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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:25-35

We have here the reasoning, not to say the rallying, that took place between Laban and Jacob at their meeting, in that mountain which was afterwards called Gilead, Gen. 31:25. Here is, I. The high charge which Laban exhibited against him. He accuses him, 1. As a renegade that had unjustly deserted his service. To represent Jacob as a criminal, he will have it thought that he intended kindness to his daughters (Gen. 31:27, 28), that he would have dismissed them with all the marks of love and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:26

And Laban said unto Jacob ,.... Upon their meeting together; perhaps in some middle place between their two tents: what hast thou done ? what evil hast thou committed? what folly art thou guilty of? and what could induce thee to take such a step as this? suggesting that he could see no necessity for it; and as if he had done nothing that should occasion it, and that Jacob had done a very ill thing that thou hast stolen away unawares to me : of this phrase See Gill on Genesis 31:20 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:27

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me ?.... Intimating as if he should not have been against his departure, if he had but acquainted him with it, and the reasons of it; so that he had no need to have used such privacy, and go away like a thief by stealth, as if he had done something he had reason to be ashamed of: and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth , and with songs, with tabret and with harp : pretending that he would have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:28

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters ?.... Did not give him an opportunity of taking his farewell, which used to be done with a kiss, as it is with us at this day: by his sons he means his grandsons, and so the Targum of Jonathan, my daughters' sons; and by his daughters Rachel and Leah, and Dinah his granddaughter: thou hast done foolishly in so doing : since, as he would have him believe that he was both a loser by this step he took, and exposed himself to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:27

I might have sent thee away with mirth - בשמחה , besimchah , with rejoicing, making a feast or entertainment on the occasion; and with songs, בשרים beshirim , odes either in the praise of God, or to commemorate the splendid acts of their ancestors; with tabret, בתף bethoph , the tympanum used in the east to the present day, and there called diff , a thin broad wooden hoop, with parchment extended over one end of it, to which are attached small pieces of brass, tin, etc., which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 31:22-44

Laban's pursuit of Jacob. I. THE HOSTILE PREPARATION . Learning of his son-in-law's departure, Laban at once determines on pursuit; not alone for the purpose of recovering his household gods, but chiefly with the view of wreaking his pent-up vengeance on Jacob, whom he now regarded as the spoiler of his fortunes, and if possible to capture and detain the much-coveted flocks and herds which he considered had been practically stolen by his nephew. Mustering his kinsmen by either force... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 31:26-30

And Laban (assuming a tone of injured innocence) said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, —literally, and (meaning, in that) thou hast stolen my heart ( vide supra , Genesis 31:20 ; and cf. Genesis 31:27 )— and carried away ( vide Genesis 31:18 ) my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? Literally, as captives of the sword , i . e . invitis parentibus (Rosenmüller); language which, if not hypocritical on Laban's part,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 31:1-55

- Jacob’s Flight from Haran19. תרפים terāpı̂ym, Teraphim. This word occurs fifteen times in the Old Testament. It appears three times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the Pentateuch. It is always in the plural number. The root does not appear in Biblical Hebrew. It perhaps means “to live well,” intransitively (Gesenius, Roedig.), “to nourish,” transitively (Furst). The teraphim were symbols or representatives of the Deity, as Laban calls them his gods. They seem to have been busts... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 31:27

Genesis 31:27. I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs Not as Rebekah was sent away out of the same family above one hundred and twenty years before, with prayers and blessings, but with sport and merriment; which was a sign that religion was much decayed in the family. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:1-55

Jacob flees from Laban (31:1-55)As Laban and his sons became increasingly hostile to him, Jacob prepared to leave for Canaan without delay (31:1-13). Leah and Rachel agreed, for they too were angry with Laban. He had used them to make himself rich, but apparently had no intention of giving them a share in the inheritance (14-16). Therefore, when they fled, Rachel stole her father’s household idols, for according to Mesopotamian custom possession of these gave her some right to the inheritance... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 31:25-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 31:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 31:22-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 31:26-30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 31:1-55

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 31:27

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 31:1-55

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