Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Genesis 30:32
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.
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.
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...
- 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...
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...
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;...
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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 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...
אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר בְּ כָל ־צֹֽאנְךָ֜ הַ יֹּ֗ום הָסֵ֨ר
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
The Contract Between Laban and Jacob...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 30:32 pass H5674 (H8799) flock H6629 today H3117 removing H5493 (H8687) speckled H5348 spotted H2921 ...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
of such. Genesis 30:35 Genesis 31:8 Genesis 31:10...