Genesis 29:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the spaceb of a month. ”

Genesis 29:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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. ראוּ...
Genesis 29:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my (f) bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. (f) That is, of my blood and kindred.
Genesis 29:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 )...
Genesis 29:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

space of. month. Hebrew. month of days, i.e., by Figure of speech Hypallage , the days of. month. Compare Numbers 11:20 .
Genesis 29:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 29:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. My bone and my flesh - One of my nearest relatives.
Genesis 29:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Genesis 29:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 apparent...
Genesis 29:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Genesis 29:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob in Laban's Home Genesis 29:1-20 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 befo...
Genesis 29:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Genesis 29:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is profitable to remark, of whom these things were spoken in after ages; our great kinsman after the flesh. Ephesians 5:30 .
Genesis 29:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 mont...
Genesis 29:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 coun...
Genesis 29:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 29:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rachel's Humility and Industry. B. C. 1760. 9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel...
Genesis 29:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Genesis 29:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 La...
Genesis 29:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 hear...
Genesis 29:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 assure...
Genesis 29:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Genesis 29:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Genesis 29:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Meets Rachel
Genesis 29:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

art my. Genesis 29:12 Genesis 29:15 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 13:8 Judges 9:2 2 Samuel 5:1 2 Samuel 19:12 2 Samuel 19:13 Micah 7:5 Ephesians 5:30 the space of a month. Heb. a month of...

Genesis 29:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 29:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 29:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 29:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 29:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 29:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 29:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 29:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 29:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 29:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 29:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge