Genesis 29:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. ”

Genesis 29:21 - 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 29:21 - 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 29:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. My days are fulfilled - My seven years are now completed, let me have my wife, for whom I have give...
Genesis 29:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Give me my wife, for my days, &c.— He might call her his wife with propriety, as he had fulfilled the terms of the contract.
Genesis 29:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Jacob said, Give me my wife. The betrothals often continue for years, as they did in Jacob's...
Genesis 29:21 - 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 29:21 - 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 29:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel Genesis 29:21-35 The chief lesson of this paragraph is its illustration of the awful nemesis which accompanies wrongdoing. No thoughtful person can watch the event...
Genesis 29:21 - 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 29:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob said unto Laban, give [me] my wife ,.... Meaning Rachel, who was his wife by contract; the conditions of her being his wife were now fulfilled by him, and therefore he might challenge her...
Genesis 29:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Ver. 21. Give me my wife, for my days, &c. ] Jacob had served out his time, and now demands...
Genesis 29:21 - 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 29:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Marriage. B. C. 1753. 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brot...
Genesis 29:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 29:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days for the love he had for her. And Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days of service are completed.” Jacob...
Genesis 29:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:23 . He took Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him.] “The fraud was rendered possible by the Eastern custom of the bride being veiled, aided by the darkness of th...
Genesis 29:21 - 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 29:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

He took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him Laban’s fraud on Jacob I. THE CHARACTER OF THE FRAUD. 1. Deliberate. 2. Bold. 3. Selfish. II. THE FRAUD CONSIDERED AS A RETRIBUTION...
Genesis 29:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob (probably at the month's end), Because thou art —literally, is it not that . thou art (cf. Genesis 27:36 ; 2 Samuel 23:19 )— my br...
Genesis 29:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Jacob said unto Laban, at the end of the seven years, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Note that he calls Rachel his wife, although only engaged to her, fo...
Genesis 29:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Give me. Matthew 1:18 my days. Genesis 29:18 Genesis 29:20 Genesis 31:41 go in. Genesis 4:1 Genesis 38:16 Judges 15:1

Genesis 29:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 29:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 29:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 29:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 29:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 29:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 29:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 29:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 29:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge