Genesis 31:48 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; ”

Genesis 31:48 - 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 31:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 31:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; I think these two verses are badly divided, and should be read thus: Genesis 31:48...
Genesis 31:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; No JFB commentary on this verse.
Genesis 31:48 - 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 31:48 - 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 31:48 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Genesis 31:48 - 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 31:48 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE HEAP OF WITNESS ‘And Laban said, This heap is a heap of witness between me and thee this day.’ Genesis 31:48 I. God had appeared to Laban the previous night and warned him against doin...
Genesis 31:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Laban said, this heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. A witness of the covenant now about to be made between them that day, and a witness against them should they break it: there...
Genesis 31:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; Ver. 48. See Trapp on " Gen 31:44 "
Genesis 31:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Jacob called it Galeed The name Laban gave it signifies the heap of witness , in the Syrian tongue, which he used, and Galeed signifies the same in Hebrew, the language which Jacob used. It...
Genesis 31:48 - 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 31:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The...
Genesis 31:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 31:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you this day.” That is why its name was called Galeed and Mizpah (place of watching), for he said, “Yahweh watch (zapah) between me and you when...
Genesis 31:48 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 31:48 - 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 31:48 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Genesis 31:48 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Genesis 31:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Covenant on Mount Gilead
Genesis 31:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

This heap. Joshua 24:27 Galeed. or, Gilead. Genesis 31:23 Deuteronomy 2:36 Deuteronomy 3:16 Joshua 13:8 Joshua 13:9

Genesis 31:48 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 31:48 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:48 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 31:48 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 31:48 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 31:48 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:48 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 31:48 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:48 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 31:48 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:48 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 31:48 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 31:48 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 31:48 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge