John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:30
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone ,.... Or, "in going wouldest go" F9 הלך הלכת "eundo ivisti", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius. , was determined upon it, and in haste to do it: because thou sore longedst after thy father's house , or "desiring didst desire it" F11 כסף נכספתה "desiderando desiderabis", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Piscator. ; had a vehement desire for it, which Laban signifies he should not have opposed, if he had let him know his... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt ,.... Jacob and his family, wives, children, and servants, who were not able to stand against Laban and the men he brought with him; and so the Jerusalem Targum paraphrases it,"I have an army and a multitude;'a large force, which Jacob could not withstand: or, "my hand could have been for a god" F8 יש לאל ידי "esset mihi pro deo manus mea", Schmidt. to me: you could have no more escaped it, or got out of it, or withstood me, than you... read more