Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 30:1-13
CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 30:1. Give me children, or else I die.] Heb. “If none, I am a dead woman.” As to the raising up of seed, I shall be as good as dead. An old Jewish proverb says, “The childless are but as the lifeless. Genesis 30:6. Dan.] Judging. The word is to be understood in a good sense as implying the vindication or deliverance of those who are unrighteously condemned or afflicted. (1 Samuel 24:15). Genesis 30:8. Naphtali.] Heb. “Wrestlings of God,” i.e., great, urgent vehement.... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:1-24
Genesis 29:31 to Genesis 30:24 . The Birth of Jacob’ s Children.— This section is from JE, with slight touches from P. Roughly Genesis 29:31-Habakkuk :, Genesis 30:9-1 Chronicles : is from J, Genesis 30:1-Joshua :; Genesis 30:8 is from E, Genesis 30:14-Jeremiah : mainly from JE, the two strands here being hard to unravel. It records the origin of the tribes of Israel. It reflects conditions a good deal earlier than those known to us in the history of Israel. In the later period Reuben... read more