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- 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...
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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...
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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;...
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_set the faces … Laban_ This is a very obscure sentence in the
original. It probably describes a second device practised by Jacob. At
the breeding time he caused the ewes which belonged to Laban to
pa...
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AND JACOB, &C.— After the success which attended his use of the
pilled rods, he took care to keep what belonged to Laban separate from
those lambs which, by agreement, belonged to himself; at the same...
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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...
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_AND JACOB DID SEPARATE THE LAMBS, AND SET THE FACES OF THE FLOCKS
TOWARD THE RINGSTRAKED, AND ALL THE BROWN IN THE FLOCK OF LABAN; AND
HE PUT HIS OWN FLOCKS BY THEMSELVES, AND PUT THEM NOT UNTO LABAN...
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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...
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Some stripey male animals were born after Laban took away the other
animals. So Jacob made these stripey male animals mate with the
stronger female animals. And he let the male animals that were not
s...
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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...
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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...
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JACOB... SET THE FACES OF THE FLOCKS TOWARD... — As the speckled
lambs and kids would for some time remain with Labau’s flocks, this
may perhaps mean that, when driving them to water, Jacob placed all...
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וְ הַ כְּשָׂבִים֮ הִפְרִ֣יד יַעֲקֹב֒
וַ֠ יִּת
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_All the white, &c. Notwithstanding Jacob's stratagem, some had lambs
all of a colour. The force of fancy is very surprising on such
occasions. Oppian, Aristotle, and others, recommend Jacob's plan as...
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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...
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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...
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AND JACOB DID SEPARATE THE LAMBS,.... The ringstraked, speckled, and
spotted;
AND SET THE FACES OF THE FLOCKS, that were all white,
TOWARDS THE RINGSTRAKED, AND ALL THE BROWN IN THE FLOCK OF LABAN;...
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And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and
he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban'...
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_Jacob set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked_ Having
used the pilled rods by divine direction, and seeing the effects they
produced, he here employs his own natural sagacity, and turns...
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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...
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And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ring-straked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and
he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban'...
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JACOB'S GREAT WEALTH...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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JACOB DID SEPARATE THE LAMBS, such as were ring-straked and brown from
the white, as it here follows. He caused THE RING-STRAKED AND ALL THE
BROWN to go foremost, and the white to follow them, that by...
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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...
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Genesis 30:40 Jacob H3290 separated H6504 (H8689) lambs H3775 made
H5414 (H8799) flocks H6629 face H6440 toward...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Genesis 30:40...