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Verse Genesis 30:32. _I WILL PASS THROUGH ALL THY FLOCK_] צאן
_tson_, implying, as we have before seen, all _smaller cattle_, such
as _sheep, goats_, c.
_ALL THE SPECKLED AND SPOTTED CATTLE_] שה _se...
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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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_I will pass_, &c. Jacob's proposal to Laban is that he should serve
for a wage, to be given, not in money, but in animals. The sheep in
Syria are nearly always white, and the goats black; cf. Song of...
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SPECKLED AND SPOTTED— The _speckled_ cattle were those marked with
little points or pricks, which the Greeks called στιγματα. The
_spotted_ were those marked with broader and larger spots, such as are...
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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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_I WILL PASS THROUGH ALL THY FLOCK TO DAY, REMOVING FROM THENCE ALL
THE SPECKLED AND SPOTTED CATTLE, AND ALL THE BROWN CATTLE AMONG THE
SHEEP, AND THE SPOTTED AND SPECKLED AMONG THE GOATS: AND OF SUCH...
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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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As sheep are usually white, and goats either black or brown, Jacob
proposes that Laban should keep these, whilst the few speckled or
spotted ones should fall to him as his wage....
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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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In that region, most sheep were white and most goats were black.
Spotty sheep and black sheep were unusual. And spotty goats were
unusual.
V35 On the same day Laban removed some of his goats. He remo...
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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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THE SPECKLED AND SPOTTED CATTLE (SHEEP). — In the East sheep are
generally white, and goats black or brown. Jacob, therefore, proposes
that all such shall belong to Laban, but that the parti-coloured...
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אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר בְּ כָל ־צֹֽאנְךָ֜ הַ
יֹּ֗ום הָסֵ֨ר
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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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I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats: (i) and [of...
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Speckled; from those which are all of one colour. Those which should
be of the former description must belong to Jacob, while all the black
and the white should be Laban's. --- Brown, or of a dull mix...
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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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I WILL PASS THROUGH ALL THY FLOCK TODAY,.... Not alone, but Laban and
his sons with him;
REMOVING FROM THENCE ALL THE SPECKLED AND SPOTTED CATTLE; that is,
such as were black and had white spots on t...
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I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such...
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_Removing all the speckled and spotted_ He does not mean, that those
cattle which were already speckled and spotted, &c., should be given
him; for that does not agree with what went before: _Thou shal...
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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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I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such s...
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The Contract Between Laban and Jacob...
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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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SPECKLED AND SPOTTED CATTLE, which may seem to be thus distinguished;
_speckled_ with little spots, and _spotted_ with greater spots or
stains, both of diverse colours from the rest of the body. Or, t...
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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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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 30:31 As payment for his services, Jacob
asks Laban to give him livestock with distinctive markings. Then it
would be obvious which animals were Jacob’s and which were
Laban’s....
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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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of such. Genesis 30:35 Genesis 31:8 Genesis 31:10...