Genesis 30:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.e ”

Genesis 30:20 - 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 30:20 - 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 30:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dowry . God hath dowered me with. good dowry. Figure of speech Polyptoton. Zebulun. Hebrew dwelling, or habitation. An Assyrian word, to honour, brought out of Ur.
Genesis 30:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. Now will my husband dwell with me - יזבלני...
Genesis 30:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. Zebulun - [Hebrew, Zªbuluwn ( H...
Genesis 30:20 - 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 30:20 - 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 30:20 - 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 30:20 - 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 30:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zebulun is dwelling.
Genesis 30:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry ,.... Having so many children; for though her husband could give her nothing at marriage, and her father gave her no more than one handmaid, yet...
Genesis 30:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. Ver. 20. God hath endued me with a good...
Genesis 30:20 - 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 30:20 - 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 30:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

cir. 1746 No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 30:20 - 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 30:20 - 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 30:20 - 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 30:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Last Children of Leah
Genesis 30:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. cir. 2258. B.C. cir. 1746. now will. Genesis 30:15 Genesis 29:34 and she. Genesis 35:23 Genesis 46:14 Genesis 49:13 Judges 4:10 Judges 5:14 Psalms 68:27 Zebulun. that is, Dwellin...

Genesis 30:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 30:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 30:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 30:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 30:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 30:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 30:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 30:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 30:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 30:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge