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Verse Genesis 31:41. _TWENTY YEARS_] See the remarks at the end.
Genesis 31:55, Genesis 31:55....
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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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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_; Genesis 31:46; Genesis 31:54_...
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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, and set his s...
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_AND JACOB WAS WROTH, AND CHODE WITH LABAN: AND JACOB ANSWERED AND
SAID TO LABAN, WHAT IS MY TRESPASS? WHAT IS MY SIN, THAT THOU HAST SO
HOTLY PURSUED AFTER ME?_
Jacob answered and said to Laban. The...
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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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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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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 de...
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זֶה ־לִּ֞י עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָה֮ בְּ
בֵיתֶךָ֒ עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ אַרְבַּֽע
־עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ בִּ שְׁתֵּ֣י
בְנֹתֶ֔יךָ וְ
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THE DISPUTE BETWEEN LABAN AND JACOB
Genesis 31:22
These Chapter s afford a remarkable insight into God's forbearance. He
knew what was in Jacob's heart, and could see all its weakness and
deceit. The...
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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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LABAN PURSUES JACOB AND HIS FAMILY
After three days, Laban was told of Jacob's departure. He and his men
finally overtook Jacob's company on the seventh day in the mountains
of Gilead. The night befo...
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And are not all seals of the covenant in ordinances, like these
stones, witnesses for or against the use, or abuse, of them?...
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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; bu...
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THUS HAVE I BEEN TWENTY YEARS IN THY HOUSE,.... Attended with these
difficulties, inconveniencies, and hardships;
I SERVED THEE FOURTEEN YEARS FOR THY TWO DAUGHTERS; Rachel and Leah;
first seven year...
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Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen
years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou
hast changed my wages ten times.
Ver. 41. _I served thee fourtee...
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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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Jacob Rebukes Laban...
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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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36-42 If Jacob were willingly consumed with heat in the day, and frost
by night, to become the son-in-law of Laban, what should we refuse to
endure, to become the sons of God? Jacob speaks of God as t...
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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 31:41 house H1004 twenty H6242 years H8141 served H5647
(H8804) fourteen H702 H6240 years H8141 two H8147 daughters H1323 six
H8337 years H8141 flock H6629 changed H2498 (H8686) wages H4909 te...
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‘And Jacob was extremely angry and berated Laban. And Jacob answered
and said to Laban, “What have I done wrong? What is my sin that you
hotly pursued after me? In your feeling about among all my thin...
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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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_Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away
unawares to me, and carried away my daughters,
.. . ?_
LABAN’S EXPOSTULATION WITH JACOB, AND JACOB’S DEFENCE
I. LABAN’S EXPOSTU...
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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 31:34. The camel’s furniture.] “This was a packsaddle, in
the recesses of which articles might be deposited, and on which was a
seat or couch for the rider.” (_Murphy._)—
GE...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 31:22, GENESIS 31:23
AND IT WAS TOLD LABAN ON THE THIRD DAY—_i_._e_. the third after
Jacob's departure, the distance between the two sheep-stations being a
three days' journey (_vi...
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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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fourteen. Genesis 31:38 Genesis 29:18 Genesis 30:33 1 Corinthians
15:10 2 Corinthians 11:26 ten times. See on ver. Genesis 31:7...