Genesis 29:5

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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....
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

son. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), put for grandson. Compare Genesis 24:15 . In Genesis 29:12 Jacob calls himself the "brother" of...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him . Laban the son of Nahor - Son is here put for grandson, for Laban...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. Jacob said ... My brethren ... Know ye Laban the son of...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The son of Nahor ] rather, 'grandson.' Laban was the son of Bethuel ( Genesis 28:5 ).
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Laban the son of Nahor. — Laban was really the son of Bethuel and grandson of Nahor; but Nahor was the founder of the family, as being the original...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto them, know ye Laban the son of Nahor ?.... He was the son of Bethuel, and grandson of Nahor; grandsons being called the sons of the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him]. Ver. 5. See Trapp on " Gen 29:4 "
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. ...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, from where are you?” And they said, “We are from Haran.” And he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the son of N...
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...
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

Jacob Arrives in Mesopotamia
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban, the son (in the wider sense, for he was the grandson) of Nahor? And they said, we know him.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

son of. Genesis 24:24 Genesis 24:29 Genesis 31:53

⁵ And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 29:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

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 29:5