Genesis 30:31-43

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:43

And —as the apparent result of the triple stratagem, though vide supra , Genesis 30:38 , and cf. Genesis 31:12 — the man increased exceedingly,— literally, broke forth greatly ( vide verse 80)— and had much cattle, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses —like Abraham ( Genesis 13:2 ) and Isaac ( Genesis 26:13 , Genesis 26:14 ). Thus far the historian simply narrates the fact of the patriarch's priority, and the steps which to it, "without expressing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:43

Jacob's history an illustration of the blending together of the natural and the supernatural in God's dealings. "And the man increased exceedingly," &c.; I. The PROMISE TO GUIDE , protect, and bless fulfilled in connection with the employment of ordinary faculties and instrumentalities. Jacob's craft partly natural, but in this instance specially assisted that he might be helped in an emergency. The "supplanter" in this case represented the better cause. II. HUMAN... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 30:32

Genesis 30:32. Removing all the speckled and spotted He does not mean, that those cattle which were already speckled and spotted, &c., should be given him; for that does not agree with what went before: Thou shalt not give me any thing, that is, I will take nothing that is now thine. Besides, it would have been no wonder if those that were spotted already should bring forth others like themselves. But the sense is, that he would separate all the spotted sheep and goats, and then, out... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 30:34

Genesis 30:34. Laban was willing to consent to this bargain, because he thought, that if those few he had that were now speckled and spotted were separated from the rest, the body of the flock, which Jacob was to tend, being of one colour, either all black or all white, would produce few or none of mixed colours, and so he should have Jacob’s service for nothing, or next to nothing. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 30:35-36

Genesis 30:35-36 . He gave them into the hands of his sons To be fed apart by themselves, lest Jacob should get any of them to mix with those of one colour. He set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob Such journeys as flocks are able to make, that they might not so much as see one another. Between this and the 37th verse, the Samaritan copy inserts a paragraph about the angel’s appearing to Jacob in a dream, which is not found in any other version; but is related by Jacob himself... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 30:37-38

Genesis 30:37-38 . And pilled white streaks in them Pilled off the bark from the rods, at certain distances, till the white appeared between the bark. He set the rods in the gutters Or channels of water, at the time when the cattle were wont to couple, that their fancies might be painted with such divers colours as they saw in the rods. As it appears from Genesis 31:10, that God, to reward Jacob’s fidelity, and punish Laban’s injustice, determined that the cattle should generally be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 30:40

Genesis 30:40. Jacob set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked Having used the pilled rods by divine direction, and seeing the effects they produced, he here employs his own natural sagacity, and turns the faces of Laban’s flocks toward the ring-streaked and the brown, that by looking frequently on them, they might be disposed in their conception to bring forth the like. And he put his own flocks apart, lest, by looking at Laban’s, their young might fall off from being... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 30:43

Genesis 30:43. The man increased exceedingly Upon the whole of what is said here, and in the following chapter, we may conclude that Jacob’s behaviour in this affair was generous, fair, and candid; that he chose the ring-streaked cattle with a view to prevent disputes, trusting that God would so order it, agreeably to his petition at Beth-el, that he should have enough, being determined to be content with what God’s providence should give him; and that, when he made use of the rods, it was... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 30:25-43

Jacob tricks Laban (30:25-43)After Rachel had borne him a son, Jacob decided to return to Canaan. Laban asked Jacob what wages he would like, since much of Laban’s prosperity had resulted from Jacob’s farming ability (25-30). Jacob claimed as wages all the part-coloured animals in the flock, plus all the black sheep. As these were relatively few in number, Laban agreed, though he then attempted to lessen Jacob’s profit by removing from the flocks all the part-coloured animals and black sheep he... read more

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