Genesis 30:30

For it was little which thou hadst before I came ,.... Perhaps but a single flock, and that not a very large one, since Rachel, his youngest daughter, had the care of it:

and it is now increased unto a multitude ; or "broke forth" F13 יפרץ "erupit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. , spread itself over the fields and plains, hills and mountains adjacent, so that they were covered with his sheep, these bringing forth thousands and ten thousands, Psalm 144:13 ,

and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming ; or "at my foot" F14 לרגלי "ad pedem meum", Montanus, Piscator, Drusius, Schmidt. ; ever since he set foot in his house. Aben Ezra observes it as a proverbial saying, such an one has a good foot, a lucky one, wherever he comes a blessing or success goes with him; or the meaning may be, wherever Jacob went or led his flock, and fed it, it prospered, the blessing of God going with him. Onkelos renders it, "for my sake"; and so it is the same with what Laban had observed and owned, Genesis 30:27 ,

and now, when shall I provide for mine own house ? suggesting it was his duty to do it, and it was high time he did it, since he had a large family to provide for; see 1 Timothy 5:8 .