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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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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ To call attention to the fact
that he was deceived, as he had deceived Isaac (Genesis 27)....
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Jacob's Marriage with Leah and Rachel
15. _Because … brother_ Lit. "art thou a brother, and shouldest thou
serve me for nothing?" For "brother," see note on Genesis 29:12. Laban
asks Jacob to state o...
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_beguiled_ i.e. "deceived," as Joshua 9:22; but a different word in
the Hebrew from that in Genesis 3:13. Laban had succeeded in astutely
bestowing his less attractive daughter in marriage....
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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...
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_AND LABAN GAVE UNTO HIS DAUGHTER LEAH ZILPAH HIS MAID FOR AN
HANDMAID._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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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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Jacob and Rebekah had cheated Jacob’s father, Isaac. (See Genesis
27:19.) Leah and Laban cheated Jacob in a similar way. The next 6
lines show how the two events were similar.
• When Jacob cheated Is...
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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 יְהִ֣י בַ † בֹּ֔קֶר וְ הִנֵּה...
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JACOB MARRIES LEAH AND RACHEL
Genesis 29:21
The chief lesson of this paragraph is its illustration of the awful
nemesis which accompanies wrongdoing. No thoughtful person can watch
the events of hist...
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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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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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25._And he said to Laban_. Jacob rightly expostulates respecting the
fraud practiced upon him. And the answer of Laban, though it is not
without a pretext, yet forms no excuse for the fraud. It was no...
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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, THAT, IN THE MORNING, BEHOLD, IT [WAS] LEAH,....
The morning light discovered her, and her veil being off, her tender
eyes showed who she was: it is much her voice had not betraye...
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it [was] Leah: and
he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I
serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me...
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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 Marries Leah and Rachel...
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And it came to pass that, in the morning, behold, it was Leah; and he
said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve
with thee for Rachel? Wherefore, then, hast thou beguiled me?...
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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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15-30 During the month that Jacob spent as a guest, he was not idle.
Wherever we are, it is good to employ ourselves in some useful
business. Laban was desirous that Jacob should continue with him.
I...
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Though Laban could not solidly answer the question, yet Jacob could do
it, and had just cause to reflect upon his own former action of
beguiling his father; for which God had now punished him in the s...
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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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‘And it happened in the morning that behold, it was Leah. And he
said to Laban, “What is this that you have done to me? Did I not
serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”
When Jacob...
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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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_He took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him_
LABAN’S FRAUD ON JACOB
I. THE CHARACTER OF THE FRAUD.
1. Deliberate.
2. Bold.
3. Selfish.
II. THE FRAUD CONSIDERED AS A RETRIBUTION. There are...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 29:25 Only IN THE MORNING does Jacob realize
he has been deceived.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 29:23. He took Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him.]
“The fraud was rendered possible by the Eastern custom of the bride
being veiled, aided by the darkness of the nig...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 29:15
AND LABAN SAID UNTO JACOB (probably at the month's end), BECAUSE THOU
ART—literally, _is it not that_._ thou art _(cf. Genesis 27:36;...
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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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in the morning. 1 Corinthians 3:13 wherefore. Genesis 27:35 Genesis
27:36 Judges 1:7...
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Behold it was Leah — Jacob had cheated his own father when he
pretended to be Esau, and now his father — in — law cheated him.
Herein, how unrighteous soever Laban was, the Lord was righteous....
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When was Rachel given to be Jacob’s wife?
PROBLEM: In Genesis 29:27 Laban tells Jacob to complete the bridal
week of feasting with Leah, and then Rachel would be given to him.
However, the verse also...