Genesis 30:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. ”

Genesis 30:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן dān , Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי naptālı̂y , Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד gād , Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād , “in victory or”...
Genesis 30:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found (e) mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. (e)...
Genesis 30:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob's Children. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-35 ; Genesis 30:9-13 is from J, Genesis 30:1-6 ; G...
Genesis 30:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mandrakes. Septuagint mandragora, the root easily formed, by pinching it, into the shape of. man. Hence its name; also supposed to be and used as. "love-philtre". Arabic. "apples of Satan".
Genesis 30:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest. This narration of the fact that a boy brought home I know not what kind of fruit out of the fields, and presented it to his mother, by which...
Genesis 30:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. Reuben -...
Genesis 30:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Found mandrakes— Many eminent Naturalists, ancient and modern, have written largely concerning the nature and properties of these dudaim or mandrakes. But as it is by no means necessary to ente...
Genesis 30:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes....
Genesis 30:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Children. His Stratagem to Increase his Property 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25 . Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength...
Genesis 30:14 - 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 30:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sons Born to Jacob Genesis 30:1-24 The details of this paragraph are given with great minuteness, because they concern the twelve sons of Jacob, the forefathers of Israel. After all, history is...
Genesis 30:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people liv...
Genesis 30:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Mandrakes, dudaim in the original; probably a rare kind of fruit, supposed to possess prolific virtues.
Genesis 30:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest ,.... Leah's eldest son, who is supposed to be at this time about four or five years of age e, who went out from the tent to the field, to play there per...
Genesis 30:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. Ver. 1...
Genesis 30:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Found mandrakes The word דודאים, thus rendered, is only found here and Song of Solomon 7:13 ; and it is not agreed among interpreters whether it signifies a fruit or a flower. It is thought, howev...
Genesis 30:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious lesson in Rachel's w...
Genesis 30:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrake...
Genesis 30:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

cir. 1748 Mandrakes: the word is only found here and Song of Solomon 7:13 , whence it appears that it is a plant or fruit of pleasant smell, such as the mandrake is said to be by Dioscoride...
Genesis 30:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said, “Give me, I beg you, of your son's mandrakes.” “The days of wh...
Genesis 30:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:14 . Mandrakes.] “The mandrake is universally distributed in all parts of Palestine, and its fruit is much valued by the natives, who still hold to the belief, as old...
Genesis 30:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:2 . Am I in God's stead. Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his ow...
Genesis 30:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 30:14 And Reuben (at this time four or five years old) went (probably accompanying the reapers) in the days of wheat harvest , and found mandrakes —דּוּדָאים, μῆλα...
Genesis 30:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Little Reuben, at that time about four or five years old, found the berries of t...
Genesis 30:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2256. B.C. 1748. mandrakes. Song of Solomon 7:13 Give me. Genesis 25:30
Genesis 30:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Reuben, a little lad of five or six years old, playing in the field, found mandrakes. It is uncertain what they were; the critics are not agreed about them: we are sure they were some rarities, eit...

Genesis 30:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 30:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 30:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 30:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 30:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 30:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 30:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 30:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 30:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 30:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 30:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes