Genesis 31:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

hand. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), hand put for the whole person, "in my power".

you and your are plural. God of your father. In Genesis 30:27; Genesis 30:30, Laban had spoken of the LORD. Jehovah; now he has sunk so low as to say' your" God, and calls the teraphim "my gods".

Genesis 31:29

29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.