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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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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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GIVE ME MY WIFE, FOR MY DAYS, &C.— He might call her _his wife_ with
propriety, as he had fulfilled the terms of the contract....
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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 JACOB SAID UNTO LABAN, GIVE ME MY WIFE, FOR MY DAYS ARE
FULFILLED, THAT I MAY GO IN UNTO HER._
Jacob said, Give me my wife. The betrothals often continue for years,
as they did in Jacob's case,...
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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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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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MY DAYS ARE FULFILLED. — That is, the appointed time of service is
completed. It was undeniably at the end of the seven years that the
marriage took place....
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֤ב אֶל ־לָבָן֙
הָבָ֣ה אֶת
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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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_Go in, &c. To consummate my marriage; (Menochius) as the time is
expired. (Haydock)_...
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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 JACOB SAID UNTO LABAN, GIVE [ME] MY WIFE,.... Meaning Rachel, who
was his wife by contract; the conditions of her being his wife were
now fulfilled by him, and therefore he might challenge her as...
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And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Ver. 21. _Give me my wife, for my days, &c._] Jacob had served out
his time, and now demands his du...
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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 Jacob said unto Laban, at the end of the seven years, GIVE ME MY
WIFE, FOR MY DAYS ARE FULFILLED, THAT I MAY GO IN UNTO HER. Note that
he calls Rachel his wife, although only engaged to her, for a...
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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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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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Genesis 29:21 Jacob H3290 said H559 (H8799) Laban H3837 Give H3051
(H8798) wife H802 days H3117 fulfilled...
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‘And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but
a few days for the love he had for her. And Jacob said to Laban,
“Give me my wife, for my days of service are completed.”
Jacob wo...
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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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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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Give me. Matthew 1:18 my days. Genesis 29:18 Genesis 29:20 Genesis
31:41 go in....
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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...