Genesis 29:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. ”

Genesis 29:28 - 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 29:28 - 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 29:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

her , i.e. Leah's week. he gave him Rachel. . popular mistake to suppose that Jacob did not marry Rachel till the end of the second seven years, for in the first seven were born seven sons: Reuben...
Genesis 29:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. And Jacob did so - and he gave him Rachel - It is perfectly plain that Jacob did not serve seven years more...
Genesis 29:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. Gave him Rachel ... also. It is evident that the marriage of both sisters took place nearly about t...
Genesis 29:28 - 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 29:28 - 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 29:28 - 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 29:28 - 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 29:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week ,.... The week of the days of the feast of Leah, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; he agreed to it; during which time he cohabited with Leah as his wife, and w...
Genesis 29:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. Ver. 28. And Jacob did so. ] A mirror of patience; which, in Jacob here, had line and rope, "her perfect...
Genesis 29:28 - 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 29:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Marriage. B. C. 1753. 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brot...
Genesis 29:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It was not so strange that Laban should give, as that Jacob should take, not only two wives, but two sisters to wife, which seems to be against the law of nature, and was expressly forbidden by God a...
Genesis 29:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.' Jacob carries out his part of the bargain. He gives Leah due deference for the week of the marriage ceremony,...
Genesis 29:28 - 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 29:28 - 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 29:28 - 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 29:28 - 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 29:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
Genesis 29:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

fulfilled her week. Genesis 29:28

Genesis 29:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 29:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 29:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 29:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 29:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 29:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 29:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 29:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 29:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 29:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge