His sons. These continued to observe the conduct of Jacob, while Laban drove off all the flocks of divers colours to so great a distance, ver. 36, that there was no danger of the sheep under Jacob's care getting to them. Thus Laban first began to violate the agreement; and the angel of the Lord suggested to Jacob, the plan by which he was preserved from serving a cruel and avaricious man without wages, chap. xxxi. 12. (Menochius)
Verse Genesis 30:35. _THE HE-GOATS THAT WERE RING-STREAKED_] התישים העקדים _hatteyashim haakuddim_, the _he-goats_ that had _rings_ of _black_ or _other coloured hair_ around their _feet_ or _legs_....
- Jacob’s Family and Wealth 6. דן _dān_, Dan, “judge, lord.” 8. נפתלי _naptālı̂y_, Naphtali, “wrestling.” 11. גד _gād_, Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד _bāgād_, “in victory or” =גד...
CHAPTER 30 JACOB WITH LABAN _ 1. The sons of Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:1)_ 2. The sons of Zilpah: Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:9) 3. The children of Leah: Issachar, Zebulon and Dinah (Genes...
JACOB GROWS RICH BY OVERREACHING LABAN. This is a difficult section. It is taken from JE. The analysis is uncertain. To J may be assigned Genesis 30:25; Genesis 30:27; Genesis 30:29;...
_into the hand of his sons_ Laban in accepting Jacob's offer determines to make the very best of the new arrangement. Any parti-coloured goats, and any black sheep in his flock, "he removed that day,...
4. _Negotiations With Laban_ (Genesis 30:25-43). _Jacob proposes to provide for his own household, Genesis 30:25-31_. From the reading of the text it seems that Joseph must have been born at the end o...
_AND HE REMOVED THAT DAY THE HE GOATS THAT WERE RINGSTRAKED AND SPOTTED, AND ALL THE SHE GOATS THAT WERE SPECKLED AND SPOTTED, AND EVERY ONE THAT HAD SOME WHITE IN IT, AND ALL THE BROWN AMONG THE SHEE...
JACOB'S CHILDREN. HIS STRATAGEM TO INCREASE HIS PROPERTY 1. Rachel envied her sister] To be childless was regarded as a great reproach: cp. Luke 1:25. Fruitfulness meant an addition of strength and p...
RINGSTRAKED] 'striped.' 35-42. It would appear that Laban, after sorting out Jacob's speckled sheep and goats from his own pure ones, gave the former in charge of his sons to be kept at a distance fro...
Laban tried to cheat Jacob. He agreed to Jacob’s plan. (See verse 34.) Jacob would take as his wages all the sheep that were not white. And he would take all the goats that were not black. But Laban l...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 30 JACOB HAS 6 MORE SONS V1 Rachel saw that she produced no children for Jacob. And she was angry with her sister because her sister was successf...
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 gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
AND HE REMOVED. — The question has been asked whether it was Jacob or Laban who made the division, and whether Jacob was to have all such sheep and goats as were parti-coloured already, or such only a...
וַ יָּ֣סַר בַּ † יֹּום֩ הַ ה֨וּא...
JACOB'S FLOCKS INCREASE Genesis 30:25 There is little in this story to the credit of Jacob, and nothing to choose between him and Laban. They are well matched one against another; and if anything, Ja...
In reading these stories we must never forget that we are looking at things as they were in that far-gone time and must make all necessary allowances for the imperfect light in which these people live...
GOD CAUSED JACOB TO PROSPER After the seven years of service for Rachel were completed, Jacob told Laban he desired to return home. Laban did not want him to go because he knew God had made him wealth...
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
35._And he removed that day_. From this verse the form of the compact is more certainly known. Laban separates the sheep and goats marked with spots from the pure flock, that is, from the white or bla...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...
AND HE REMOVED THAT DAY THE HE GOATS THAT WERE RINGSTRAKED AND SPOTTED,.... That had strakes of a different colour from the rest on their shoulders, thighs, logs, or feet, or in any part of the body:...
_He gave them into the hands of his sons_ To be fed apart by themselves, lest Jacob should get any of them to mix with those of one colour. _He set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob_ Such...
1 Rachel in griefe for her barrennesse, giueth Bilhah her mayd vnto Iacob. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali. 9 Leah giueth Zilpah her mayd, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14 Reuben findeth Mandrakes, wit...
The Contract Between Laban and Jacob...
And he removed that day the he-goats that were ring-straked (banded) and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among...
THIRD SECTION _Jacob’s thought of returning home. New treaty with Laban. His closely calculated proposition (Prelude to the method of acquiring possession of the Egyptian vessels). Laban’s displeasur...
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RACHEL AND LEAH The fruitfulness of Leah moved Rachel to jealousy, then her demand to Jacob for children moves him to anger (vs.1-2). We may see a serious lesson in Rachel's word...
25-43 The fourteen years being gone, Jacob was willing to depart without any provision, except God's promise. But he had in many ways a just claim on Laban's substance, and it was the will of God tha...
THE HE-GOATS THAT WERE RING-STRAKED, which had lines or strakes like bands about them of diverse colours from the rest of their body. EVERY ONE THAT HAD SOME WHITE: this word _some_ is oft understood...
These Chapter s present to us the history of Jacob at least, the principal scenes in that history. The Spirit of God here sets before us the deepest instruction, first, as to God's purpose of infinite...
Genesis 30:35 removed H5493 (H8686) day H3117 goats H8495 speckled H6124 spotted H2921 (H8803) goats H5795 speckle
JACOB PROSPERS AND DECIDES TO RETURN HOME (GENESIS 30:25 TO GENESIS 32:2). This passage is centred around two theophanies and two covenants. In the first theophany Yahweh appears to Jacob and tells hi...
CONTENTS: Jacob's posterity in Padan-aram. Another bargain between Jacob and Laban. CHARACTERS: Rachael, Jacob, Laban, Leah, Joseph. CONCLUSION: The toiling and scheming of men is the result of igno...
Genesis 30:2. _Am I in God's stead._ Rachel's impatience provoked Jacob's anger, because she asked of man whist was the prerogative of God to give. The rabbins remark here, that God keeps in his own h...
_Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it_ JACOB’S NEW CONTRACT OF SERVICE I. IT WAS ENTERED UPON IN OPPOSITION TO HIS BETTER FEELINGS AND CONVICTIONS. II. IT WAS MARKED BY WORLDLY PRUDENCE. 1. Th...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 30:35 Having agreed on the wages, Laban secretly removes all the animals he had promised to Jacob and gives them to his SONS. ⇐
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 30:27. I have learned by experience.] This verb is taken from a noun, which means a serpent. It seems to have such a meaning as, “to ascertain by means of a close, subtle, an...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 30:25 AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN RACHEL HAD BORN JOSEPH,—either at or about the expiry of the second term of seven years. Jacob's family now consisted in all of eleven sons and one...
Now when Rachel saw that she could not bare Jacob children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I'm going to die. And Jacob was angry with her: and he said, Am I...
he removed. the hand. Genesis 31:9...