Psalms 12:2 Isaiah 6:5 Isaiah 6:11
- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל rāchēl , Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה lê'âh , Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה zı̂lpâh , Zilpah, “drop?” 29....
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...
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. No JFB commentary on these v...
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...
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...
It is better that I give her to thee. — It is still the custom among the Arabs to prefer a relative as the husband of a daughter, and on giving a m...
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...
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...
Labours of love are always apparently short and sweet. Hebrews 6:10 . But what were the services of the Redeemer for his spouse, the church, and for...
And Laban said ,.... Deceitfully, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, pretending great respect for Jacob, and that what he had proposed was very agreeab...
And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. Ver. 19. It is better that I gi...
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...
Jacob's Marriage. B. C. 1753. 15 And...
And, or therefore, (as the particle is oft taken, i.e. because he was a priest of God), he (i.e. Melchizedek ) blessed him, (Abram,) whic...
‘And Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Remain with me.” The offer is accepted and it may...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:15 . Because thou art my brother.] That is, my kinsman. This word, like “sister,” “son,” etc., is used with great lat...
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;...
Jacob served seven years for Rachel Jacob’s lowly estate I. ITS EVIDENCE. 1. He is obliged to accept a position of servitude. 2. He is ob...
EXPOSITION Genesis 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob (probably at the month's end), Because thou art —literally, is it not that . thou a...
Jacob Serves Laban for Rachel
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee than that I should give her to another man; abide with me. Laban acted with assumed indifference...
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.