创世记 31:11-16 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:1-16

Jacob is here taking up a resolution immediately to quit his uncle's service, to take what he had and go back to Canaan. This resolution he took up upon a just provocation, by divine direction, and with the advice and consent of his wives. I. Upon a just provocation; for Laban and his sons had become very cross and ill-natured towards him, so that he could not stay among them with safety or satisfaction. 1. Laban's sons showed their ill-will in what they said, Gen. 31:1. It should seem they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:11

And the Angel of God spake unto me in a dream ,.... In the same dream before related, and to direct him to observe what was presented to him, and to confirm what he saw, and lead him to the design and use of it. This was not a created angel, but the eternal one, the Son of God, and who is afterwards called God, and to whom Jacob had made a vow, which he would never have done to an angel; but to God only, as Ben Melech observes: saying , Jacob; and I said, here am I ; the Angel called... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:12

And he said, lift up now thine eyes, and see ,.... This was all visionary, Jacob was still in a dream; but it was so impressed upon his mind, that he was spoke to, and bid to observe, and take notice, as follows: that all the rams that leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled , and grisled ; thereby assuring him, that such would be those the ewes would bring forth, which would be right in him to agree with Laban for as his hire; and it is probable that there was some distance... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel ,.... The same Angel that appeared to Jacob in a dream, at the beginning of his six years' servitude, now appeared to him at the close of it, declaring himself to be the God of Bethel; or that God that manifested himself to him at Bethel, as Onkelos and Jonathan paraphrase the words; for this is a distinct vision from that in the preceding verses, concerning the rams of different colours, and are both put together for the sake of brevity, and because they belong to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:14

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him ,.... One after another, and their answers agreeing, are put together; it may be Rachel answered in the name of Leah, and for herself, since she is mentioned first, and the verb is singular. The Targum of Jonathan is, Rachel answered with the consent of Leah: is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house ? it was what might have been justly expected, as they were his children, that they should have been used as such,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:15

Are we not accounted of him strangers ?.... He had not treated them as children, nor even as freeborn persons; but as if they were foreigners that he had taken in war, or bought of others; or at least, that they were born bondmaids in his house, and so had a right to sell them as he had: for he hath sold us ; he had sold them to Jacob for fourteen years' service, as if they had been his slaves, instead of giving dowries with them as his children: and hath quite devoured also our money... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:16

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father ,.... And given to Jacob for his labour: that is ours, and our children's ; it belonged to us by the law of nature, before it came into thine hands; and our right unto it is still more manifest, and is confirmed by the service thou hast done for it, by which means it came into thy possession; and therefore it is no point of conscience with us, nor need it be any with thee especially, to go off with it: now then, whatsoever God... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:11

The angel of God spake unto me in a dream - It is strange that we had not heard of this dream before; and yet it seems to have taken place before the cattle brought forth, immediately after the bargain between him and Laban. If we follow the Samaritan the difficulty is at once removed, for it gives us the whole of this dream after Genesis 30:36 ; of the preceding chapter, read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:12

Grisled - ברדים beruddim ; ברד barad signifies hail, and the meaning must be, they had white spots on them similar to hail. Our word grisled comes from the old French, gresl , hail, now written gràle; hence greslé , grisled, spotted with white upon a dark ground. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:15

Are we not counted of him strangers? - Rachel and Leah, who well knew the disposition of their father, gave him here his true character. He has treated us as strangers - as slaves whom he had a right to dispose of as he pleased; in consequence, he hath sold us - disposed of us on the mere principle of gaining by the sale. And hath quite devoured also our money - Has applied to his own use the profits of the sale, and has allowed us neither portion nor inheritance. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:1-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:15

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