Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 29:14
29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my {f} bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.(f) That is, of my blood and kindred. read more
創世記 29:9-14 Jcb
John Calvin
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 29:1-35
JACOB MEETS RACHEL AND LABAN After many days of travel Jacob came to the land of his relatives. He could not phone to find his directions to their home, nor did he have any street and house number, but it did not take long for him to contact them. A well was of course the most likely place to meet people. Three flocks of sheep were nearby, waiting to be watered, which they could not until a huge stone was removed from the mouth of the well (v.2). The stone was evidently necessary to prevent... read more
James Gray
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 29:1-35
JACOB AND LABAN THEIR FIRST MEETING (Genesis 29:1-14 ) Jacob’s journey to Haran, his mother’s country, was first to the north and then the east, re-traversing the original course of his grandfather Abraham. As he nears its termination; his attention is attracted by the shepherds with their flocks around a well, whose mouth is covered with a stone. Inquiry reveals that they belong to Haran, and are acquainted with his uncle Laban. Rachel, his daughter and the keeper of his sheep, will be... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 29:1-35
In the Service of Laban Genesis 29-31 The story occupied by Genesis 29-31 represents one of the oft-recurring mysteries of human life. That is to say, in view of what has just taken place, that story seems to be an anti-climax, and is felt to be, in some serious sense, even a disappointment. It is almost impossible to bring the mind from the contemplations upon which it has just been fixed to read such an incident as that which spreads itself over these three chapters. When a man has seen... read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 29:10-12
Brother, here means no more than a relation. read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 29:13-14
It is profitable to remark, of whom these things were spoken in after ages; our great kinsman after the flesh. Ephesians 5:30 . read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 29:9
She. Hebrew He, ipsa. Eva is put for Eia, the letters being similar, chap. iii. 15. (Haydock) --- Other copies agree with the Vulgate and the Septuagint (Calmet) read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 29:10
Cousin-german, and uncle, are put for brevity's sake by St. Jerome, instead of the Hebrew, "the daughter of Laban, brother of Rebecca his mother," and "his mother's brother." (Haydock) read more
George Haydock
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 29:11
Kissed her, according to the custom of the country, (chap. xxiv. 26,) having told her who he was. He was not so young, that she could suspect him guilty of an unbecoming levity, being above 77 years old, chap. xxvii. 1. (Haydock) --- In that age of simplicity, beautiful maids might converse with shepherds, without suspicion or danger. (Menochius) --- Wept, through tenderness, and perhaps on account of his present inability to make her a suitable present. (Calmet) read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 29:13
29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban {e} all these things.(e) That is, the reason why he departed from his father’s house, and what he saw during his journey. read more