fashion, both among men and women of great quality. There are some...
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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 29:6 said H559 (H8799) well H7965 said H559 (H8799) well H7965
daughter H1323 Rachel H7354 coming...
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‘And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, from where are you?” And
they said, “We are from Haran.” And he said to them, “Do you
know Laban, the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.” And
he said to...
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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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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 29:6 Providentially, Laban’s daughter
RACHEL is bringing her herd to the well. Rachel means “ewe,” an
appropriate name for a shepherdess (v. Genesis 29:9
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 29:4 When Jacob discovers that the shepherds
are from HARAN, he asks about his uncle, LABAN THE SON OF NAHOR.
Strictly speaking, Laban is Nahor’s grandson. The Hebrew term for...
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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...
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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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Is he well? Heb. there peace to him? Genesis 37:14 Genesis 43:27
Exodus 18:7 1 Samuel 17:22...