Gênesis 30:37-38 NVT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 30:37-43

Here is Jacob's honest policy to make his bargain more advantageous to himself than it was likely to be. If he had not taken some course to help himself, it would have been a bad bargain indeed, which he knew Laban would never consider, or rather would be well pleased to see him a loser by, so little did Laban consult any one's interest but his own. Now Jacob's contrivances were, 1. To set peeled sticks before the cattle where they were watered, that, looking much at those unusual... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar ,.... Of the white poplar tree, called green, not from the colour, but from the moisture, being such as were cut off of the tree: and of the hazel and chestnut tree ; the former some take to be the almond tree, as Saadiah Gaon, and others; and the latter to be the plantain or plane tree, so Ainsworth, and others: and pilled white strakes in them ; took off the bark of them in some places, and left it on in others, which made white strakes: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:38

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks ,.... Opposite them, in the view of them: in the gutters in the watering troughs, when the flocks came to drink ; that is, in places of water, where troughs or vessels were made, into which the water ran convenient for the cattle to drink out of; and here he placed his party coloured rods right over against the flocks: that they should conceive when they came to drink ; as it was most likely they should when they were together... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:37

Rods of green poplar - לח לבנה libneh lach . The libneh is generally understood to mean the white poplar; and the word lach , which is here joined to it, does not so much imply greenness of color as being fresh, in opposition to witheredness. Had they not been fresh - just cut off, he could not have pilled the bark from them. And of the hazel - לוז luz , the nut or filbert tree, translated by others the almond tree; which of the two is here intended is not known. And... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:38

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks - It has long been an opinion that whatever makes a strong impression on the mind of a female in the time of conception and gestation, will have a corresponding influence on the mind or body of the fetus. This opinion is not yet rationally accounted for. It is not necessary to look for a miracle here; for though the fact has not been accounted for, it is nevertheless sufficiently plain that the effect does not exceed the powers of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:37

Verse 37 37.And Jacob took him rods of green poplar. The narration of Moses, at first sight, may seem absurd: for he either intends to censure holy Jacob as guilty of fraud, or to praise his industry. But from the context it will appear that this adroitness was not culpable. Let us then see how it is to be excused. Should any one contend that he was impelled to act as he did, by the numerous injuries of his father-in-law, and that he sought nothing but the reparation of former losses; the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:25-43

Jacob and Laban, or craft versus greed. I. JACOB 'S RESPECTFUL REQUEST OF LABAN . At the close of fourteen years harsh and exacting service, Jacob desires permission to take his wives and children and return to Canaan. The motives which induced him were probably— 1. The termination of his contract, which released him from a servitude both galling and oppressive. 2. The remembrance of God's covenant, which had assigned him the land of promise as his true inheritance. 3.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar —literally, a rod (the singular being used collectively for rods) of לִבְנֶה , (from לָבַן , to be white, meaning either the) poplar ( LXX ; in Hosea 4:13 ; Vulgate, Kalisch) or the storax fresh green— and of the hazel — לוּז , the hazel tree (Raschi, Kimchi, Arabic, Luther, Furst, Kalisch) or the almond tree (Vulgate, Saadias, Calvin, Gesenius, 'Speaker's Commentary')— and chestnut tree ;— עַרְמוֹן , the plane tree ( LXX... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:38

And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flecks in the gutters ( רִחָטִים ; literally, the canals or channels through which the water ran , from a root signifying to run) in the watering troughs ( שִׁקֲתוֹת , i . e . the troughs which contained the water, to which the animals approached) when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive (literally, and they became warm, in the sense expressed in the A . V .) when they cams to drink —this was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 30:1-43

- Jacob’s Family and Wealth6. דן dān, Dan, “judge, lord.”8. נפתלי naptālı̂y, Naphtali, “wrestling.”11. גד gād, Gad, “overcoming, victory.” בגד bāgād, “in victory or” =גד בא bā' gād, “victory cometh.” גוּד gûd, “press down.” גדוּד gedûd, “troop.”13. אשׁר 'ǎashēr, Asher, “prosperity, happiness.”18. ישׂשכר yı̂śāskār, Jissakar, “reward.” The second Hebrew letter (ש s) seems to have been merely a full mode of writing the word, instead of the abbreviated form ישׂכר yı̂śākār.20.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 30:37-43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:38

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 30:37

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:25-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:37

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 30:1-43

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