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- Jacob’s Flight from Haran
19. תרפים _t__e__rāpı̂ym_, Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen
times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter,
and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is...
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CHAPTER 31 JACOB'S SERVITUDE ENDED AND FLIGHT FROM LABAN
_ 1. Laban's behavior and God's commandment (Genesis 31:1)_
2. The dream vision to return to the land (Genesis 31:11)
3. Jacob's flight (Gen...
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GENESIS 31:22 TO GENESIS 32:2. AFTER MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS, JACOB AND
LABAN MAKE A COVENANT TO REFRAIN FROM AGGRESSION ON EACH OTHER'S
TERRITORIES. The analysis is uncertain; Gunkel assigns Genesis 31...
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PILLAR. Distinct from the "heap". Compare Genesis 31:45; Genesis
31:46....
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The Pursuit of Laban, &c.
23. _his brethren_ i.e. the men of his kindred and clan, as in Genesis
31:25_; Genesis 31:32_. Jacob is similarly attended; cf. Genesis
31:37;...
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_heap … set_ Jacob had caused the heap to be collected; Laban had
erected the pillar: see note on Genesis 31:45. Two compacts are made:
(1) Jacob will not ill-treat Laban's daughters, Genesis 31:50; ...
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WHICH I HAVE CAST— Laban neither erected the pillar nor made the
heap, Genesis 31:45. as Houbigant remarks; therefore he renders the
word in the second person, _which thou hast ereated,_ erexisti; tho...
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PART FORTY-TWO
THE STORY OF JACOB: HIS RETURN TO CANAAN
(Genesis 31:17 to Genesis 33:20)
1. _The Covenant in Gilead: The Biblical Account_ (Genesis
31:17-55)_._
17 Then Jacob rose up, an
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_AND LABAN SAID TO JACOB, BEHOLD THIS HEAP, AND BEHOLD THIS PILLAR,
WHICH I HAVE CAST BETWIXT ME AND THEE;_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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JACOB'S RETURN FROM HARAN
4-13. Jacob attributes his prosperity to God's favour.
14-16. Rachel and Leah point out that their father had no claim on
them, since Jacob had won them by his services, an...
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Laban said that he set up the heap and the stone. That was not true.
Jacob and his relatives set them up. (See verses 45-46.)...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 31
GOD TELLS JACOB TO RETURN
V1 Laban’s sons said, ‘Jacob has taken all that belonged to our
father. He has gained all his wealth from our father...
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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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וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר לָבָ֖ן לְ יַעֲקֹ֑ב
הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ הַ
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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Genesis 31:43
In our time covenants are engrossed on parchment, so that there may be
written documentary evidence accessible, to prove that certain
transactions h...
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In the midst of Jacob's success the second divine communication came
to him, commanding him to return to the land of his fathers and giving
him the promise, "I will be with thee." Thus, after at least...
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THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN
Though Jacob accused Laban of intending to do him harm if God had not
warned him, Laban claimed he would not hurt his own family. Perhaps to
save embarrassment be...
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_I have, &c. One Samaritan copy reads very properly, "thou hast set
up," ( yarithi), ver. 45. (Kennicott)._...
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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 LABAN SAID TO JACOB,.... Continued speaking to him, as follows:
BEHOLD THIS HEAP, AND BEHOLD [THIS] PILLAR WHICH I HAVE CAST BETWIXT
ME AND THEE; the heap of stones seems to be gathered and laid...
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And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this] pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
Ver. 51. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 31:44 _"_...
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_But Jacob called it Galeed_ The name Laban gave it signifies _the
heap of witness_, in the Syrian tongue, which he used, and _Galeed_
signifies the same in Hebrew, the language which Jacob used. It
a...
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1 Iacob vpon displeasure departeth secretly.
19 Rachel stealeth her fathers images.
22 Laban pursueth after him,
26 and complaineth of the wrong.
34 Rachels policie to hide the images.
36 Iacobs...
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And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee;...
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The Covenant on Mount Gilead...
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FOURTH SECTION
_Jacob’s flight. Laban’s persecution. The covenant between the two
on the mountain of Gilead. Departure._
GENESIS 31:4 TO GENESIS 32:2
, 4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to...
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JACOB'S SECRET DEPARTURE
The prosperity of Jacob could not but awaken the envy of Laban's sons.
Jacob had gained all of this through his caring for their father's
sheep: now the majority of the sheep...
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43-55 Laban could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob,
therefore desires to hear no more of that matter. He is not willing to
own himself in fault, as he ought to have done. But he proposes a
c...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 31:51 Laban H3837 said H559 (H8799) Jacob H3290 heap H1530
pillar H4676 placed H3384 (H8804)
I have
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‘And Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see this pillar,
which I have set between me and you. This heap be witness, and this
pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and
th...
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CONTENTS: Jacob's resolution to return. Laban's hot pursuit; their
quarrel and final agreement.
CHARACTERS: Laban, Jacob, Rachael, Leah.
CONCLUSION: The safety of believers under trying circumstance...
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Genesis 31:1. _He heard the words of Laban's sons._ Three causes are
assigned for Jacob's abrupt removal: first, the bitter reproaches of
Laban's sons: secondly, the consequent change in the countenan...
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_The Lord watch between me and thee._
LESSONS
1. Injurious persons are most apt to suspect the innocent for doing
wrong.
2. Wicked men would not have others wrong their children though they
do it t...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 31:19 Fearful that Laban will prevent him
from leaving Paddan-aram, Jacob escapes when his father-in-law is away
shearing sheep. When Laban discovers what has happened, he purs...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 31:45
AND JACOB TOOK A STONE, AND SET IT UP _for_ A PILLAR—or _Matzebah_,_
as a _memorial or witness of the covenant about to be formed (Genesis
31:52); a different tran
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And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away
all that was our father's; and all that which was our father's hath he
gotten all this glory (Genesis 31:1).
In other words, they...
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I have cast. Genesis 31:51...