Genesis 30:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.a ”

Genesis 30:6 - 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 30:6 - 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 30:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

judged. Hebrew. dananni (judged). Dan. Hebrew judge. Figure of speech Paronomasia. App-6.
Genesis 30:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. Called she his name Dan - Because she found God had judged for her, and...
Genesis 30:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. Dan - i:e., judge.
Genesis 30:6 - 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 30:6 - 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 30:6 - 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 30:6 - 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 30:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Dan means judging, or a judge.
Genesis 30:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Rachel said ,.... As soon as she heard that Bilhah had bore a son: God hath judged me : and hereby testified his approbation, as she understood it, of the step she had took in giving her maid...
Genesis 30:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. Ver. 6. God hath judged me, &c. ] A vile profanation of God's hol...
Genesis 30:6 - 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 30:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Increase of Jacob's Family. B. C. 1745. 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no chi...
Genesis 30:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God hath judged me, pleaded my cause, or given sentence for me, as this phrase is oft taken.
Genesis 30:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son, and Rachel said, “God has judged (dan) me and has also heard my voice and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.' The depth of Rachel's...
Genesis 30:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:1 . Give me children, or else I die.] Heb. “If none, I am a dead woman.” As to the raising up of seed, I shall be as good as dead. An old Jewish proverb says, “The chi...
Genesis 30:6 - 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 30:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Rachel envied her sister. Rachel’s impatience I. IT WAS UNGODLY. 1. She was the victim of unholy passions. Envy and jealousy. 2. She took a despairing view of life. 3. She failed right...
Genesis 30:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw (apparently after, though probably before, the birth of Leah's fourth son) that she bare Jacob no children (literally, that she bare not to...
Genesis 30:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Bilhah and Zilpah
Genesis 30:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2256. B.C. 1748. God. Genesis 29:32-35 Psalms 35:24 Psalms 43:1 Lamentations 3:59 Dan. that is, Judging. Genesis 35:25 Genesis 46:23 Genesis 49:16 Genesis 49:17 Deuteronomy 33:2...

Genesis 30:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 30:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 30:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 30:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 30:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 30:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 30:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 30:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 30:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 30:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 30:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 30:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 30:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge