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CHAPTER XXIX
_Jacob proceeds on his journey_, 1.
_Comes to a well where the flocks of his uncle Laban, as well_
_as those of several others, were usually watered_, 2, 3.
_Inquires from the shepher...
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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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WENT, &C.. lifted up his feet. Hebrew. _Idiom,_ App-6....
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Jacob in Haran, from J and E
Genesis 29:1-14. Jacob at the well.
15 30. Jacob's marriage with Leah and Rachel.
31 30:24. Birth of Jacob's children.
25 43. Jacob serves Laban for a wage in flock...
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_went on his journey_ Heb. _lifted up his feet_.
_the children of the east_ A phrase generally used of the nomad Arab
tribes to the east of Palestine: see note on Genesis 25:6. Cf. Numbers
23:7; Judge...
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PEOPLE OF THE EAST— Mesopotamia, and particularly Haran, lay
northward of Beth-el: Babylon, however, lay eastward from both places;
and therefore, Mesopotamia being part of the Babylonish dominions, t...
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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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_THEN JACOB WENT ON HIS JOURNEY, AND CAME INTO THE LAND OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE EAST._
Then Jacob went ... - Hebrew, lifted up his feet. He resumed his way
next morning with a light heart and elastic st...
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29:1 journey, (c-5) Lit. 'lifted up his feet.'...
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THE LAND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST] a general term for the lands
eastward of Palestine, here e.g. Mesopotamia: cp. Job 13.
3. A well often belonged to two or three families. The opening was
covered wi...
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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 people in the east’ were those who lived near to the rivers
Euphrates and Tigris. That land is nowadays Syria and Iraq. Jacob had
actually gone more to the north than to the east....
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XXIX.
MARRIAGE OF JACOB WITH LEAH AND RACHEL.
(1) JACOB WENT ON HIS JOURNEY. — Heb., _Jacob lifted up his feet,_
that is, hastened forward. Confirmed in the possession of the
birthright by God as wel...
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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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וַ יִּשָּׂ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב רַגְלָ֑יו וַ
יֵּ֖לֶךְ א
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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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_East. Mesopotamia, where Laban dwelt. (Haydock)_...
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CONTENTS
As was before remarked of the faithful, every minute circumstance is
recorded by the Holy Ghost, which concerns the church: so is this
Chapter, the domestic occurrences of Jacob's family, oc...
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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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1._Then Jacob went on his journey _(62) Moses now relates the arrival
of Jacob in Mesopotamia, and the manner in which he was received by
his uncle; and although the narration may seem superfluous, it...
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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 WENT ON HIS JOURNEY,.... After the above vow at Bethel, and
having had some intimation that what he desired would be granted him;
or "he lift up his feet" x, which not only shows that he wa...
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Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people
of the east.
Ver. 1. _Then Jacob went on his journey._] Heb., Lifted up his feet:
_indefessi cursoris instar_; as it were a genero...
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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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Then Jacob went on his journey, literally, he lifted up his feet, that
is, he continued on his trip cheerfully, AND CAME IN TO THE LAND OF
THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST, to Mesopotamia beyond the Euphrates,...
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Jacob Arrives in Mesopotamia...
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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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WENT ON HIS JOURNEY:
_ Heb._ lift up his feet
PEOPLE:
_ Heb._ children...
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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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GENESIS CHAPTER 29 Jacob comes to the well of Haran, GENESIS 29:1;
inquires of the shepherds concerning Laban, GENESIS 29:4. They show
him Rachel, Laban's daughter, coming with the sheep, GENESIS 29:9...
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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 29:1 Jacob H3290 went H5375 (H8799) journey H7272 came H3212
(H8799) land H776 people H1121 East...
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JACOB MEETS COME TO HIS RELATIVES' FAMILY TRIBE AND MARRIES LABAN'S
TWO DAUGHTERS (GENESIS 29:1). JACOB'S SONS ARE BORN (GENESIS 29:31 TO
GENESIS 30:24)
This covenant narrative reflects the fulfilment...
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AND CAME INTO THE LAND
Jacob at Haran becomes a sterling illustration, if not type, of the
nation descended from him in its present long dispersion. Like Israel,
he was:
(1) Out of the place of bles...
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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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Jacob. Psalms 119:32 Psalms 119:60 Ecclesiastes 9:7 went on his
journey. Heb. lifted up his feet. came. Genesis 22:20...