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Verse Genesis 29:14. _MY BONE AND MY FLESH._] One of my nearest
relatives....
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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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SPACE OF. MONTH. Hebrew. month of days, i.e., by Figure of speech
_Hypallage_, the days of. month. Compare Numbers 11:20....
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_my bone and my flesh_ See note on Genesis 2:23, and cf. Genesis
37:27. Laban readily acknowledges the relationship which Jacob claims.
_the space of a month_ Lit. "a month of days." See on Genesis 24...
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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 LABAN SAID TO HIM, SURELY THOU ART MY BONE AND MY FLESH. AND HE
ABODE WITH HIM THE SPACE OF A MONTH._
He abode ... a month. Among pastoral people a stranger is freely
entertained for three days;...
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29:14 time. (a-21) Lit. 'a month of days.'...
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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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This does not mean that Jacob stayed for only a month. He began by
staying for a month. After that, he agreed that he would stay for
another 7 years. (See verse 20.) And in the end, he stayed for 20
y...
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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 SPACE OF A MONTH. — Heb., _a month of days,_ that is, a full
month....
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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 יֹּ֤אמֶר לֹו֙ לָבָ֔ן אַ֛ךְ
עַצְמִ֥י וּ
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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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_My flesh, entitled to my utmost protection and friendship. (Calmet)_...
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It is profitable to remark, of whom these things were spoken in after
ages; our great kinsman after the flesh. Ephesians 5:30....
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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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14._And he abode with him the space of a month_. Though Laban did not
doubt that Jacob was his nephew by his sister, he nevertheless puts
his character to trial during a month, and then treats with hi...
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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 LABAN SAID TO HIM, SURELY THOU [ART] MY BONE AND MY FLESH,....
Nearly allied in blood, being his sister's son:
AND HE ABODE WITH HIM THE SPACE OF A MONTH; or "a month of days" m, a
full month to...
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And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and my flesh. And he
abode with him the space of a month.
Ver. 14. _Surely thou art my bone, &c._] Good words cost nothing; and
the veriest countrymen...
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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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And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. He was
satisfied with the account as given by Jacob, for it proved
conclusively that the latter was his nephew. AND HE ABODE WITH HIM THE
S...
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Jacob Meets Rachel...
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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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THE SPACE OF A MONTH:
_ Heb._ a month of days...
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9-14 See Rachel's humility and industry. Nobody needs to be ashamed of
honest, useful labour, nor ought it to hinder any one's preferment.
When Jacob understood that this was his kinswoman, he was ver...
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HE ARMED HIS TRAINED SERVANTS, whom he had disciplined and instructed
both in religion and in the military art too, both which were
necessary to make them good soldiers, that they might both fight wit...
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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 29:14 Laban H3837 said H559 (H8799) Surely H389 bone H6106
flesh H1320 stayed H3427 (H8799) for...
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‘And so it was that when Laban heard the news of his sister's son,
Jacob, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and
brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. And
Lab...
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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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art my. Genesis 29:12 Genesis 29:15 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 13:8 Judges
9:2...