“ And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. ”
- 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 31:22 to Genesis 32:2 . After Mutual Recriminations, Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant to Refrain from Aggression on each other's Territories. The analysis is uncertain; Gunkel assigns Ge...
pillar. Compare Genesis 28:18 .
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
the Covenant between Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:43-55 In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be written documentary evidence accessible, to prove that certain trans...
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...
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar. To show his readiness to agree to the motion, he immediately took a large stone that lay upon the mount, and set it up on one end, to be a stan...
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar. Ver. 45. A stone. ] Or stones, as Genesis 31:46 .
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 Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The...
In testimony of his compliance with Laban's proposal, and his entering into this covenant. See Exodus 24:4 .
‘And Jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar, and Jacob said to his brothers, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.' This was clearly acceded...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 31:47 . And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.] “It is remarkable that in giving these names Laban chooses the Chaldee, Jacob the Hebrew, for th...
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...
Let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee Laban’s covenant with Jacob I. IT WAS FORCED UPON HIM BY CIRCUMSTANCES. 1. His long journey in pursuit of...
EXPOSITION Genesis 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar —or Matzebah , as a memorial or witness of the covenant about to be formed ( Genesis 31:52 ); a diffe...
The Covenant on Mount Gilead
Genesis 28:18-22