Genesis 31:19

images. Heb. teraphim. Genesis 31:30 Genesis 31:32 Genesis 35:2 Joshua 24:2 Judges 17:4 Judges 17:5 Judges 18:14-24 Judges 18:31 1 Samuel 19:13 Ezekiel 21:21 Hosea 3:4

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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 Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the (f) images that [were] her father's. (f) For so the word here signifies, because Laban...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

images. Hebrew. teraphim, . kind of household gods, showing that the idolatry of Babylonia still clung to Laban's family, in spite of his protesta...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. And Rachel had stolen. Although the Hebrews sometimes call those images תרפים ( teraphim,) which are not set forth as objects of worshi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. Laban went to shear his sheep - Laban had gone; and thi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. Rachel had stolen the images that were her father...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob's Return from Haran 4-13. Jacob attributes his prosperity to God's favour. 14-16. Rachel and Leah point out that their father had no clai...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The images ] Heb. teraphim. These were figures of metal, wood, or clay of varying sizes, apparently in human form. They probably answered to the '...
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 went to shear his sheep. — The sheep-shearing was a joyous time, when the hard toil of the shearers was relieved by feasting ( 1 Samuel 25:8...
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

Teraphim: probably images for worship. Judges 17:5 ; 1 Samuel 19:13 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Laban went to shear his sheep ,.... Which were under the care of his sons, and were three days' distance from Jacob's flocks; this gave Jacob a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's. Ver. 19. Rachel had stolen the images. ] She was som...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Laban went to shear his sheep That part of his flock which was in the hands of his sons, three days' journey off. Now, 1st, It is certain it was...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB'S SECRET DEPARTURE The prosperity of Jacob could not but awaken the envy of Laban's sons. Jacob had gained all of this through his caring fo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; 18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had go...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Quest. 1. What were those teraphim or images? Answ. They were images made in the shape of men, 1 Samuel 19:13,16 , which the Gentiles wo...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jacob is Commanded by Yahweh to Return Home and Tries to Slip Away (31:1-21). Genesis 31:1-2 ‘And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying,...
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

Then Jacob rose up. Lessons 1. Concurrence of all things with the call of God points out the time of man’s obedience to him. 2. He that hath...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 31:1 And he —Jacob had now served twenty years with Laban, and must accordingly have been in his ninety-seventh or seve...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob Flees and is Pursued by Laban
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. The fact that Laban, with his sons, was keeping the feast...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Laban went to shear his sheep — That part of his flock which was in the hands of his sons, three days journey off. Now, It is certain it was lawful...

¹⁹ And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the imagesc that were her father's.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 31:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 31:19