Genesis 31:5

as before. Hebrew yesterday and the day before. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part),. aforetime.

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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 time...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the (b) God of my father hath been with me. (b) The G...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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. Jaco...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. I see your father’s countenance. This address consists of two parts. For first, he speaks of his own integrity, and expostulates concernin...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. No JFB com...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob Leaves Laban Genesis 31:1-21 Jacob was a remarkable mixture. He had an eminently religious nature, and had intimate dealings with God. No...
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 p...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not towards me as before ,.... Genesis 31:2 ; no notice is taken of what their br...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. Ver. 5. I se...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either, 1. Hath blessed me; hath stood constantly by me, when your father hath failed and deceived me. Or, 2. Hath appeared unto me, as Genesis...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
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 s...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Plan to Flee
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before. Yesterday and the day before, in the first years of Jacob's...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I see. Genesis 31:2 Genesis 31:3 the God. Genesis 31:3 Genesis 31:13 Genesis 31:42 Genesis 31:53 Genesis 32:9 Genesis 48:15 Genesis...

⁵ And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 31:5

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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 31:5