Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Genesis 31:47
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it (k) Galeed.
(k) The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue.
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it (k) Galeed.
(k) The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue.
Verse Genesis 31:47. _LABAN CALLED IT JEGAR-SAHADUTHA_] יגר שהדותא _yegar_ _sahadutha_, the _heap_ or _round heap of witness; but Jacob called it_ _galed_, which signifies the same thing. The first i...
- 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...
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...
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...
JEGAR-SAHADUTHA. Chaldaic. witness-heap....
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;...
_And Laban called it_ This verse, which anticipates and does not agree with Genesis 31:48, must be a learned gloss. Laban the Syrian (cf. Genesis 31:20; Genesis 28:5) gives an Aramaic name, Jacob the...
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
_AND LABAN CALLED IT JEGAR-SAHADUTHA: BUT JACOB CALLED IT GALEED._ Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha [yªgar] - a heap of stones х_ SAAHªDUWTAA'_ (H3026)], testimony, witness. This word may be either Ch...
31:47 Jegar-sahadutha, (c-5) Galeed. (c-10) The one is Aramaic, the other Hebrew. both meaning, 'Heap of witness.'...
JEGAR-SAHADUTHA. GALEED] We have here the popular etymology of the name Gilead. Both words in the text mean 'heap of witness,' the former being Aramaic, the latter Hebrew. The double designation is du...
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...
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...
‘Jegar-sahadutha’ means ‘the heap that is a sign’. It is in the Aramaic language. The inhabitants of the region that is called Paddan-aram spoke the Aramaic language. Haran, where Laban lived, is in P...
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...
JEGAR-SAHADUTHA. — These are two Syriac words of the same meaning as Gal-’eed, _Heap of Witness._ A Syriac (or Aramaic) dialect was most probably the ordinary language of the people in Mesopotamia, bu...
וַ יִּקְרָא ־לֹ֣ו לָבָ֔ן יְגַ֖ר שָׂהֲדוּתָ֑א...
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...
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...
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...
_Testimony. Hebrew makes Laban give this etymology, Jegar-saha-dutha; while Galaad means the hill or the witness. The Syrian language had now begun to deviate some little from the Hebrew of Jacob. ---...
The heap of witness....
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...
47._And Laban called it_. Each, in his own language, gives a name, of the same signification, to the heap. Whence it appears, that Laban used the Syrian tongue, though born of the race of Heber. But i...
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 LABAN CALLED IT JEGARSAHADUTHA,.... Which in the Syriac and Chaldee languages signifies "an heap of witness"; it being, as after observed, a witness of the covenant between Laban and Jacob: BUT J...
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. Ver. 47. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 31:44 _"_...
_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...
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...
And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha; but Jacob called it Galeed, both names, the first Chaldean, the other Hebrew, signifying the same: Heap of testimony, or witness....
The Covenant on Mount Gilead...
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...
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...
JEGARSAHADUTHA: that is, The heap of witness...
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...
Both names signify the same thing, _a heap of witness; _ only Laban gives the name in the Syrian language; but Jacob, though he had been long conversant in Syria, and understood that language, yet he...
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 31:47 Laban H3837 called H7121 (H8799) Sahadutha H3026 Jacob H3290 called H7121 (H8804) Galeed H1567...
‘And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha (‘heap of witness' in Aramaic), but Jacob called it Galeed (‘heap of witness' in Hebrew).' This is interesting testimony to the fact that the Arameans spoke an earl...
JEGARSAHADUTHA Chaldean, the heap of witness....
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...
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...
_Let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee_ LABAN’S COVENANT WITH JACOB I. IT WAS FORCED UPON HIM BY CIRCUMSTANCES. 1. His long journey in pursuit of Jacob...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 31:47 MIZPAH, meaning “watchtower,” became the name of a settlement north of the Jabbok River. It was the hometown of Jephthah (Judges 11:11
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...
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...
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
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...
Jegar-sahadutha. i.e., the heap of witness. Chald. Galeed. Hebrews 12:1...