Genesis 29:27-28

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 29:27

Genesis 29:27. Fulfil her week The seven days usually devoted to the feast and solemnity of marriage, Judges 14:12-17; for it does not appear that it relates to the seven years Jacob afterward served. This Laban seems to have desired, that by a week’s cohabitation with Leah, his affections might be knit to her, and the marriage with her confirmed. We will give thee this also Hereby he drew Jacob into the sin, and snare, and disquiet of multiplying wives. Jacob did not design it, but to... 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 29:27

we, i.e. I, by Figure of speech Heterosis (of Number). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:28

her , i.e. Leah's week. he gave him Rachel. A popular mistake to suppose that Jacob did not marry Rachel till the end of the second seven years, for in the first seven were born seven sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, and Joseph. In the second seven: Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulon, and Dinah. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:21-30

"And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid. And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done unto me? did I not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:27

Genesis 29:27. Fulfil her week— i.e.. perfect this marriage with Leah, by keeping the solemnity of seven days feasting, which seems to have been the time allowed for marriage feasts; and this done, thou shalt solemnize thy marriage with Rachel also, on condition of serving me seven years more. It appears beyond all dispute that he was married to Rachel immediately after the expiration of the seven days, which the subsequent history, the birth of the children, &c. abundantly prove. Selden's... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 29:28

28. gave him Rachel also—It is evident that the marriage of both sisters took place nearly about the same time, and that such a connection was then allowed, though afterwards prohibited (Leviticus 18:18). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 29:1-30

7. Jacob’s marriages and Laban’s deception 29:1-30The long account of Jacob’s relationship with Laban (chs. 29-31) is the centerpiece of the Jacob story (chs. 25-35). It is a story within a story, and it too has a chiastic structure. At its center is the account of the birth of Jacob’s sons, the forefathers of the tribes of Israel (Genesis 29:31-35).Jacob met Rachel at the well and watered the flocks in spite of opposition against doing so. His love for her led him to serve Laban for seven... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 29:21-30

"This was about one of the meanest pranks ever played on a man." [Note: Leupold, 2:795.] Jacob had pretended to be his older brother, and now Leah pretended to be her younger sister. Laban and Leah deceived Jacob as Jacob and Rebekah had deceived Isaac. Perhaps Jacob’s eating and drinking at the feast had clouded his mind (Genesis 29:22). The darkness of his tent at night may have made it hard for him to see, too. [Note: Josephus, 1:19:6-7.] Furthermore, in that culture a bride customarily... read more

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 29:27

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 29:1-30

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:28

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:21-30

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:27

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 29:28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 29:1-30

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 29:21-30

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