Genesis 29:31-30:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:31

LORD. Jehovah used with the five sons (Genesis 29:31-35 and Genesis 30:24 ). Elohim is used with six (Genesis 30:2 , Genesis 30:6 , Genesis 30:17 , Genesis 30:18 , Genesis 30:20 , Genesis 30:23 ). No title used with Benjamin (Genesis 35:16-18 ). All were in pairs. Two pairs from Leah, one pair from Bilhah, one from Zilpah, one from Leah, one from Rachel. hated. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , by which love and hate are put for the esteem or neglect, caused by love and hate =... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:31-35

"And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me. And she conceived again and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; Now this time will my husband be joined... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:31

Genesis 29:31. Leah was hated— The words in the foregoing verse explain this seemingly harsh expression, He loved Rachel more than Leah; this is agreeable to the Hebrew idiom; see Malachi 1:2-3.Luke 14:26; Luke 14:26. The word hate, in the New Testament, is frequently to be understood in this sense, of loving less. Considering the part Leah acted, nobody can wonder she was hated, that is, less beloved than Rachel; while hence we have an argument against polygamy, it bring morally impossible for... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 29:31

31. Leah . . . hated—that is, not loved so much as she ought to have been. Her becoming a mother ensured her rising in the estimation both of her husband and of society. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 29:31-35

Moses recorded the births of Leah’s first four sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah. When the clause "the LORD saw" occurs (Genesis 29:31), His acting decisively, often for the weak and oppressed, follows soon (cf. Genesis 6:5; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 18:21; Genesis 31:12; Exodus 2:25; Exodus 4:31). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 29:1-35

Jacob in Mesopotamia with LabanThe divine care and blessing promised to Jacob at Bethel (Genesis 28:15) are illustrated in the narrative of the sojourn of the patriarch at Haran, which apparently lasted for twenty years (Genesis 31:41), after which he returned to the land of promise, blessed with a numerous family, and rich in goods. But equally marked is the severe discipline to which he was subjected in order that the darker features in his character might be purified, and that he might learn... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 29:1-35

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 descent to Shem, and showing thereby that the right of primogeniture belonged to him; but the inspired historian uses only so much of this as is necessary for tracing the development of the Divine plan of human redemption.The Syrian.—Really, the Aramean, or descendant of Aram. (See Genesis 10:22-23.) The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 29:31

BIRTH OF JACOB’S ELEVEN SONS, AND HIS DAUGHTER.(31) Leah was hated.—We must not soften this down too much; for plainly Leah was not the object of love at all. It was her fruitfulness which gave her value in her husband’s eyes, and when this ceased, Jacob utterly neglected her (Genesis 30:15). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 29:1-35

Rachel the Placid Genesis 29:0 You will meet her type continually in the modern world. Do you not know women who seem to go through life easily? I. When Rachel is keeping her father's sheep at the Well of Haran she sees advancing a young man. It is her cousin Jacob. He has come as a fugitive, flying from his brother's vengeance. Jacob breaks into the red heat of love. He is dazzled by Rachel's beauty. He makes an offer to Laban for the hand of his younger daughter. He promises to serve him for... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 29:1-35

CHAPTER 29 Jacob with Laban 1. Jacob’s arrival at Padan-aram (Genesis 29:1-14 ) 2. His service for Rachel (Genesis 29:15-20 ) 3. Laban’s deception (Genesis 29:21-25 ) 4. Jacob receives Rachel (Genesis 29:26-31 ) 5. Leah’s sons (Genesis 29:32-35 ) The Lord brought him to Padan-aram, where he was to dwell as an exile for twenty years. During these twenty years Jehovah did not manifest Himself to him, even as Israel dispersed among the nations has no communications from the Lord. His... read more

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