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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 29:4

And Jacob said unto them (the shepherds of the three flocks), My brethren (a friendly salutation from one who was himself a shepherd), whence be ye? Anticipating that their reply would reveal his whereabouts. And they said, Of Haran are we . This could scarcely fail to remind Jacob of God's premise to guide him in his journey. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 29:5

And he said unto them (with the view of discovering his kinsmen), Know ye Laban the son of Nahor ?— i.e. the grandson, Laban's father having been Bethuel, who, however, here, as in Genesis 14:1-24 ; retires into the background. And they said, We know him . The language of the shepherds being Chaldaean ( vide Genesis 31:47 ), Jacob, who spoke Hebrew, was able to converse with them either because he had learnt Chaldee from his mother (Clericus), or, as is more probable, because the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 29:6

And he said unto them, Is he well ? Literally, is there peace to him? meaning not simply bodily health, but all manner of felicity; ὑγιαίνει ( LXX .); sanusne est ? (Vulgate). Cf. the Christian salutation, tax vobiscum And they said, He is well (literally, peace): and, behold, Rachel —"Ewe" (Gesenius)— his daughter cometh with the sheep. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 29:1-35

- Jacob’s Marriage6. רחל rāchēl, Rachel, “a ewe.”16. לאה lê'âh, Leah, “wearied.”24. זלפה zı̂lpâh, Zilpah, “drop?”29. בלהה bı̂lhâh, Bilhah, “timidity.”32. ראוּבן re'uvbēn, Reuben, “behold a son.” A paronomasia in allusion to the phrase בעניי ראה be‛ānyı̂y rā'âh. Derivatives and compounds, being formed by the common speaker, are sometimes founded upon resemblance in sound, and not always on precise forms of the original sentence which prompted them.33. שׁמעין shı̂m‛ôn, Shim‘on,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 29:6

Genesis 29:6. Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep According to the custom of those times, when simplicity and industry were in fashion among persons of great quality, and of both sexes. They who find fault with the Scriptures, and question the truth of such accounts, discover great ignorance of the state of former ages. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 29:1-30

28:10-36:43 JACOB ESTABLISHES THE FAMILYJacob’s marriages (28:10-29:30)Before Jacob left Canaan, God appeared to him in a dream. In spite of Jacob’s shameful behaviour, God repeated to him the covenant promises given earlier to Abraham and Isaac, promising also to bring him back safely to Canaan (10-15; cf. 12:1-3; 26:24). In return for God’s favour to him, Jacob promised to be loyal in his devotion and generous in his offerings. He named the place where he met God, Bethel (16-22).From Bethel... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:5

son. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), put for grandson. Compare Genesis 24:15 . In Genesis 29:12 Jacob calls himself the "brother" of Laban by the same Figure of speech Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos, App-6 , giving life to the scene. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:1-6

"Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the wells mouth was great. And thither were all the flocks gathered; and they rolled the stone from the wells mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the wells mouth in its place. And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye?... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:4

Genesis 29:4. My brethren, whence, &c.— Jacob, himself a shepherd, addresses his brethren of the same occupation with much courtesy; and either must have learned from his mother the language of this country, or they spoke the same language with the Abrahamic family. He calls Laban the son of Nahor, i.e.. the grandson, Gen 29:5 rather than the son of Bethuel, as the former was the founder of the family. See ch. Genesis 31:53. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:6

Genesis 29:6. Is he well?— In the margin of our Bibles it is, Is there peace to him? which is agreeable to the Hebrew. Peace, with them, was a word comprehensive of all happiness; hence used in salutation, See Luke 10:5; Luke 24:36. John 20:19. Pax (peace) is sometimes used in the same sense by the Latins;* and very frequently ειρηνη, (peace) in the New Testament.† Rachel, in the Hebrew, signifies a sheep. It was common with the ancients, who held all rural employments in great honour, to take... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 29:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 29:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 29:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 29:1-35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 29:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 29:1-30

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:1-6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:6

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