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Verse Genesis 29:4. _MY BRETHREN, WHENCE BE YE?_] The language of
Laban and his family was _Chaldee_ and not Hebrew; (see Genesis
31:47); but from the _names_ which Leah gave to her children we see
t...
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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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_unto them_ i.e. the shepherds of the three flocks mentioned in
Genesis 29:2.
_Of Haran_ See Genesis 27:43. There is nothing to shew whether Haran,
the town, was near or far off....
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MY BRETHREN, WHENCE, &C.— Jacob, himself a shepherd, addresses his
_brethren_ of the same occupation with much courtesy; and either must
have learned from his mother the language of this country, or 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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_AND JACOB SAID UNTO THEM, MY BRETHREN, WHENCE BE YE? AND THEY SAID,
OF HARAN ARE WE._
Jacob said ... My brethren ... Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? He was
the grandson of Nahor. Bethuel is passed o...
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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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HARAN] see on Genesis 11:31....
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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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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב אַחַ֖י מֵ
אַ֣יִן
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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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_Brethren. Jacob understands and speaks their language, either because
it was not very different from his own, or he had learnt the Chaldean
language from his mother. In the days of Ezechias, the Jews...
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Acts 7:2...
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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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4._My brethren, whence be ye? _The great frankness of that age appears
in this manner of meeting together; for, though the fraternal name is
often abused by dishonest and wicked men, it is yet not to...
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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 THEM,.... To the shepherds, though not expressly
mentioned; it cannot be imagined he spoke to the flocks, but to the
keepers of them:
MY BRETHREN, WHENCE [BE] YE? a kind and affab...
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And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said,
Of Haran [are] we.
Ver. 4. _And Jacob said._] These petty passages are recorded, when
the acts of mighty monarchs are unmentioned...
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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 Arrives in Mesopotamia...
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And Jacob said unto them, my brethren, whence be ye? And they said, of
Haran are we....
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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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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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He calls them MY BRETHREN, partly in token of respect and affection,
and partly because they were of the same nature and employment with
himself....
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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 29:4 Jacob H3290 said H559 (H8799) brethren H251 where H370
said H559 (H8799) Haran H2771
Of Haran -...
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‘And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, from where are you?” And
they said, “We are from Haran.” And he said to them, “Do you
know Laban, the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.” And
he said to...
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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 29:4 When Jacob discovers that the shepherds
are from HARAN, he asks about his uncle, LABAN THE SON OF NAHOR.
Strictly speaking, Laban is Nahor’s grandson. The Hebrew term for...
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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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Of Haran. Genesis 11:31 Genesis 24:10 Genesis 27:43 Genesis 28:10 Acts
7:2