Genesis 31:54 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Jacob offeredi sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. ”

Genesis 31:54 - 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 31:54 - 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 31:54 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

offered sacrifice . killed beasts. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct).
Genesis 31:54 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

54. And called his brethren to eat bread. In courteously receiving his kindred, by whom he had been ill-treated, as his guests, Jacob showed his kindness. Moses also intimates that it was by...
Genesis 31:54 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. Offered sacrifice upon the mount - It is very likely tha...
Genesis 31:54 - 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 31:54 - 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 31:54 - 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 31:54 - 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 31:54 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No doubt in reference to the promised seed.
Genesis 31:54 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount ,.... On Mount Gilead, not in a religious way, in which he could not join with Laban, or admit him to it; but in a civil way he "slew a slaughter" s, or r...
Genesis 31:54 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. Ver. 54. Called his brethren to eat bread. ] And so...
Genesis 31:54 - 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 31:54 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The...
Genesis 31:54 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then Jacob offered sacrifice; either to give God thanks for the great mercies and deliverances vouchsafed to him, or to beg God's blessing upon the present treaty, and upon their whole family. But...
Genesis 31:54 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brothers to eat bread, and they ate bread and tarried all night in the mountain.' The offering of sacrifice to seal a covenant is well...
Genesis 31:54 - 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 31:54 - 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 31:54 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord watch between me and thee. Lessons 1. Injurious persons are most apt to suspect the innocent for doing wrong. 2. Wicked men would not have others wrong their children though they do...
Genesis 31:54 - 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 31:54 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Covenant on Mount Gilead
Genesis 31:54 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

offered sacrifice. or, killed beasts. did eat. Genesis 21:8 Genesis 26:30 Genesis 37:25 Exodus 18:12 2 Samuel 3:20 2 Samuel 3:21
Genesis 31:54 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac — The God whom his father Isaac feared, who had never served other gods, as Abraham and Nahor had done.

Genesis 31:54 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 31:54 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 31:54 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 31:54 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 31:54 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 31:54 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 31:54 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 31:54 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 31:54 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 31:54 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 31:54 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 31:54 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 31:54 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 31:54 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes