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Verse Genesis 31:54. _OFFERED SACRIFICE UPON THE MOUNT_] It is very
likely that Laban joined in this solemn religious rite, and that,
having offered the blood and fat to God, they feasted upon the
sac...
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- Jacob’s Flight from Haran
19. תרפים _t__e__rāpı̂ym_, Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen
times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter,
and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is...
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CHAPTER 31 JACOB'S SERVITUDE ENDED AND FLIGHT FROM LABAN
_ 1. Laban's behavior and God's commandment (Genesis 31:1)_
2. The dream vision to return to the land (Genesis 31:11)
3. Jacob's flight (Gen...
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GENESIS 31:22 TO GENESIS 32:2. AFTER MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS, JACOB AND
LABAN MAKE A COVENANT TO REFRAIN FROM AGGRESSION ON EACH OTHER'S
TERRITORIES. The analysis is uncertain; Gunkel assigns Genesis 31...
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OFFERED SACRIFICE. killed beasts. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Adjunct)....
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_offered a sacrifice_ Lit. "killed a sacrifice." The killing of an
animal for sacrifice was the occasion of a feast. The sacrifice
consisted not only in an offering to the Deity, but also in the eatin...
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The Pursuit of Laban, &c.
23. _his brethren_ i.e. the men of his kindred and clan, as in Genesis
31:25_; Genesis 31:32_. Jacob is similarly attended; cf. Genesis
31:37;...
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PART FORTY-TWO
THE STORY OF JACOB: HIS RETURN TO CANAAN
(Genesis 31:17 to Genesis 33:20)
1. _The Covenant in Gilead: The Biblical Account_ (Genesis
31:17-55)_._
17 Then Jacob rose up, an
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31:54 bread. (a-15) See Deuteronomy 33:19 ....
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JACOB'S RETURN FROM HARAN
4-13. Jacob attributes his prosperity to God's favour.
14-16. Rachel and Leah point out that their father had no claim on
them, since Jacob had won them by his services, an...
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DID EAT BREAD] in token of friendship....
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Jacob burned part of the animal. That was the part that was an
*offering to God. The rest of the animal was the meat for the meal. By
the *offering, Jacob thanked God. He thanked God for the things th...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 31
GOD TELLS JACOB TO RETURN
V1 Laban’s sons said, ‘Jacob has taken all that belonged to our
father. He has gained all his wealth from our father...
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וַ יִּזְבַּ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֥ב זֶ֨בַח֙ בָּ †
הָ֔ר...
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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Genesis 31:43
In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be
written documentary evidence accessible, to prove that certain
transactions h...
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In the midst of Jacob's success the second divine communication came
to him, commanding him to return to the land of his fathers and giving
him the promise, "I will be with thee." Thus, after at least...
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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Though Jacob accused Laban of intending to do him harm if God had not
warned him, Laban claimed he would not hurt his own family. Perhaps to
save embarrassment be...
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No doubt in reference to the promised seed....
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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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54._And called his brethren to eat bread_. In courteously receiving
his kindred, by whom he had been ill-treated, as his guests, Jacob
showed his kindness. Moses also intimates that it was by the spec...
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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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THEN JACOB OFFERED SACRIFICE UPON THE MOUNT,.... On Mount Gilead, not
in a religious way, in which he could not join with Laban, or admit
him to it; but in a civil way he "slew a slaughter" s, or rath...
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_Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren
to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the
mount._
Ver. 54. _Called his brethren to eat bread._] And so o...
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1 Iacob vpon displeasure departeth secretly.
19 Rachel stealeth her fathers images.
22 Laban pursueth after him,
26 and complaineth of the wrong.
34 Rachels policie to hide the images.
36 Iacobs...
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Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, he killed animals for an
offering to the true God, AND CALLED HIS BRETHREN TO EAT BREAD and
thus to seal the covenant with a common meal. And they did eat...
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The Covenant on Mount Gilead...
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FOURTH SECTION
_Jacob’s flight. Laban’s persecution. The covenant between the two
on the mountain of Gilead. Departure._
GENESIS 31:4 TO GENESIS 32:2
, 4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to...
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JACOB'S SECRET DEPARTURE
The prosperity of Jacob could not but awaken the envy of Laban's sons.
Jacob had gained all of this through his caring for their father's
sheep: now the majority of the sheep...
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OFFERED SACRIFICE:
Or, killed beasts...
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43-55 Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob,
therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to
own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a
c...
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THEN JACOB OFFERED SACRIFICE; either to give God thanks for the great
mercies and deliverances vouchsafed to him, or to beg God's blessing
upon the present treaty, and upon their whole family. But it...
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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 31:54 Jacob H3290 offered H2076 (H8799) sacrifice H2077
mountain H2022 called H7121 (H8799) brethren H251 e
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‘And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his
brothers to eat bread, and they ate bread and tarried all night in the
mountain.'
The offering of sacrifice to seal a covenant is well kn...
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CONTENTS: Jacob's resolution to return. Laban's hot pursuit; their
quarrel and final agreement.
CHARACTERS: Laban, Jacob, Rachael, Leah.
CONCLUSION: The safety of believers under trying circumstance...
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Genesis 31:1. _He heard the words of Laban's sons._ Three causes are
assigned for Jacob's abrupt removal: first, the bitter reproaches of
Laban's sons: secondly, the consequent change in the countenan...
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_The Lord watch between me and thee._
LESSONS
1. Injurious persons are most apt to suspect the innocent for doing
wrong.
2. Wicked men would not have others wrong their children though they
do it t...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 31:19 Fearful that Laban will prevent him
from leaving Paddan-aram, Jacob escapes when his father-in-law is away
shearing sheep. When Laban discovers what has happened, he purs...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 31:47. And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called
it Galeed.] “It is remarkable that in giving these names Laban
chooses the Chaldee, Jacob the Hebrew, for the same...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 31:45
AND JACOB TOOK A STONE, AND SET IT UP _for_ A PILLAR—or _Matzebah_,_
as a _memorial or witness of the covenant about to be formed (Genesis
31:52); a different tran
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And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away
all that was our father's; and all that which was our father's hath he
gotten all this glory (Genesis 31:1).
In other words, they...
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offered sacrifice. or, killed beasts. did eat. Genesis 21:8 Genesis
26:30 Genesis 37:25 Exodus 18:12...
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And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac — The God whom his
father Isaac feared, who had never served other gods, as Abraham and
Nahor had done....