genesis-29:21-35

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:35

praise. Hebrew. 'odeh (I shall, or. Let me praise) ; ye hudah (he shall be praised). Compare Genesis 49:8 . Figure of speech Paronomasia. left: i.e. for a time. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:21-30

"And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid. And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done unto me? did I not... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:31-35

"And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. And Leah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me. And she conceived again and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. And she conceived again, and bare a son; Now this time will my husband be joined... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:21

Genesis 29:21. Give me my wife, for my days, &c.— He might call her his wife with propriety, as he had fulfilled the terms of the contract. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:22

Genesis 29:22. Laban gathered together, &c.— Contracts of marriage were ratified anciently by the magistrates of the place: for this purpose, and to make the solemnity public, Laban invited his neighbours, &c. to the feast. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:23

Genesis 29:23. In the evening, &c.— It was the custom to introduce the bride veiled to the bridegroom in the nuptial chamber, in which there was very little or no light. This made it easy for Laban to deceive Jacob; but as Leah herself must have been an accomplice in the fraud, one cannot wonder at Jacob's great preference of Rachel to her. Piqued and grieved as Jacob was, no doubt, at such treatment, his conscience must have represented it to him as a kind of retaliation to him for his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:24

Genesis 29:24. Laban gave—Zilpah, &c.— It appears to have been a very ancient custom, not only among the Hebrews, but with many other nations, and particularly the Greeks and Romans, in the marriages both of their sons and their daughters, especially the latter, for the parents to give with the bride or bridegroom a servant to abide in their power and property only, exempt from the husband or wife. Such was this Zilpah; such was Bilhah given to Rachel. The dramatic poets, both Greek and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:26

Genesis 29:26. Laban said, It must not, &c.— This appears to have been a mere shift, as we read of no such custom; or, had the fact been true, he ought to have informed Jacob before. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:27

Genesis 29:27. Fulfil her week— i.e.. perfect this marriage with Leah, by keeping the solemnity of seven days feasting, which seems to have been the time allowed for marriage feasts; and this done, thou shalt solemnize thy marriage with Rachel also, on condition of serving me seven years more. It appears beyond all dispute that he was married to Rachel immediately after the expiration of the seven days, which the subsequent history, the birth of the children, &c. abundantly prove. Selden's... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:31

Genesis 29:31. Leah was hated— The words in the foregoing verse explain this seemingly harsh expression, He loved Rachel more than Leah; this is agreeable to the Hebrew idiom; see Malachi 1:2-3.Luke 14:26; Luke 14:26. The word hate, in the New Testament, is frequently to be understood in this sense, of loving less. Considering the part Leah acted, nobody can wonder she was hated, that is, less beloved than Rachel; while hence we have an argument against polygamy, it bring morally impossible for... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 29:35

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:21-30

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 29:31-35

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:24

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:27

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 29:31

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