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Genesis 29:34

joined From the root lavah, "to join." In Numbers 18:2; Numbers 18:4, this word lavahis especially used of the attachmentof the sons of Levi to the service of Jehovah, as the priestly tribe. According to many scholars, the name denotes thetribe par excellenceof the Leah group; which, owing to some great disaster, was broken up, and the name survived only in the guild of Priests and their assistants. See on chap. 34 and Genesis 49:5-7. On the meaning of Leah, see note on Genesis 29:16.

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See also Genesis 29:34 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 29:34. _THEREFORE WAS HIS NAME CALLED LEVI._] לוי _levi,_ _joined_; because she supposed that, in consequence of all these children, Jacob would become _joined_ to her in as strong affe...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JOINED. Hebrew. _yillaveh_ (joined). WAS HIS NAME CALLED. Hebrew she called his name, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. Error due to neglected abbreviation in primitive Hebrew text. Figure of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN, AND BARE A SON; AND SAID, NOW THIS TIME WILL MY HUSBAND BE JOINED UNTO ME, BECAUSE I HAVE BORN HIM THREE SONS: THEREFORE WAS HIS NAME CALLED LEVI._ Levi - i:e., a joining....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    29:34 Levi. (g-33) United....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ‘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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תַּ֣הַר עֹוד֮ וַ תֵּ֣לֶד בֵּן֒ וַ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Levi, "adhesion or union." My husband will now stick to me._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Levi means joined. See Numbers 18:2....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SHE CONCEIVED AGAIN, AND BARE A SON,.... A third time, as soon as she well could after the former birth: AND SAID, NOW THIS TIME WILL MY HUSBAND BE JOINED TO ME; in greater affection and stronger...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. Ver. 34. _And she conceived...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi (attachment). From her earlie...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The First Sons of Leah...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    LEVI: that is, joined...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THIS TIME WILL MY HUSBAND BE JOINED UNTO ME in more sincere and fervent affection....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 29:34 conceived H2029 (H8799) bore H3205 (H8799) son H1121 said H559 (H8799) time H6471 husband...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    A.M. 2254. B.C. 1750. was. Genesis 34:25 Genesis 35:23 Genesis 46:11 Genesis 49:5...

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