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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:39

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ,.... To show what had befallen it; that so it might appear he had one the less to account for to him: I bore the loss of it ; took it upon himself, as if it had been somewhat blameworthy in him, as the word used signifies; and so made satisfaction for it; which, how he did, when he had no wages, is difficult to say: he might have some perquisites allowed him by Laban, though he had no settled salary; or he might lay himself under... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:40

Thus I was ,.... In such a situation, as well as in the following uncomfortable plight and condition: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night : the violent heat in the daytime scorched him, and the severe frosts in the night pinched him: that is, in the different seasons of the year, the heat of the day in the summertime, and the cold of the night in the wintertime; for it cannot well be thought that there should be excessive heat in the day and sharp frosts in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:41

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house ,.... Attended with these difficulties, inconveniencies, and hardships: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters ; Rachel and Leah; first seven years for Rachel; and having Leah imposed upon him instead of her, was obliged to serve seven years more, which he did for her sake; whereas he ought to have given them, and a dowry with them, to one who was heir to the land of Canaan, and not have exacted servitude of him: and six years for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:42

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me ,.... One and the same God is meant, who was the God of his father Isaac, and before him the God of Abraham, and now the fear of Isaac, whom he feared and served with reverence and godly fear, being at this present time a worshipper of him: now Jacob suggests, that unless his father's God had been on his side, and had protected and preserved him, as well as before blessed and prospered him: surely... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:32

Let him not live - It appears that anciently theft was punished by death; and we know that the patriarchs had the power of life and death in their hands. But previously to the law, the punishment of death was scarcely ever inflicted but for murder. The rabbins consider that this was an imprecation used by Jacob, as if he had said, Let God take away the life of the person who has stolen them! And that this was answered shortly after in the death of Rachel, Genesis 35:16-19 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:35

The custom of women is upon me - This she knew must be a satisfactory reason to her father; for if the teraphim were used to any religious purpose, and they seem to have been used in this way, as Laban calls them his gods, he therefore could not suspect that a woman in such a situation, whose touch was considered as defiling, would have sat upon articles that were either the objects of his adoration, or used for any sacred purpose. The stratagem succeeded to her wish, and Laban departed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:36

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban - The expostulation of Jacob with Laban, and their consequent agreement, are told in this place with great spirit and dignity. Jacob was conscious that though he had made use of cunning to increase his flocks, yet Laban had been on the whole a great gainer by his services. He had served him at least twenty years, fourteen for Rachel and Leah, and six for the cattle; and some suppose he had served him twenty years besides the above, which is not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:39

That which was torn - of my hand didst thou require it - This more particularly marks the covetous and rigorous disposition of Laban; for the law of God required that what had been torn by beasts the shepherd should not be obliged to make good, Exodus 22:10 , Exodus 22:13 . And it is very likely that this law was in force from the earliest times. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:40

In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night - The being exposed to the heat by day, and frost by night, is made part of the heaviest punishment of Promethus by Aeschylus. Σταθευτος δ ' ἡλιου φοιβῃ φλογι, Χροιας αμευψεις· ασμενῳ δε σοι<-144 Ἡ ποικιλεμων νυξ αποκρυψει φαος·Παχνην θ ' ἑῳαν ἡλιος σκεδᾳ παλινπ . Aeschyl. Prom. Vinc., v. 22. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:41

Twenty years - See the remarks at the end, Genesis 31:55 ; (note). read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:42

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:39

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:40

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:41

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