Genesis 28:18-22
- Jacob’s Flight from Haran 19. תרפים t e rāpı̂ym , Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three time...
Genesis 31:22 to Genesis 32:2 . After Mutual Recriminations, Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant to Refrain from Aggression on each other's Territori...
pillar. Compare Genesis 28:18 .
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
the Covenant between Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:43-55 In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be written documentar...
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...
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar. To show his readiness to agree to the motion, he immediately took a large stone that lay upon...
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar. Ver. 45. A stone. ] Or stones, as Genesis 31:46 .
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 Covenant with Laban. B. C. 1739. ...
In testimony of his compliance with Laban's proposal, and his entering into this covenant. See Exodus 24:4 .
‘And Jacob took a stone and set it up for a pillar, and Jacob said to his brothers, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 31:47 . And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.] “It is remarkable that in giving these names L...
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...
Let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee Laban’s covenant with Jacob I. IT WAS FORCED UPON HIM BY CI...
EXPOSITION Genesis 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar —or Matzebah , as a memorial or witness of the cove...
The Covenant on Mount Gilead
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar, this stone being the monument of the settlement, of the peaceful separation, to which he assented...
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.