Genesis 29:1

went, &c.. lifted up his feet. Hebrew. Idiom, App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl , Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh , Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh , Zilpah, “drop?” 29....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Jacob (a) went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. (a) Or, "lifted up his feet".
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Serves Seven Years for Rachel. Laban Substitutes Leah and Secures Fourteen Years'service in Exchange for the Two. Apart from bits of P ( Gene...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Then Jacob went on his journey (62) Moses now relates the arrival of Jacob in Mesopotamia, and the manner in which he was received by hi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. Then Jacob went on his journey - The original is very remarkable: A...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

People of the east— Mesopotamia, and particularly Haran, lay northward of Beth-el: Babylon, however, lay eastward from both places; and therefore,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. Then Jacob went ... - Hebrew, lifted up his feet. He resume...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The land of the people of the east ] a general term for the lands eastward of Palestine, here e.g. Mesopotamia: cp. Job 13 . 3. A well often belon...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob in Mesopotamia with Laban The divine care and blessing promised to Jacob at Bethel ( Genesis 28:15 ) are illustrated in the narrative of the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIX. MARRIAGE OF JACOB WITH LEAH AND RACHEL. (1) Jacob went on his journey. — Heb., Jacob lifted up his feet, that is, hastened forward. Conf...
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 gav...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob in Laban's Home Genesis 29:1-20 Well might Jacob lift up his feet! See margin. When we are sure of God we receive strength that enables u...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Pursuing his journey after his experience at Luz, now called Beth-el, Jacob came into "the land of the children of the east." Here the next twenty ye...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS As was before remarked of the faithful, every minute circumstance is recorded by the Holy Ghost, which concerns the church: so is this Chap...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Jacob went on his journey ,.... After the above vow at Bethel, and having had some intimation that what he desired would be granted him; or "he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. Ver. 1. Then Jacob went on his journey. ] Heb., Lifted up his fe...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB MEETS RACHEL AND LABAN After many days of travel Jacob came to the land of his relatives. He could not phone to find his directions to their...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Arrival at Padan-aram. B. C. 1760. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

GENESIS CHAPTER 29 Jacob comes to the well of Haran, Genesis 29:1-3 ; inquires of the shepherds concerning Laban, Genesis 29:4-8 . They show...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob Meets Come to His Relatives' Family Tribe and Marries Laban's Two Daughters ( Genesis 29:1-30 ). Jacob's Sons are Born ( Genesis 29:31 to Ge...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:1 . Went on his journey.] Heb. Lifted up his feet. (See Psalms 74:3 .) The idea is that he journeyed with alacrity...
Scofield Reference Notes

and came into the land Jacob at Haran becomes a sterling illustration, if not type, of the nation descended from him in its present long dispe...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 29:1 . Jacob went on his journey. Our version fails here to express the lively sense of the Hebrew, as in most versions. Levabit pedes;...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east Jacob’s experience on his journey I. THAT GOD’S PRESENCE WITH...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey (literally, lifted up his feet—a graphic description of traveling. Inspired by n...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Jacob went on his journey, literally, he lifted up his feet, that is, he continued on his trip cheerfully, and came in to the land of the peopl...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Arrives in Mesopotamia
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jacob. Psalms 119:32 Psalms 119:60 Ecclesiastes 9:7 went on his journey. Heb. lifted up his feet. came. Genesis 22:20-23 Genesis 24:10 Gen...

¹ Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 29:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 29:1