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 he could. The expression “ten times” is used for frequently, in Numbers 14:22, and in other passages.— GENESIS 31:11. THE ANGEL OF GOD.] This is, as else... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 31:34. The camel’s furniture.] “This was a packsaddle, in the recesses of which articles might be deposited, and on which was a seat or couch for the rider.” (_Murphy._)— GENESIS 31:40. IN THE DAY THE DROUGHT CONSUMED ME, AND THE FROST BY NIGHT.] In the East the hotter the... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 31:47. And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed.] “It is remarkable that in giving these names Laban chooses the Chaldee, Jacob the Hebrew, for the same meaning, _the heap of witness._” (_Alford_.)—“These words are the oldest testimony that in Mesopot... [ Continue Reading ]