Genesis 31:55 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. ”

• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and (p) blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. (p) We see that there is always some seed of the...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sons. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part). Put for grandsons as well. daughters . Also for granddaughters. The second vision, corresponding with that of Bethel: See Genesis 28:10-22 .

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• Genesis 31:55 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  55. And blessed them. The character of the person is here to be noticed, because Laban, who had lapsed from true piety, and was a man of unholy and wicked manners, yet retained the habit of g...

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• Genesis 31:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. Kissed his sons and his daughters - That is, his gran...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  REFLECTIONS In the perusal of this Chapter, methinks I would not have the Reader overlook the gracious interposition of God, in behalf of his servant Jacob, when Laban the Syrian pursued him in such...

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• Genesis 31:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And early in the morning Laban rose up ,.... In order to prepare for, and set forward on his journey home: and kissed his sons and his daughters ; Jacob and his sons, who were his grandsons, and h...

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• Genesis 31:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. Ver. 55. Laban rose up. ] Laban leaves him, Esau m...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Jacob's Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739.       43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The...

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• Genesis 31:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - 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...

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• Genesis 31:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Covenant on Mount Gilead

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• Genesis 31:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  and kissed. Genesis 31:28 Genesis 33:4 Ruth 1:14 blessed. Genesis 24:60 Genesis 28:1 Numbers 23:5 Numbers 23:8 Numbers 23:11 Deuteronomy 23:5 Proverbs 16:7 returned. Genesis 18:3...

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