“ And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, ”
- 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...
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...
4. And Jacob sent. He sends for his wives, in order to explain to them his intention, and to exhort them to accompany him in his flight; for it was his duty as a good husband to take them awa...
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah - He had probably been at some considerable distance with the flocks; and for the greater...
Jacob sent and called Rachel, &c.— Determined to depart secretly from Laban, he appointed his wives to meet him in the field, that he might communicate his design more unreservedly to them. Rac...
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah. His wives and family were in their usual residence; and whether he wished them to...
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...
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...
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 ;...
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...
Sweet thought! When we can trace all our mercies into God's gifts, and all events which concern us, into God's ordination. See Genesis 45:7-8 .
And Jacob sent ,.... Having this encouragement and direction from the Lord, which seems to have been given him in the field, while he was attending his flocks, he dispatched a messenger home to his...
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Ver. 4. And Jacob sent and called Rachel, &c. ] He consults with his wives; so should we in matters of weight, of remove...
The Lord said unto Jacob, Return God, who orders all things aright, having blessed Jacob with greater substance in the house of Laban than he could have obtained in his father's house, without grea...
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...
Jacob's Departure. B. C. 1739. 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob h...
Rachel is first named here, as also Ruth 4:11 , because she was his chief, and, by right, his first and only designed wife. And therefore it is observable, that in the enumeration of Jacob's wiv...
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...
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 31:1 . 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...
And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers Jacob’s departure for Canaan I. IT WAS HASTENED BY PERSECUTION. II. IT WAS PROMPTED BY A SENSE OF OFFENDED JUSTICE. III....
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...
The Plan to Flee
Genesis 31:4
And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to the field — That he might discourse with them more privately.