Genesis 31:4
- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים t e rāpı̂ym , Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three time...
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...
4. And Jacob sent. He sends for his wives, in order to explain to them his intention, and to exhort them to accompany him in his flight; for...
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah - He had probably been at some considera...
Jacob sent and called Rachel, &c.— Determined to depart secretly from Laban, he appointed his wives to meet him in the field, that he might com...
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah. His wives and family were in th...
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...
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...
Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah... — Rachel is placed first, as the chief wife. The field was probably the pasture where Laban’s flocks fed,...
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...
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...
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 .
And Jacob sent ,.... Having this encouragement and direction from the Lord, which seems to have been given him in the field, while he was attending...
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, Ver. 4. And Jacob sent and called Rachel, &c. ] He consults with his wi...
The Lord said unto Jacob, Return God, who orders all things aright, having blessed Jacob with greater substance in the house of Laban than he could...
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...
Jacob's Departure. B. C. 1739. 1 And h...
Rachel is first named here, as also Ruth 4:11 , because she was his chief, and, by right, his first and only designed wife. And therefore it is...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 Plan to Flee
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to the field — That he might discourse with them more privately.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,