Genesis 31:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. ”

Genesis 31:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים t e rāpı̂ym , Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentate...
Genesis 31:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Flight. This section is, for the most part, from E, Genesis 31:1 ; Genesis 31:3 are from J, Genesis 31:18 (after cattle) from P. Jacob realises from the words of Laban's sons (J) and...
Genesis 31:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. For all the riches which God has taken from our father. Rachel and Leah confirm the speech of Jacob; but yet in a profane and common manner, not with a lively and pure sense of religion....
Genesis 31:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Genesis 31:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For all the riches, &c.— Another reason here offers itself to justify Jacob. The daughters of Laban justly complain of their father's treatment, who had behaved to them as if they had been slav...
Genesis 31:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genesis 31:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Return from Haran 4-13. Jacob attributes his prosperity to God's favour. 14-16. Rachel and Leah point out that their father had no claim on them, since Jacob had won them by his service...
Genesis 31:16 - 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 31:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Leaves Laban Genesis 31:1-21 Jacob was a remarkable mixture. He had an eminently religious nature, and had intimate dealings with God. Note Genesis 31:3 ; Genesis 31:5 ; Genesis 31:7 ;...
Genesis 31:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the midst of Jacob's success the second divine communication came to him, commanding him to return to the land of his fathers and giving him the promise, "I will be with thee." Thus, after at leas...
Genesis 31:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And is not this the language of all gracious hearts, when divorced from the love of creature enjoyments: and when united by faith and love to the Lord Jesus? Psalms 45:10 .
Genesis 31:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father ,.... And given to Jacob for his labour: that [is] ours, and our children's ; it belonged to us by the law of nature, before it came into th...
Genesis 31:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that [is] ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. Ver. 16. For all the riches, &c. ] Here they spea...
Genesis 31:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB'S SECRET DEPARTURE The prosperity of Jacob could not but awaken the envy of Laban's sons. Jacob had gained all of this through his caring for their father's sheep: now the majority of the sh...
Genesis 31:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Departure. B. C. 1739. 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob h...
Genesis 31:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That is ours; not only by God's special gift, but by the natural right which children have to a share in his estate, and upon the account of thy faitithful and laborious service.
Genesis 31:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob is Commanded by Yahweh to Return Home and Tries to Slip Away (31:1-21). Genesis 31:1-2 ‘And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, a...
Genesis 31:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 31:7 . Changed my wages ten times.] Probably to be understood as a round number, meaning any number of times—as often as he could. The expression “ten times” is used for...
Genesis 31:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:1 . He heard the words of Laban's sons. Three causes are assigned for Jacob's abrupt removal: first, the bitter reproaches of Laban's sons: secondly, the consequent change in the counte...
Genesis 31:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 31:1 And he —Jacob had now served twenty years with Laban, and must accordingly have been in his ninety-seventh or seventy-seventh year ( vide Genesis 27:1 )— heard th...
Genesis 31:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Plan to Flee
Genesis 31:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

which God. See on ver. Genesis 31:1 Genesis 31:9 Genesis 30:35-43 whatsoever. Psalms 45:10
Genesis 31:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whereas Jacob looked upon the wealth which God had passed over from Laban to him as his wages, they look upon it as their portions; so that both ways God forced Laban to pay his debts, both to his...

Genesis 31:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 31:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 31:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 31:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 31:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 31:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 31:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 31:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 31:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 31:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes