Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 29:32
The Lord hath looked upon my affliction with an eye of pity and kindness, as that general phrase is oft understood.
The Lord hath looked upon my affliction with an eye of pity and kindness, as that general phrase is oft understood.
Verse Genesis 29:32. _SHE CALLED HIS NAME REUBEN_] ראובן _reuben_, literally, _see ye_ or _behold a son; for Jehovah hath looked upon_, _raah, beheld_, my affliction; _behold_ then the consequence, I...
- Jacob’s Marriage 6. רחל _rāchēl_, Rachel, “a ewe.” 16. לאה _lê'âh_, Leah, “wearied.” 24. זלפה _zı̂lpâh_, Zilpah, “drop?” 29. בלהה _bı̂lhâh_, Bilhah, “timidity.” 32. ראוּבן
CHAPTER 29 JACOB WITH LABAN _ 1. Jacob's arrival at Padan-aram (Genesis 29:1)_ 2. His service for Rachel (Genesis 29:15) 3. Laban's deception (Genesis 29:21) 4. Jacob receives Rachel ...
GENESIS 29:31 TO GENESIS 30:24. THE BIRTH OF JACOB'S CHILDREN. This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31; Gene
Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24. Birth of Jacob's Children 31 35 (J); Genesis 30:1-24 (J, E and P) In this section is narrated the account of the birth of eleven sons and one daughter. Six of the son...
_Reuben_ The name is evidently here assumed to consist of two words, _re"û_= "behold ye," _ben_= "a son." _hath … affliction_ Heb. _râ"ah be-onyi_. The sound of these two words forms some kind of a pl...
3. _Jacob's Family_ (Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24). _Basic Facts:_ (1) Jacob became the father of twelve sons and one daughter. The inferior value set on a daughter is displayed in the bare announce...
_AND LEAH CONCEIVED, AND BARE A SON, AND SHE CALLED HIS NAME REUBEN: FOR SHE SAID, SURELY THE LORD HATH LOOKED UPON MY AFFLICTION; NOW THEREFORE MY HUSBAND WILL LOVE ME._ Son ... called his name Reub...
29:32 Reuben; (e-12) See! a son....
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 sojourn of the patriarch at Haran, which apparently las...
REUBEN] 'behold, a son.' But the writer derives the name from _Raah beonyi,_ 'looked on my affliction': see on Genesis 4:1. SIMEON] 'hearing.' LEVI 'joined.' JUDAH] 'praise.'...
‘Reuben’ means ‘see a son’. ‘Simeon’ means ‘one who hears’. ‘Levi’ sounds like ‘joined’. ‘Judah’ sounds like ‘praise God’. CANAAN ~ the country where the Canaanites lived. (See Canaanites.) It is a...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 29 JACOB MEETS RACHEL V1 Then Jacob continued his journey. He came to the land where the people in the east lived. V2 As he looked, he saw a well...
(32-35) SHE CALLED HIS NAME REUBEN. — There is something very touching in the history of these four births. When the first child is born, Leah joyfully calls him “Reuben,” that is, _See, a son!_ and f...
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...
וַ תַּ֤הַר לֵאָה֙ וַ תֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַ
JACOB MARRIES LEAH AND RACHEL Genesis 29:21 The chief lesson of this paragraph is its illustration of the awful nemesis which accompanies wrongdoing. No thoughtful person can watch the events of hist...
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 years of his life were to be spent, during which he a...
THE CHILDREN OF JACOB The Lord opened the womb of Leah. Her firstborn son was named Reuben, or "look, a son." Her hope was that Jacob would now love her more because she had borne him a son. She named...
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the (l) LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will (m) love me. (l) By this it appears...
_Ruben. "See the son, or the son of vision;" alluding perhaps, distantly, to ver. 24, He saw Lia. (Haydock)_...
Reuben means See a son....
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...
32._She called his name Reuben_. Moses relates that Leah was not ungrateful to God. And truly, I do not doubt, that the benefits of God were then commonly more appreciated than they are now. For a pro...
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 LEAH CONCEIVED, AND BARE A SON, AND SHE CALLED HIS NAME REUBEN,.... That is, "see the son", as if she by this name called upon her husband, her friends, and all about her, to look at him, and view...
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. Ver. 32. _Therefore my husband...
She appears very ambitious of her husband's love; she reckoned the went of it her _affliction_, not upbraiding him with it as his fault, nor reproaching him for it; but laying it to heart as her grief...
1 Iacob commeth to the well of Haran. 9 He taketh acquaintance of Rachel. 13 Laban enterteineth him. 18 Iacob couenanteth for Rachel. 23 He is deceiued with Leah. 28 He marrieth also Rachel, and...
The First Sons of Leah...
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben (Behold, a son!); FOR SHE SAID, SURELY THE LORD HATH LOOKED UPON MY AFFLICTION; NOW, THEREFORE, MY HUSBAND WILL LOVE ME. Since childr...
SECOND SECTION _Jacob’s wives and children. Jacob and Rachel, Laban’s youngest daughter. First and second treaty with Laban. His involuntary consummation of marriage with Leah. The double marriage. L...
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 home, nor did he have any street and house number, bu...
REUBEN: that is, See a son...
31-35 The names Leah gave her children, expressed her respect and regard, both to God and to her husband. Reuben, or See a son, with this thought, Now will my husband love me; Levi, or joined, expect...
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 29:32 Leah H3812 conceived H2029 (H8799) bore H3205 (H8799) son H1121 called H7121 (H8799) name...
‘And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because Yahweh has looked on my affliction (raah beonyi), for now my husband will love me.” And she conceived again a...
CONTENTS: Jacob and Laban, two bargain makers, meet. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Laban, Rachael, Leah, Reuben, Levi, Judah. CONCLUSION: The believer who has erred may not be forsaken of God, but he is permit...
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;_ he tripped along with light feet, being now assured t...
_He loved also Rachel more than Leah_ LEAH AND RACHEL: THEIR TRIMS AND COMPENSATIONS I. THEIR TRIALS. Leah was “hated “ (Genesis 29:31), i.e._, _she was loved less than Rachel By becoming a party to...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 29:32 LEAH bears Jacob four SONS. As the esv footnotes reveal, each son’s name is a wordplay on Leah’s comment after his birth....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 29:31. Leah was hated.] The word is to be understood relatively, not absolutely. By the usage of the Heb. to be hated, signifies only to be loved less. GENESIS 29:32. REUBEN...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 29:31 AND WHEN THE LORD SAW—literally, _and Jehovah saw_._ _As Eve's son was obtained from Jehovah (Genesis 4:1), and Jehovah visited Sarah (Genesis 21:1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the people of the east. And he looked, behold there was a well in the field, and, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that...
A.M. 2252. B.C. 1752. his name. Genesis 35:22 Genesis 37:21 Genesis 37:22 Genesis 37:29...
She appears very ambitious of her husband's love; she reckoned the want of it her affliction, not upbraiding him with it as his fault, nor reproaching him for it; but laying it to heart as her grief,...