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Verse Genesis 29:8. _WE CANNOT, UNTIL ALL THE FLOCKS BE GATHERED
TOGETHER_] It is a rule that the stone shall not be removed till all
the shepherds and the flocks which have a right to this well be
g...
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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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_We cannot_ The local custom was not to be broken. All the flocks were
to be collected, before any were to be watered; and then those who had
come first had the privilege of watering their flocks firs...
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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 THEY SAID, WE CANNOT, UNTIL ALL THE FLOCKS BE GATHERED TOGETHER,
AND TILL THEY ROLL THE STONE FROM THE WELL'S MOUTH; THEN WE WATER THE
SHEEP._
They said, We cannot, until. In order to prevent th...
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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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Perhaps people had agreed that they would give water to the sheep at
the same time. And not all the sheep had arrived.
V9 While Jacob still spoke with them, Rachel arrived. She was looking
after her...
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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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AND TILL THEY ROLL THE STONE... — More correctly, _then they roll
the stone from the well’s mouth, and we water the sheep._ As soon as
the flocks were all collected round the well the stone is removed...
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וַ יֹּאמְרוּ֮ לֹ֣א נוּכַל֒ עַ֣ד
אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֵאָֽ
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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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How the Lord directed Jacob's way! Psalms 32:8....
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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 THEY SAID, WE CANNOT,.... That is, water the sheep; either because
the stone was a great one, as Jarchi observes, and therefore used to
be removed by the joint strength of all the shepherds when t...
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And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together,
and [till] they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water
the sheep.
Ver. 8. _We cannot, until all the flocks._] As we a...
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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 they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together,
and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the
sheep. Ordinarily, therefore, it took two or more men to roll...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered
together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water
the sheep.” '
The answer was that it was because the stone could not...
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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 29:1 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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until. Genesis 29:3 Genesis 34:14 Genesis 43:32 roll. Mark 16:3 Luke
24:2...