“ Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. ”
- 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...
Thus (c) God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me. (c) This declares that the thing Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit.
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...
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. No JFB comme...
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 .
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father ,.... Not all of them, see Genesis 31:19 ; but a great part of them; his flock was much lessened by those means, and more were taken away, and cam...
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me. Ver. 9. Thus God hath taken away, &c. ] He is the true proprietary, and gives and takes away these outward things at...
God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me Thus the righteous God paid Jacob for his hard service out of Laban's estate, as he afterward paid the seed of Jacob for the serv...
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...
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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 31:1 Genesis 31:16 Esther 8:1 Esther 8:2 Psalms 50:10 Proverbs 13:22 Matthew 20:15
God hath taken away the cattle of your father and given them to me — Thus the righteous God paid Jacob for his hard service out of Laban's estate; as afterwards he paid the seed of Jacob for their...