Genesis 31:41-50 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:36-42

See in these verses, I. The power of provocation. Jacob's natural temper was mild and calm, and grace had improved it; he was a smooth man, and a plain man; and yet Laban's unreasonable carriage towards him put him into a heat that transported him into a heat that transported him into some vehemence, Gen. 31:36, 37. His chiding with Laban, though it may admit of some excuse, was not justifiable, nor is it written for our imitation. Grievous words stir up anger, and commonly do but make bad... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:43-55

We have here the compromising of the matter between Laban and Jacob. Laban had nothing to say in reply to Jacob's remonstrance: he could neither justify himself nor condemn Jacob, but was convicted by his own conscience of the wrong he had done him; and therefore desires to hear no more of the matter He is not willing to own himself in a fault, nor to ask Jacob's forgiveness, and make him satisfaction, as he ought to have done. But, I. He turns it off with a profession of kindness for Jacob's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:41

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house ,.... Attended with these difficulties, inconveniencies, and hardships: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters ; Rachel and Leah; first seven years for Rachel; and having Leah imposed upon him instead of her, was obliged to serve seven years more, which he did for her sake; whereas he ought to have given them, and a dowry with them, to one who was heir to the land of Canaan, and not have exacted servitude of him: and six years for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:42

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me ,.... One and the same God is meant, who was the God of his father Isaac, and before him the God of Abraham, and now the fear of Isaac, whom he feared and served with reverence and godly fear, being at this present time a worshipper of him: now Jacob suggests, that unless his father's God had been on his side, and had protected and preserved him, as well as before blessed and prospered him: surely... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:43

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob ,.... Not denying the truth of what he had said, nor acknowledging any fault he had been guilty of, or asking forgiveness for it, though he seemed to be convicted in his own conscience of it: these daughters are my daughters : though thy wives, they are my own flesh and blood, and must be dear to me; so pretending strong natural affections for them: and these children are my children ; his grandchildren, for whom also he professed great... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:44

Now therefore, come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou ,.... Let us be good friends, and enter into an alliance for mutual safety, and make an agreement for each other's good. Laban perceiving that Jacob's God was with him, and blessed him, and made him prosperous, and protected him, was fearful, lest, growing powerful, he should some time or other revenge himself on him or his, for his ill usage of him; and therefore was desirous of entering into a covenant of friendship with him: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:45

And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. To show his readiness to agree to the motion, he immediately took a large stone that lay upon the mount, and set it up on one end, to be a standing monument or memorial of the agreement now about to be made between them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:46

And Jacob said unto his brethren, gather stones ,.... Not to his sons, as the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi; these would not be called brethren, and were not fit, being too young to be employed in gathering large stones, as these must be, to erect a monument with; rather his servants, whom he employed in keeping his sheep under him, and might so call them, as he did the shepherds of Haran, Genesis 29:4 ; and whom he could command to such service, and were most proper to be made use of in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:47

And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha ,.... Which in the Syriac and Chaldee languages signifies "an heap of witness"; it being, as after observed, a witness of the covenant between Laban and Jacob: but Jacob called it Galeed ; which in the Hebrew tongue signifies the same, "an heap of witness"; or "an heap, the witness", for the same reason. Laban was a Syrian, as he sometimes is called, Genesis 25:20 , wherefore he used the Syrian language; Jacob was a descendant of Abraham the Hebrew,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:48

And Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day. A witness of the covenant now about to be made between them that day, and a witness against them should they break it: therefore was the name of it called Galeed ; by Jacob, as before observed; See Gill on Genesis 31:47 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:36-42

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:43-55

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:47

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:48

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