Genesis 29:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. ”

Genesis 29:30 - 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 29:30 - 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 29:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. And he loved also Rachel more than Leah. No doubt Moses intended to exhibit the sins of Jacob, that we might learn to fear, and to conform all our actions to the sole rule of God’s word....
Genesis 29:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis 29:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. He loved also Rachel more than Leah. This affection for Rachel seems to ha...
Genesis 29:30 - 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 29:30 - 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 29:30 - 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 29:30 - 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 29:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Some have thought that by the two wives of Jacob, are represented the two churches, the Jew and the Gentile.
Genesis 29:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he went in also unto Rachel ,.... Cohabited with her as his wife: and he loved also Rachel more than Leah ; she was his first love, and he retained the same love for her he ever had; as appear...
Genesis 29:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Ver. 30. And he went in also unto Rachel. ] Which incestuous fact cannot ordina...
Genesis 29:30 - 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 29:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Marriage. B. C. 1753. 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brot...
Genesis 29:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 29:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he went in also to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel more than Leah and served with him yet seven more years.' Jacob plants his seed in both women as custom required, but his heart was with Rac...
Genesis 29:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:31 . Leah was hated.] The word is to be understood relatively, not absolutely. By the usage of the Heb. to be hated, signifies only to be loved less. Genesis 29:32...
Genesis 29:30 - 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 29:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

He loved also Rachel more than Leah Leah and Rachel: their trims and compensations I. THEIR TRIALS. Leah was “hated “ ( Genesis 29:31 ), i.e. , she was loved less than Rachel By becoming a par...
Genesis 29:30 - 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 29:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
Genesis 29:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he loved. Genesis 29:20 Genesis 29:31 Genesis 44:20 Genesis 44:27 Deuteronomy 21:15 Matthew 6:24 Matthew 10:37 Luke 14:26 John 12:25 served. Genesis 29:18 Genesis 30:25 Genesis...

Genesis 29:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 29:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 29:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 29:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 29:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 29:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 29:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 29:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 29:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 29:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge