Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 30:1-13
We have here the bad consequences of that strange marriage which Jacob made with the two sisters. Here is, I. An unhappy disagreement between him and Rachel (Gen. 30:1, 2), occasioned, not so much by her own barrenness as by her sister's fruitfulness. Rebekah, the only wife of Isaac, was long childless, and yet we find no uneasiness between her and Isaac; but here, because Leah bears children, Rachel cannot live peaceably with Jacob. 1. Rachel frets. She envied her sister, Gen. 30:1. Envy is... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 30
Chapter 30 In this chapter we have an account of the increase, I. Of Jacob's family. Eight children more we find registered in this chapter; Dan and Naphtali by Bilhah, Rachel's maid, Gen. 30:1-8. Gad and Asher by Zilpah, Leah's maid, Gen. 30:9-13. Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah, by Leah, Gen. 30:14-21. And, last of all, Joseph, by Rachel, Gen. 30:22-24. II. Of Jacob's estate. He makes a new bargain with Laban, Gen. 30:25-34. And in the six years? further service he did to Laban God wonderfully... read more